Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees in Hong Kong

Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees in Hong Kong

Thanks to its two ‘wishing trees’ and Tin Hau Temple, wish-makers flood to Lam Tsuen for good fortune every year. The Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree is said to have the magic power to make a wish real and thus becomes a famous shrine in Hong Kong.

Type: Scenic Spot
Chinese Name: 林村许愿树
Location: Lam Tsuen, Tai Po New Town, in the east of the New Territories, Hong Kong(香港林村林村鄉公所路)

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Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees

Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree sits near the Tin Hau Temple in Tai Po Lam Tsuen, which was already a residential area 700 years ago during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). Thanks to its two ‘wishing trees’ and Tin Hau Temple, wish-makers flood to Lam Tsuen for good fortune every year. The Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree is said to have the magic power to make a wish real and thus becomes a famous shrine in Hong Kong.

Culture of Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees

The Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree was originally a camphor tree and later a redbud tree. Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree has long been regarded as a deity by locals, who light candles and burn joss sticks at the root to worship the god and throw joss paper into two trees and make wishes. They believed that the higher the branch the joss paper landed on, the more likely it was the wish would come true.

Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree is tied with paper scrolls which are called “Bao Die”. It is a tradition to make red or yellow papers on which people would write down their names, dates of birth and wishes, and roll the papers and tie them with an orange and finally toss them up onto the Wishing Tree.

How to Get to Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees?

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