Che Kung

Che Kung is traditionally believed to have been a grand marshal during the final years of the Southern Song dynasty. When the Mongols invaded southward, he escorted the imperial court in its southern retreat and garrisoned the areas of Sai Kung and Sha Tin, where he quelled local unrest and governed with benevolence and compassion. After his death, villagers erected a temple in his honour, venerating him as their guardian deity. During a severe epidemic that swept Sha Tin in the late Ming dynasty, locals carried Che Kung’s statue in a procession through the area, after which the plague subsided—prompting the construction of the Che Kung Temple for perpetual veneration. Today, the Che Kung Temple in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, draws immense crowds: each year on the 2nd and 3rd days of the 1st lunar month, devotees queue to spin bronze windmills and strike temple drums while offering incense—the popular saying 'Spin the windmill once, and fortune will turn' has become widely known, establishing this site as Hong Kong’s most celebrated destination for transforming fate and seeking blessings.