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Tai Wong Ye Shrine / 大王爺廟 Traditional Cache

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AirQ: Confirm muggled, decide to release the GZ

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Hidden : 8/28/2016
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Pleasee being your own pen, aware muggles either from temple sidedoor or footbridge.


Tai Wong Ye Shrine (Great Lord Temple) / 大王爺廟

(p.s. There are more than one Tai Wong Ye Shrine in Hong Kong, this cache refer to the one in Wong Chuk Hang)

 

The Great Lord of this temple in Wong Chuk Hang is a noble during found of Ming Dynasty (1368-1644AD), and honour as Lord after he died.

 

Local people found his statue at coast in early 20th century, than build up a temple for him in order to protect villagers. Original temple demolished due to development, and this replacement temple open in 1985.

 

Chinese info basic from temple's FB page

黃竹坑大王爺廟供奉聖神大王爺, 歷史記載大王爺生於元代末年, 安徵盱眙(今屬江蘇)人, 姓李名文忠, 字思本, 是明太祖朱元璋外甥(母親曹國公主朱佛女), 自小聰穎,噐宇軒昂, 拜金華范祖乾, 胡翰為師, 通曉四書五經, 兵法之書, 深得太祖寵愛, 視如己出, 年輕時, 跟隨太祖反元, 平定各路兵馬而統一大明, 洪武二年, 封曹國公。

明朝初定後, 貪宫甚多, 以軍糧不足為由, 加重稅收, 民不聊生, 王爺愛民如子, 請太祖頒旨減免天下, 得以太平, 可惜因權臣弄位, 排除異己, 導玫王爺悲憤交加, 終病逝於洪武十七年三月在談師, 終年四十六歲, 王爺一生忠君愛國, 明太祖非常心痛, 親自寫下子祭文, 追封岐陽王, 諡武靖, 享配太廟肖像功臣廟, 受萬民香火供奉。

幾百年來, 王爺威名遠播, 直至民初期間, 王爺金身顯聖出現在黃竹坑南朗山海傍村, 民眾建廟安奉, 座落黃竹坑老村九和圍, 村民依廟聚居, 百病不侵, 人畜兩旺。 日治時期, 村民更加虔誠, 日日奉香, 年年演戲, 用以答謝神恩, 盛況熱烈, 是南區最盛大的慶典。

但隨著時代變遷, 大王爺廟座落交通要塞, 被迫毀於一旦, 政府有鑒於大王爺廟受村民所崇仰, 於一九八二年, 撥出黃竹坑南朗山道八七五地段給村民重建大王爺廟, 三年後建成新廟, 是次令人更感神靈顯赫, 測得現時新廟現址就是當年大王爺金身顯現的地方, 新廟落成後并定於每年十二月初九日舉行酬神盛會。

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Tbbq sbe gjb gb svir lrnef byq, haqre

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)