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The Che Kung Temple is the most famous temple in Sha Tin. The worshipped Che Kung (The revered Mr. Che) is said the Generalissimo Che in the Song Dynasty. It is alleged that in the last period of that dynasty, there occurred a plague and many people died as a result of it. Inhabitants of the local Jiu Yue village carried on poles the image of Che Kung, Who was offered the high post of generalissimo for his laurel of putting down a rebellion and was worshipped as a deity after death, and toured in the area.
The plague was liquidated eventually. As a result, villagers constructed a temple and started worshiping the image. There is a copper windmill inside the temple and it is said that good luck comes if one rotates the sails of the windmill after worshipping Che Kung. On the third day of January, lunar calendar every year, which was the birthday of Che Kung, townspeople crowd into here to pay homage to him with burning incense and rotate the sails of the copper windmill praying for good luck.
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