Che Kung speaks twice: Identical upper-grade lot sparks online buzz

A worshipper draws an identical No. 50 upper-grade stick at Sha Tin and Sai Kung Che Kung Temples, sparking an online frenzy over the “insanely accurate” repeat.

A netizen sought Che Kung divination at Sha Tin earlier this year and again at Sai Kung on Lunar New Year’s third day, receiving the same No. 50 stick both times.

The upper-grade lot promises eventual success after hardship, household peace, safety, and strong wealth luck.

The poster called it “crazy” on Threads, noting the two temples gave the identical answer for the same question. Netizens flooded in with similar stories of repeated sticks across temples, joking that Che Kung knows the asker too well or is tired of repeat questions.

Some cited the I Ching warning against asking the same matter multiple times (“first divination answers, repeated profanes and gets no reply”).

Che Kung, a Song Dynasty general famed for quelling rebels and stopping plagues, is enshrined at both temples.

Sha Tin’s dates to at least 1819; legends say villagers built it for auspicious energy and once borrowed a statue from Sai Kung during a New Territories epidemic, ending the outbreak.