Hong Kong Government Lunar New Year kau chim tradition

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In each year's Chinese New Year celebrations in Hong Kong, a member of the Hong Kong Government represents the city in a divination ritual called kau chim. The event takes place on the second day of the Lunar New Year at Che Kung temple, Sha Tin, where a fortune stick is drawn. The luck of the city for that upcoming Lunar year will be foretold by the message on the fortune stick. The message is written in the form of classical Chinese poetry and is then interpreted by a Feng shui sifu or fortune teller.

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Tradition

Usually one stick is drawn for the fortune of the city by a main representative person. Other sticks may be drawn for smaller community divinations. There are five categories of stick fortunes, from good (上), to mid (中), to bad (下). Each level also has internal degrees. For example, stick #27 is unlucky. It relates to the story of Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of the Qin dynasty, who built the Great Wall of China and sparked widespread opposition among his people. [1]

Results

Year of theTime
frame
Stick
drawer
Stick
number
Result
Goat 15 Feb 1991
3 Feb 1992
Monkey 4 Feb 1992
22 Jan 1993
27Bad [1]
Rooster 23 Jan 1993
9 Feb 1994
Dog 10 Feb 1994
30 Jan 1995
Pig 31 Jan 1995
18 Feb 1996
61
Rat 19 Feb 1996
6 Feb 1997
70
Ox 7 Feb 1997
27 Jan 1998
81
Tiger 28 Jan 1998
15 Feb 1999
37
Rabbit 16 Feb 1999
4 Feb 2000
Lui Hau-tuen34
Dragon 5 Feb 2000
23 Jan 2001
Lui Hau-tuen91
Snake 24 Jan 2001
11 Feb 2002
Lui Hau-tuen30
Horse 12 Feb 2002
31 Jan 2003
Lui Hau-tuen38
Goat 1 Feb 2003
21 Jan 2004
Patrick Ho Chi-ping 83Bad [1] [2]
Monkey 22 Jan 2004
8 Feb 2005
Lau Wong-fat 76Mid [3]
Rooster 9 Feb 2005
28 Jan 2006
Lau Wong-fat 53Mid [4]
Dog 29 Jan 2006
17 Feb 2007
Lau Wong-fat 75Good [5] [6]
Pig 18 Feb 2007
6 Feb 2008
Lau Wong-fat 36Mid [7]
Rat 7 Feb 2008
25 Jan 2009
Lau Wong-fat 60Good [8]
Ox 26 Jan 2009
13 Feb 2010
Lau Wong-fat 27Bad [9] [10]
Tiger 14 Feb 2010
2 Feb 2011
Lau Wong-fat 53Mid [11]
Rabbit 3 Feb 2011
22 Jan 2012
Lau Wong-fat 11Mid [12]
Dragon 23 Jan 2012
09 Feb 2013
Lau Wong-fat 29Mid [13] [14]
Snake 10 Feb 2013
30 Jan 2014
Lau Wong-fat 95Bad
Horse 31 Jan 2014

18 Feb 2015

Lau Wong-fat 4Mid
Goat 19 Feb 2015

7 Feb 2016

Lau Wong-fat 20Mid
Monkey 8 Feb 2016

27 Jan 2017

Kenneth Lau 72Good
Rooster 28 Jan 2017

15 Feb 2018

Kenneth Lau 61Mid
Dog 16 Feb 2018

4 Feb 2019

Kenneth Lau 21/41Mid
Pig 5 Feb 2019

24 Jan 2020

Kenneth Lau 86Mid
Rat 25 Jan 2020

11 Feb 2021

Kenneth Lau 92Mid

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