風調雨順:油麻地天后廟 Good Weather: Yau Ma Tei Tin Hau Temple

by Tam Wai Kei, Tristan

“Good weather” is an old blessing in Hong Kong, yet still a main blessing from an old temple, Yau Ma Tei Tin Hau Temple. The project intended to bring a new understanding of the big old temple and its relationship to local people, the information of Yau Ma Tei Tin Hau Temple is gathered and written in different aspects. Through these, people can understand the value of the temple and learn to respect it, even as non-believers. Although there are over 300 Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong, this is focused on one Tin Hau temple only, the temple with a big street naming after it: Yau Ma Tei Tin Hau Temple.

八九十年代,我們也間中聽到人祈求「風調雨順」,可是近十年來卻鮮有聽聞。但油尖旺區的一座廟卻以此為題二百多年,至今仍未變。透過介紹天后的由來、背景及油麻地天后廟的起源及發展令人更全面明白到油麻地天后廟的細緻。包括廟宇內外的百年文物及建築細節都會帶讀者一一觀賞,更有介紹參拜流程教學及背後意思等,令人不要錯過廟宇內的故事。進而令本地人反思對於本地歷史的關係。