Wong Tai Sin

For other uses, see Wong Tai Sin (disambiguation).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Huang (Wong).
Wong Tai Sin (Huang Daxian)
Huang Chuping, after Liang Kai, by Sesshū[1]
Born328 CE
Lanxi, Zhejiang, China
Died386
Venerated inHong Kong and Jinhua
Major shrineWong Tai Sin Temple
Wong Tai Sin
Traditional Chinese黃大仙
Simplified Chinese黄大仙
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuáng Dàxiān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationWòhng daaih sīn
JyutpingWong4 Daai6 Sin1

Wong Tai Sin or Huang Daxian (Chinese: 黃大仙) is a Chinese Taoist deity popular in Jinhua, Zhejiang, and Hong Kong with the power of healing. The name, meaning the "Great Immortal Wong (Huang)", is the divine form of Huang Chuping or Wong Cho Ping (黃初平; c. 328 – c. 386), a Taoist hermit from Jinhua during the Eastern Jin dynasty.[2]

  1. ^ "Chinese Immortal Huang Chuping, After Liang Kai". National Institutes for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  2. ^ Geertz, Armin W. McCutcheon, Russell T. Elliot Scott S. McCutcheon, Russell. [2000] (2000) Perspectives on Method and Theory in the Study of Religion. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 90-04-11877-2