How a Hong Kong temple is using technology and social media to connect with worshippers
Wong Tai Sin Temple ushers in the Lunar New Year with machines that can print out your fortune, as well as Facebook and Instagram promotions
One of the city’s busiest temples has taken to social media and technology to connect with young worshippers with large crowds expected during the Lunar New Year.
In a soft launch on Thursday, automatic fortune-telling booths will be rolled out at Wong Tai Sin Temple, allowing visitors to find out how they will fare in the Year of the Rooster.
In the past, worshippers with a Kau Chim divination stick, acquired by shaking it out of a cylinder of 100 similar flat wooden rods, had to pay for a printout of the corresponding oracle from nearby vendors.
With the temple’s latest gadget, visitors can simply swipe the stick – each embedded with a radio-frequency identification tag – at an electronic scanner, and their fortunes will be printed.