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打你個小人頭，等你成世無出頭，十足豬泵兜。
打你個小人眼，等你眼紅兼眼坦，行路僕到喊。
打你個小人鼻，等你索野無曬味，鼻涕流到地。
打你個小人耳，等你耳嗚難制止，唱歌一舊屎。
打你個小人口，等你有氣無定抖，食親飯都嘔。
打你個小人手，等你有錢唔識偷，無鞋挽屐走。
打你個小人胸，等你呼吸唔暢通，肺癆兼中風。
打你個小人肚，等你惡運行到老，日日畀人告。
打你個小人腳，等你有鞋唔識著，出街無人約

A popular Chinese belief practice in Hong Kong, a voodoo-like ritual called Beating the Petty Person takes place at street junctions, which is believed that it will cast the evil away along the roads.

These cut-out paper tigers (called White Tiger despite its yellow appearance ) represent the evil omen (白虎), one can cast away these bad omen by offering (feeding) these tiger with fatty pork and sticky rice, it will then be burnt at the end of the ritual

Demanding boss, troublesome neighbour or annoying customer – now you can give that petty person holding you back a good pasting without having to do time for assault.

In Causeway Bay, the flyover known as Ngo Keng Kiu passes over a three-way junction, making it the ideal feng shui spot for dispelling evil.

It is here that Hong Kong’s ‘professional beaters’ gather. Don’t waste time waiting for tattooed heavies to show up; these fighters come in the form of old ladies. Just tell one who the person holding you back is and she’ll light some incense, make cut-outs of a paper tiger and beat the ‘petty person’ out of your life with her shoe while chanting a series of rhymed curses on the target person.

This ritual is considered to be more effective on Jing Zhe; – the first thunder of the year as predicted by the lunar calendar.

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check out more Hong Kong Streets & Candid shots here:
Taking the Streets in Hong Kong

For more on this unique tradition :
Petty Person Beating 鵝頸橋底的打手們

Explore the Chinese Cultures:
Chinese Traditions

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Taken in: 香港 / 灣仔區 (show map)

Taken on: March 8, 2017

Sets appears in: • 鵝頸橋底的打手們

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