Most of us probably just have bad memories with Cai Shen Ye, given the fact that he didn’t throw any chocolate coins to us during assembly in school, and the borderline terrifying appearance, with its eerily wide smile and disproportionately huge head, that he is depicted to have.
Besides, its just a myth that the God of Fortune can actually bring wealth and prosperity.
Or is it?
Well, the God of Fortune certainly proved many wrong on the first day of Chinese New Year this year, when some devotees won the second prize in the 4D lottery after purchasing a set of numbers that was revealed by the statue.
I know most of you are already out of school (and do not want to go back), but just stay with me as I give you a short history lesson of the temple and this miraculous God of Fortune statue.
The Tampines Chinese Temple, now located at 25 Tampines Street 21, was initially formed from a merger of multiple rural temples. This merger was necessary due to government land acquisitions of several rural temple sites when Singapore was still in its initial stages of development.
The Secretary-General of the Tampines Chinese Temple, Mr Lin Jin Zhong, shared in an interview with Lianhe Zaobao that the God of Fortune statue was donated by a tent company roughly 8 years ago, and has been kept in the temple since.
The statue holds an ingot in its left hand, on which the numbers “1828” are engraved. The digits faded over time.
In light of Chinese New Year, cleaning staff members at the temple volunteered to freshen up the appearance of the statue; they cleaned it and painted the digits over with red paint. They even installed a large tent behind the statue to block any wind, so as to prevent prosperous energy from being “blown” away from the statue.
Perhaps its time for me to invest in something to block any wind that attempts to blow my wealth away as well.
In reality, what I probably need is a spending limit, that would prevent me from wasting so much money on bubble tea and Labubus.
According to the records of the Singapore Pools, the winning rate of the numbers “1828” are statistically not high. Since the records began in 1986, the number has only been drawn 11 times, excluding this instance: once as a consolation prize, once as the first prize, nine times as a starter prize.
60-year-old Mdm Zhang, a devotee of the temple, told Lianhe Zaobao that many people go there to worship, especially during the Lunar New Year period. As such, she believes that there were probably many who won the 4D this time round.
She also shared that she used to purchase that set of numbers after praying at temple. However, after a few months of it not being drawn, she stopped doing so.
Mr Lin Jin Zhong further shared that previously, many devotees who came to worship would write their desired numbers on the ingot held by the statue. When any of these numbers were drawn, some devotees would donate ingots to the temple, to be placed beside the God of Fortune statue.
Whether this was based on pure luck or the higher powers, it was certainly a great way to start the New Year.
*cries in broke while looking at these people collect their prize money*
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