Wan Cheung
Wan Cheung
My heart remains with Nga Tsin Wai forever
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Ng Shui Chuen poses for a photograph with his fellow villagers
Ng Shui Chuen poses for a photograph with his fellow villagers
In this photo of the 1986 Jiao Festival, Ng Shui Chuen (third from right) poses with other Nga Tsin Wai villagers. -Provided by Ng Chi Wing
Ng Shui Chuen poses for a photograph with his fellow villagers
In this photo of the 1986 Jiao Festival, Ng Shui Chuen (third from right) poses with other Nga Tsin Wai villagers. -Provided by Ng Chi Wing
The elder brother of Ng Shui Chuen, had performed the spirit possession act of Pok Sheng Ngau Chai
Wan Cheung’s best friend in Nga Tsin Wai was called Ng Shui Chuen who was of similar age and had grown up together with him. Ng Shui Chuen lived in 2nd Lane which was very close to Wan Cheung’s home. During the 1940s, Ng Shui Chuen went to study in Tai Po Tsai where his mother’s childhood home was located. He later started work as an apprentice in a dockyard in Admiralty. Ng Shui Chuen became a policeman after the dockyard was closed down. On every 15th day of the 8th lunar month, his eldest brother would undergo “Pok Sheng Ngau Chai” and apparently become possessed by spirits! On those particular nights, this brother would involuntarily shake his body when he heard the sound of the gong. Ng Shui Chuen’s mother simply told her older son to take a cold bath! Such preventative measures were useless, he simply took off his clothes and burned incense on his naked body without feeling any apparent pain. The man was also known for stacking more than 10 chairs and performing a stunt called “Lion climbing on the balcony”. Ng Shui Chuen’s brother had never learned kung fu and was no different from a regular villager on 364 days of the year. But on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, he would become the only person in Nga Tsin Wai who was possessed!