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Wong Tai Sin lots, no. 16

中吉籤
天邊鴉背夕陽回,隴外兒童跨犢來。羌笛頻吹聲切耳,短長腔調樂何哉。

The verse is shown in the original Chinese; we don't publish translations of the verses yet.

The painting

Clearing after rain · Sky clearing after long rain: a turn after a heavy time.

Grade

中吉籤 · Middle, auspicious

Three questions to ask yourself

  1. Reading “天邊鴉背夕陽回”, who or what comes to mind first?
  2. “隴外兒童跨犢來” — which part of this is already in your hands?
  3. “短長腔調樂何哉” — if you gave yourself a deadline, when would it be?

About this set

A folk collection of fortune-stick poems named after Wong Tai Sin; this site only explains the text. Handed down mostly around Hong Kong, 100 in all, in four-line verses graded from 上上 (highest) to 下下 (lowest).

Draw a lotLots are drawn at random by the site; the AI reading is original and for entertainment only.

The poems are traditional folk texts in the public domain, checked against several published versions. The ink paintings are drawn by the site from each poem's imagery. For cultural entertainment only — it can't predict the future and isn't advice of any kind. MoZhu is not affiliated with any temple or religious organization.