Wong Tai Sin lots
Wong Tai Sin lots, no. 26
花彩遲遲侵砌上，遙知月鏡掛長空。忽聞鶴唳聲悽切，早買歸舟返里中。
The verse is shown in the original Chinese; we don't publish translations of the verses yet.
The painting
Crane · In old paintings the crane stands for purity and long life, often beside pines and the moon.
Grade
中平籤 · Middle, steady
Three questions to ask yourself
- “花彩遲遲侵砌上” — if this line were a painting, where would you be standing in it?
- “遙知月鏡掛長空” — what is harder to let go of here: the outcome, or the process?
- “早買歸舟返里中” — what is the smallest thing you could do for it today?
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).
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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.