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in Hong Kong.]] Villain hitting (Da Siu Yan, 打小人)is a folk Sorcery popular in Guangdong area including Hong Kong , hoping to revenge enemies by magic. Since '''villain hitting''' is often considered a humble career, the ceremony often hosted by old ladies who are the only group interested in the job. VILLAIN In general concept, "villain" is divided into two types, specified villain and generalized villain. Specified Villain Specified villains are some specified people cursed by the villain hitter, because of the hatred from their enemies who employ the hitter. Sometimes villain would be a famous person hated by the public such as politician, while sometimes the curse just due to personal affairs such as the request of cursing the rival in love. Generalized Villain In general, villain hitters may help their clients curse not only a specified enemy, but some generalized villains, a general collection of people in future potentially harmful to them. Since Dualism was the thought in main stream in traditional Chinese World View , deriving many different kinds of folk sorcery beliefs, the concept of Villain and Gui Ren (貴人,meaning people who will do something good) was also the result of the Yin And Yang world view. TIME The period for villain hitting is different among temples, while Jingzhe is the most popular date in common. According to some folklore, Jingzhe is the date that the whole of creation is awakened by the thunder. As a result, different kinds of dirty objects including Byakko and villain start becoming active. Consequently, '''Villain hitting''' become the prevention of those harmful to others. LOCATION Villain hitting is often undergone in gloomy places such as somewhere under an overpass. In Hong Kong, the Canal Road Flyover between Causeway Bay and Wan Chai is a popular place of '''villain hitting''' . There are many goodies hitting villain especially in Jingzhe . CEREMONY Receiving orders from clients, villain hitters would require human-shaped papers with or without some information of specific people. They would beat the papers by shoes or something else to commit their commission. The whole ceremony of villain hitting is devided into 8 parts: #Sacrifice to divinities #Report #Villain hitting #Sacrifice to Byakko #Reconciliation #Pray for blessings #Treasure Burning #) (or so-called cup hitting 打杯) EXTERNAL LINKS |
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