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57-581: Che Kung Miu ( traditional Chinese : 車公廟 ; simplified Chinese : 车公庙 ; pinyin : Chēgōng Miào ; Jyutping : ce1 gung1 miu6 ), also called Che Kung Temple , are temples dedicated to the Chinese deity Che Kung , who was a general during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279) in Imperial China . He is believed by some worshipers to have been involved in the attempt to keep

114-558: A Grade II historic building since 1987. The current Che Kung temple, in Japanese-style, was built in 1993–1994 at a cost of HK$ 48 million. It is eight times the size of the old one. The main hall contains a giant statue of Che Kung. Next to it is a fan-bladed wheel of fortune, which, worshippers believe, will bring good luck when turned three times. Fortune-tellers can be found within the temple. The Che Kung Temple in Tai Wai

171-675: A a very small (several meters long) fragment of Teuku Nyak Arief Road at Banda Aceh , a fragment of Blang Bintang Lama Road and a Chinese housing complex at Neuheun in Aceh Besar Regency are currently covered in Aceh. All major road and towns in Sumbawa , Komodo (island) , Flores , Sumba , Lembata , Alor Island , Timor The West Bank which is also covered in Google Street View is commonly considered to be part of

228-509: A certain extent in South Korea , remain virtually identical to traditional characters, with variations between the two forms largely stylistic. There has historically been a debate on traditional and simplified Chinese characters . Because the simplifications are fairly systematic, it is possible to convert computer-encoded characters between the two sets, with the main issue being ambiguities in simplified representations resulting from

285-711: A temple to house Che Kung in Sha Tin, and the epidemic subsided on the day the construction of the temple was completed. According to oral traditions , the Che Kung Temple at Sha Tin was founded from Ho Chung , when the god was "invited" from the existing Che Kung Temple in Ho Chung to Sha Tin. The original temple was first built at the end of the Ming Dynasty and was renovated in 1890, 1993 and 2004. The external walls are now plastered with false brick lines and

342-869: Is 産 (also the accepted form in Japan and Korea), while in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan the accepted form is 產 (also the accepted form in Vietnamese chữ Nôm ). The PRC tends to print material intended for people in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and overseas Chinese in traditional characters. For example, versions of the People's Daily are printed in traditional characters, and both People's Daily and Xinhua have traditional character versions of their website available, using Big5 encoding. Mainland companies selling products in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan use traditional characters in order to communicate with consumers;

399-638: Is available to some extent in all states and union territories. Google Street View covers most regencies and cities in Sumatra (except most of Aceh ), Java , Nusa Tenggara Islands , Borneo , Sulawesi , and North Maluku (includes Ternate , Tidore , and parts of Halmahera ). There is currently no official coverage in Maluku (province) and the Papua region , if it exists, then all of them are unofficial. Before 2015, only Java, Madura , and Bali were covered by

456-510: Is believed that the one who turns the pinwheel will be granted with prosperity and good luck for the entire year. In Chinese culture, worshiping Che Kung is similar to worshiping Guandi , a god widely worshiped within Chinese communities as they believe he protects the entire nation. Both of them were generals protecting their country and demonstrated the loyalty to the motherland and to the people. Hong Kong local residents believe that Che Kung would protect them and their villages as he protected

513-621: Is in general kept". Known renovation dates include 1908, 1994 and 2002, while other sources also mention 1934 and 2000. It was listed as a Grade II historic building in 1996, and as a Grade I historic building in 2009. I Shing Temple ( 二聖宮 ; 'temple of two gods') in Tung Tau Wai , Wang Chau , is dedicated to Hung Shing and Che Kung. Built in 1718, it was declared a monument in 1996. Other temples in Hong Kong are partly dedicated to Che Kung. These include: There are four annual Che Kung Festivals ( 車公誕 ): Che Kung festival or

570-492: Is located midway between Tai Wai and Che Kung Temple stations of the MTR . According to as story, during an epidemic that broke out in Sha Tin in the late Ming dynasty (1368–1644), possibly the epidemic of 1629, local residents found out from historical writings that Che Kung was not only merited for his successful suppression of uprisings, but was also known for clearing epidemics wherever he set foot in. People therefore built

627-493: The Chinese Commercial News , World News , and United Daily News all use traditional characters, as do some Hong Kong–based magazines such as Yazhou Zhoukan . The Philippine Chinese Daily uses simplified characters. DVDs are usually subtitled using traditional characters, influenced by media from Taiwan as well as by the two countries sharing the same DVD region , 3. With most having immigrated to

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684-583: The Birthday of Che Kung is the day when people celebrate the birth of Che Kung . On this day, people, especially Hong Kong residents , go to Che Kung Temple and worship Che Kung. Che Kung was a military commander in Southern Song dynasty . He protected the Emperor Bing of Song to escape Mongol invaders and is considered as loyal to the emperors. The real birthday of Che Kung is 2 January in

741-612: The Buddha that his work was not related to the dam project. After confirming his story, the village's leaders apologized for the misunderstanding. In Indonesia , Google was forced by the Banda Aceh City Government to remove almost every Street View image of Aceh in 2019, leaving exceptions to Langsa , Aceh Tamiang , Southeast Aceh , Aceh Singkil , and Subulussalam City (as well as Street View recordings of certain places that are not in roadways). This incident

798-578: The Chinese lunar calendar . Nevertheless, people prefer the next day to celebrate his birthday. They are: Apart from the ceremony carried in the above hall, there are other practices to be done in the subordinate halls e.g. Tai Sui (太歲), Cai Shen (財神). For believers who are students, they often write down their name and wishes on a praying paper, and stick it onto a board called Jinbang timing board (金榜題名板) to pray for better academic achievements. To express their respect to Che Kung, believers may donate to

855-870: The Government of India denied Google's request to cover India through Street View photography, citing concerns that military installations or other sensitive areas would be photographed. In 2022, after a change in government policy, Google was permitted to launch in India; its Street View project in the country is a partnership with Genesys and Tech Mahindra . It competes with MapmyIndia . At launch in July 2022, Street View covered 150,000 kms of roads in India; it also formed partnerships with traffic authorities in Delhi , Bengaluru , Hyderabad , Chandigarh , Ahmedabad , Kolkata , Gurgaon , and Agra . As of October 2024, it

912-673: The Kensiu language . Google Street View in Asia In Asia, Google Street View is available in Bangladesh , Bhutan , British Indian Ocean Territory , Cambodia , Hong Kong , Indonesia , Israel , India , Japan , Jordan , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Laos , Lebanon , Macau , Malaysia , Mongolia , the Philippines , Qatar , Russia , Singapore , South Korea , Sri Lanka , Taiwan , Thailand , Turkey and

969-640: The Shanghainese -language character U+20C8E 𠲎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-20C8E —a composition of 伐 with the ⼝   'MOUTH' radical—used instead of the Standard Chinese 嗎 ; 吗 . Typefaces often use the initialism TC to signify the use of traditional Chinese characters, as well as SC for simplified Chinese characters . In addition, the Noto, Italy family of typefaces, for example, also provides separate fonts for

1026-600: The Song dynasty . Being deeply influenced by Confucianism , Chinese people admire the bravery and uprightness of Che Kung. On the 3rd of First Month in Lunar Month, traditionally, Chinese people think it is easy to have an argument with other people and this will give them misfortune. To prevent this curse from happening, Chinese people would like to worship folk god(s). That is the reason why so many people choose this day to go to worship Che Kung and pray for their fortune in

1083-580: The 11-year-old ban on Google Street View. The footage is shot from Tech Mahindra and Genesys companies and licensed to Google. There is planning for a rollout of the service in national level, and there are daily additions of Indian roads into the platform. On March 22, 2024, Google added street view coverage throughout the country of Kazakhstan, covering all regions. The coverage mostly consists of major roads and urban areas. In April 2024, Google added street view coverage in Lebanon. Reference: In 2016,

1140-773: The 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai is believed to have involved photographic reconnaissance of targets by Pakistani American David Coleman Headley. The Indian Government had plans to talk about Google Street View in India, but in March 2018 Government of India finally rejected the Google Street view plan citing that this will compromise the country's security. However, many users have uploaded an increasing amount of Street view in various parts of India, such as Bengaluru and Kerala, among many others. Finally in July 2022 Government of India allowed Google to launch Street View services across

1197-495: The 20th century, when various countries that use Chinese characters began standardizing simplified sets of characters, often with characters that existed before as well-known variants of the predominant forms. Simplified characters as codified by the People's Republic of China are predominantly used in mainland China , Malaysia, and Singapore. "Traditional" as such is a retronym applied to non-simplified character sets in

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1254-468: The Lunar New Year holiday, believers have dedicated the third day of the Lunar New Year as an annual event to worship Che Kung, and the celebration is known as "The Birthday of Che Kung" nowadays. Devotees choose to burn incense sticks . Burning incense sticks is a common practice during the festival, because the process of burning incense sticks and the rising smoke symbolizes the appreciation of

1311-555: The People's Republic of China, traditional Chinese characters are standardised according to the Table of Comparison between Standard, Traditional and Variant Chinese Characters . Dictionaries published in mainland China generally show both simplified and their traditional counterparts. There are differences between the accepted traditional forms in mainland China and elsewhere, for example the accepted traditional form of 产 in mainland China

1368-951: The Song state alive by bringing Prince Ping and his brother to the South. There are two temples dedicated to Che Kung in Hong Kong : one in Sha Tin and one in Ho Chung . Other temples in Hong Kong are partly dedicated to Che Kung. The Che Kung Miu in Tai Wai , in Sha Tin District , New Territories , is the best known example in Hong Kong . During the second and the third days of Lunar New Year , thousands of people go to this temple to worship, including many local Hong Kong government officials. This temple, on Che Kung Miu Road ( 車公廟路 ),

1425-713: The Street View. In October 2019, Google excluded and removed most of the Street View images of Aceh due to a controversial incident. The Banda Aceh City Government considered suing Google about why the inappropriate image can be easily passed and shown to public. Even so, the government still allows Street View recordings in certain places that are not in roadways. The City Government also reported this incident to Ministry of Communication and Information Technology . Since then, only parts south of Subulussalam ; several meters away from border gate between Southeast Aceh Regency and Karo Regency ; parts east of Lhokseumawe ;

1482-728: The United Arab Emirates . This includes disputed territories in both Israel ( Golan Heights and West Bank ) and India ( Arunachal Pradesh ). It is also available for a few select tourist attractions in the People's Republic of China , Iraq , Nepal and Pakistan . Service in Japan was introduced on August 5, 2008. Japan's coverage was initially concentrated in five areas with a total of 10 camera icons. The service has faced criticisms from bloggers in Japan of cultural insensitivity. On May 26, 2011, Google announced that, in India, capturing of Street View images in Bangalore ,

1539-532: The United States during the second half of the 19th century, Chinese Americans have long used traditional characters. When not providing both, US public notices and signs in Chinese are generally written in traditional characters, more often than in simplified characters. In the past, traditional Chinese was most often encoded on computers using the Big5 standard, which favored traditional characters. However,

1596-470: The abilities of Che Kung, he was soon revered as a "God" and has been considered as a "God of protection". Consequently, his followers and worshipers constructed a temple specifically for Che Kung in order to praise his power and good deeds. Moreover, there are four festival seasons of Che Kung’s birthday in Lunar Calendar (including 2/1, 27/3, 6/6 and 16/8). Since the first festival season falls on

1653-556: The capital of the state of Karnataka , had started. However, Google Street View was banned from Bangalore on June 21, 2011. On September 2, 2011, Google has revealed that its Street View feature will be introduced to the country in association with the Tourism Authority of Thailand . On September 3, 2011, Google started to collaborate with Tourism Malaysia to record Malaysian locations to be featured on its Google Map Street View. On January 24, 2012, Google Street View

1710-504: The country. Google had to reshoot all images in Japan because the camera cars that took the original photographs were originally too high, leading to privacy concerns . Japanese houses are generally built quite close to the road. Roads are also narrow, often without pavements. Such factors led to privacy concerns with the original photographs. Police in South Korea raided Google offices in that country in order to determine if Street View

1767-401: The devotees to the blessing and protection from Che Kung of the previous year. Devotees would also tell their living problems to Che Kung and hope that he will fulfill their wish. It is believed that their wishes will be carried up to heaven to Che Kung by the smoke of the incense. Pinwheels can always be found next to the effigy of Che Kung, and they are regarded as ‘a wheel of fortune’. It

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1824-524: The event of Hong Kong Express Rail Link controversy , about 20 post-80s generation anti-rail representatives joined the Hong Kong Government Lunar New Year kau chim tradition at Che Kung temple, Sha Tin to draw three divination sticks as a way of demonstration to express their anger towards Hong Kong government. Che Kung is famous for his power to suppress chaos and his supreme ability to cure diseases. Precisely because of

1881-522: The following year. Traditional Chinese characters Traditional Chinese characters are a standard set of Chinese character forms used to write Chinese languages . In Taiwan , the set of traditional characters is regulated by the Ministry of Education and standardized in the Standard Form of National Characters . These forms were predominant in written Chinese until the middle of

1938-493: The inverse is equally true as well. In digital media, many cultural phenomena imported from Hong Kong and Taiwan into mainland China, such as music videos, karaoke videos, subtitled movies, and subtitled dramas, use traditional Chinese characters. In Hong Kong and Macau , traditional characters were retained during the colonial period, while the mainland adopted simplified characters. Simplified characters are contemporaneously used to accommodate immigrants and tourists, often from

1995-725: The mainland. The increasing use of simplified characters has led to concern among residents regarding protecting what they see as their local heritage. Taiwan has never adopted simplified characters. The use of simplified characters in government documents and educational settings is discouraged by the government of Taiwan. Nevertheless, with sufficient context simplified characters are likely to be successfully read by those used to traditional characters, especially given some previous exposure. Many simplified characters were previously variants that had long been in some use, with systematic stroke simplifications used in folk handwriting since antiquity. Traditional characters were recognized as

2052-682: The majority of Chinese text in mainland China are simplified characters , there is no legislation prohibiting the use of traditional Chinese characters, and often traditional Chinese characters remain in use for stylistic and commercial purposes, such as in shopfront displays and advertising. Traditional Chinese characters remain ubiquitous on buildings that predate the promulgation of the current simplification scheme, such as former government buildings, religious buildings, educational institutions, and historical monuments. Traditional Chinese characters continue to be used for ceremonial, cultural, scholarly/academic research, and artistic/decorative purposes. In

2109-983: The merging of previously distinct character forms. Many Chinese online newspapers allow users to switch between these character sets. Traditional characters are known by different names throughout the Chinese-speaking world. The government of Taiwan officially refers to traditional Chinese characters as 正體字 ; 正体字 ; zhèngtǐzì ; 'orthodox characters'. This term is also used outside Taiwan to distinguish standard characters, including both simplified, and traditional, from other variants and idiomatic characters . Users of traditional characters elsewhere, as well as those using simplified characters, call traditional characters 繁體字 ; 繁体字 ; fántǐzì ; 'complex characters', 老字 ; lǎozì ; 'old characters', or 全體字 ; 全体字 ; quántǐzì ; 'full characters' to distinguish them from simplified characters. Some argue that since traditional characters are often

2166-562: The mid-16th century, the temple predates its popular counterpart near Tai Wai in Sha Tin District, which is said to worship the grandson of General Che. The present temple structure probably dates largely from 1878, while the temple furniture probably dates from the Xianfeng era (1850–1861). It is great place to be for Chinese New Year, as the spirit of Che Kung is celebrated alongside memories of family members that have passed to

2223-499: The next life. Other deities worshipped at the temple include Hung Shing , Tin Hau and Choi Pak Shing Kun ( 財帛星君 ). Run by villagers for over 300 years, the temple is now being kept by Wan Sai Cheung of the Wan family who have been residents in Ho Chung village for many generations. While the temple has been renovated several times, it is considered that "the authenticity [of the building]

2280-677: The official script in Singapore until 1969, when the government officially adopted Simplified characters. Traditional characters still are widely used in contexts such as in baby and corporation names, advertisements, decorations, official documents and in newspapers. The Chinese Filipino community continues to be one of the most conservative in Southeast Asia regarding simplification. Although major public universities teach in simplified characters, many well-established Chinese schools still use traditional characters. Publications such as

2337-700: The original standard forms, they should not be called 'complex'. Conversely, there is a common objection to the description of traditional characters as 'standard', due to them not being used by a large population of Chinese speakers. Additionally, as the process of Chinese character creation often made many characters more elaborate over time, there is sometimes a hesitation to characterize them as 'traditional'. Some people refer to traditional characters as 'proper characters' ( 正字 ; zhèngzì or 正寫 ; zhèngxiě ) and to simplified characters as 簡筆字 ; 简笔字 ; jiǎnbǐzì ; 'simplified-stroke characters' or 減筆字 ; 减笔字 ; jiǎnbǐzì ; 'reduced-stroke characters', as

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2394-891: The partially recognized State of Palestine . Full Coverage Upcoming Google Street View coverage for Oman was confirmed in February 2024, and was published in October 2024. Hamad International Airport Ishim , Magadan , Vladivostok , Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk , Gorno-Altaysk , Korsakov , Kyshtym , Kyzyl , Langepas , Nakhodka , Nazarovo , Partizansk , Severouralsk , Tobolsk , Ussuriysk , Zarinsk For European Russia, see Google Street View in Europe Full Coverage As in other places, there has been controversy surrounding plans to bring Street View to various Asian countries. In Israel , there have been concerns that introducing

2451-568: The renovation of the temple. The Kau Yeuk could prove its case by referring to the rhymed couplets that were inscribed on both sides of the main entrance and that bore its name. The temple was subsequently jointly managed by nine villages of Sha Tin, while Tin Sam Village continued to enjoy some privileges in the worship of Che Kung. Since 1936, the temple has been administered by the Chinese Temples Committee . Admission to

2508-474: The roofs with green glazed ceramic tiles. The recent renovation is considered to have "very much diminished the authenticity of temple". Due to the high number of worshipers during the Che Kung Festival following the Lunar New Year, a new temple was built in 1994 in front of the original one. The original temple has been preserved in-situ; it is only occasionally open to the public. It is classified as

2565-677: The service could increase the risk of terrorism to which the region is prone. In India , the Government had rejected Google Street View until June 2022. But in June 2022 the Indian Government allowed street view in many cities of India including the capital city New Delhi . Now it is available in Mumbai , Bangaluru , Chennai and many others. Security establishments became wary of allowing such image capturing given that planning for

2622-467: The temple (添香油). Divination (求籤) is also practised in Che Kung Temple as a way of fortune-telling . During the Che Kung festival in 2014, 65 thousand people went to Che Kung Temple. Followers believe practising divination in Che Kung temple has resulted in accurate predictions in the past. The first time was in 2003, Minister of Home Affairs Dr Patrick Ho Chi-Ping on behalf of the city pulled out

2679-596: The temple is free, but it is customary for visitors to donate money to support the maintenance of the temple. Its opening hours are 7:00am to 6:00pm daily. Since 2013, the courtyard of the temple can be visited with Google Street View . Situated on the banks of the Ho Chung River , and half a mile from Ho Chung Village in Sai Kung District , the temple is one of the oldest in Hong Kong and worship General Che, his son and his grandson. Initially built in

2736-636: The traditional character set used in Taiwan ( TC ) and the set used in Hong Kong ( HK ). Most Chinese-language webpages now use Unicode for their text. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommends the use of the language tag zh-Hant to specify webpage content written with traditional characters. In the Japanese writing system , kyujitai are traditional forms, which were simplified to create shinjitai for standardized Japanese use following World War II. Kyūjitai are mostly congruent with

2793-985: The traditional characters in Chinese, save for minor stylistic variation. Characters that are not included in the jōyō kanji list are generally recommended to be printed in their traditional forms, with a few exceptions. Additionally, there are kokuji , which are kanji wholly created in Japan, rather than originally being borrowed from China. In the Korean writing system , hanja —replaced almost entirely by hangul in South Korea and totally replaced in North Korea —are mostly identical with their traditional counterparts, save minor stylistic variations. As with Japanese, there are autochthonous hanja, known as gukja . Traditional Chinese characters are also used by non-Chinese ethnic groups. The Maniq people living in Thailand and Malaysia use Chinese characters to write

2850-518: The ubiquitous Unicode standard gives equal weight to simplified and traditional Chinese characters, and has become by far the most popular encoding for Chinese-language text. There are various input method editors (IMEs) available for the input of Chinese characters . Many characters, often dialectical variants, are encoded in Unicode but cannot be inputted using certain IMEs, with one example being

2907-531: The wake of widespread use of simplified characters. Traditional characters are commonly used in Taiwan , Hong Kong , and Macau , as well as in most overseas Chinese communities outside of Southeast Asia. As for non-Chinese languages written using Chinese characters, Japanese kanji include many simplified characters known as shinjitai standardized after World War II, sometimes distinct from their simplified Chinese counterparts . Korean hanja , still used to

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2964-587: The words for simplified and reduced are homophonous in Standard Chinese , both pronounced as jiǎn . The modern shapes of traditional Chinese characters first appeared with the emergence of the clerical script during the Han dynasty c.  200 BCE , with the sets of forms and norms more or less stable since the Southern and Northern dynasties period c.  the 5th century . Although

3021-416: The worst possible bamboo stick in the temple on the Birthday of Che Kung. In the same year, Hong Kong was hit by the severe acute respiratory syndrome ( SARS ) outbreak. Therefore, the person on behalf of Hong Kong practising divination on the Birthday of Che Kung has changed to Lau Wong Fat , the minister of Heung Yee Kuk since 2004. The Birthday of Che Kung also relates to some political controversy. In

3078-408: Was built and initially managed by Tin Sam village of Tai Wai. The village lost its managerial rights in the late 19th century as a consequence of a dispute against the Kau Yeuk ( 九約 , "Alliance of Nine" [villages]), a regional organization of various groups in Sha Tin Valley , that was settled in a lawsuit at the yamen . The Kau Yeuk had provided evidence that it made significant contributions to

3135-469: Was caused by some foreigners that were uploading inappropriate images, some of which contain two naked foreigners. One of them wrote the sentence "Protest sharia law." on his hand . The city government discovered this and considered suing Google, as well as asking it why the inappropriate images could be so easily shown to the public. The City Government also reported this incident to Ministry of Communication and Information Technology . With this incident,

3192-717: Was launched in South Korea starting with imagery from the country's capital, Seoul , as well as South Korea's second largest city, Busan . Google Street View in Jordan was launched in November 2015 which included 43 archaeological sites. On the announcement day, Queen Rania wrote on the announcement and praised tourism enhancing efforts in Jordan . Since March 2022 a large amount of Street view, taken by Google since November 2021, has been added in Bangladesh. This coverage covers mostly agricultural areas of Dhaka Division, and as of April 2022 it continues to expand every few days. On July 27, 2022 Google added street view coverage in ten major cities of India and its surroundings, ending thus

3249-411: Was legal. In 2013, people in Tambon Sa-iap village, Song District in Phrae Province, Thailand , mistakenly believed that the Street View car was surveying the village for the unwanted Kaeng Suea Ten Dam project and blocked it, not allowing it to take photographs. They also arrested the driver and interrogated him to determine if he was working for the dam project. He was released after swearing on

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