Most devotees will go for the general villains – typically, their colleagues perceived as potentially harmful to the client. This practice is part of the “intangible cultural heritage” you can witness in George Town. Older men or women often perform the ceremony though some shops sell “DIY” kits. Villain-hitting is often considered a humble career. Villain hitting, da siu yan (Chinese: 打小人), demon exorcising, or petty person beating, is folk sorcery prevalent in the Guangdong area of China and Hong Kong-primarily associated with Cantonese. There is a solution at hand,” Madam Cheah confides.Ī man inside the Kuan Yin Temple will conduct the prayer, which involves hitting the petty person, symbolic of spiritual cleansing! Hitting the Petty Person or Villian Hitting “Even if you’re the biggest klutz ever, bumbling and fumbling at anything and everything, lethal for no clear reasons or plagued by violent nightmares constantly. After the consultation, Madam Cheah will gather the prayer items to pray to the White Tiger deity inside Guan Yin Temple.
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