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After seeing the horrifying fates that await evil persons, one
will brighten up when one meanders up the hill path. One will
be greeted by the smiling faces of the ‘Seven Fairies’
descending from heaven with grace. Then one meets the three
Gods of Fook-Lok-Sou (Luck, Wisdom and Longevity) and the
gracious waving of Wang-mo-liang-liang (Mother Goddess) as she
descends to earth in a heavenly chariot.
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Finally, there is the Nine-Colour Dragon Wall of Luck, which
stands at the entrance to greet visitors to Chin Swee Caves
Temple. Each of the nine dragons, which have different
dispositions and shades of colour on the gold-colour plaque
represents a special type of luck. According to the folklore
of ancient China, if a scholar met a ‘yellow dragon’ on his
journey to take the imperial examination he would get top
marks and become a high-ranking Mandarin official who would be
serving the yellow-robed Emperor in the Imperial Palace.
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