The wishing tree located in Lum Tsuen, Dai po (林村，大埔) near the Tin Hau Temple in Fong Ma Po village. That is an old temple which was built since year 1768 or 1771.
There are 2 bayan trees in this village, and previously, all the tourists locals will write their wishes on the joss paper, tied with joss stick and orange, then threw them and hung up on these trees. They believe if the paper successfully hung up on the tree, their wishes will com true.
However, this event was stopped in year 2005 where there was an accident that the branches from the tree gave off and injured 2 people. After that, they setup few racks to hung the joss paper and preserve the tree from further damage.
Besides, the local village have also prepare a fake plastic wishing tree to satisfy the locals and tourists on the traditional wishes-throwing-action. Believe me, throwing the wishes paper with orange and hung up on the tree is not an easy mission. If you failed to throw the paper for 3 times, that means your wish will not come true. You have to rewrite the wishes and throw again.
On year 2008, Lum Tsuen village had moved in a new bayan tree from Guang Zhou. This new tree located 10 meters away from the old wishing tree. However, locals and tourists still not allow to throw anything onto the tree and they still have to hung up their wishes on the racks that prepared by the local authority.
MTR Tai Wo Station and take a taxi or bus. Please refer to the link Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree and Tin Hau Temple on how to get there.
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