The Dismantling of Kwan Dai’s Altar Smashed… #occupycentral #umbrellamovement

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As I watched  the live feed of the police dismantling the Mongkok occupy site, the picture of the Kwan Dai's (God of War, Police and Doors) Altar smashed, I started crying, because despite what it might have felt for all the people there; public, police, or the protesters. The people who gained the most were the government officials in their air conditioned offices.

Kwandai

 

This was a wonderful article on the NPR about the different religions and the Kwan Dai's Altar in Mong Kok 

A Surprising Tie That Binds Hong Kong's Protest Leaders: Faith

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/10/09/354859430/a-surprising-tie-that-binds-hong-kongs-protesters-faith

Published by Yan Sham-Shackleton

Yan Sham-Shackleton is a Hong Kong writer who lives in Los Angeles. This is her old blog Glutter written mostly in Hong Kong from 2003 to 2007. Although it was a personal blog, Yan focused a lot on free speech issues and democratic movement in Hong Kong. She moved to the US in 2007.

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