page_title: Tam Kung
hierarchical_section_title: Tam Kung
caption_attribution_description: English: HK HV 跑馬地 Happy Valley 雲地利道 Ventis Road 北帝譚公廟 Tam Kung Temple in July 2020
context_page_description: Tam Kung or Tam Tai Sin is a sea deity worshiped in Hong Kong and Macau.
  In Chinese folk legends, Tam Kung was one of gods who could forecast the weather. He was born in Huizhou Prefecture. It was said that he could cure patients in his childhood. Tam Kung became an immortal in heaven at the age of twenty in the Nine-dragon Mountain in Huizhou. He was officially deified during the Qing dynasty. People whose ancestral home are in Huizhou or Chaoshan of Guangdong province worship Tam Kung most sincerely.
context_section_description: Tam Kung (Chinese: 譚公; lit.: 'Lord Tam') or Tam Tai Sin (譚大仙) is a sea deity worshiped in Hong Kong and Macau.
  In Chinese folk legends, Tam Kung was one of gods who could forecast the weather. He was born in Huizhou Prefecture. It was said that he could cure patients in his childhood. Tam Kung became an immortal in heaven at the age of twenty in the Nine-dragon Mountain in Huizhou. He was officially deified during the Qing dynasty. People whose ancestral home are in Huizhou or Chaoshan of Guangdong province worship Tam Kung most sincerely.
caption: Tam Kung Temple in Happy Valley, Hong Kong.
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