Hong Kong’s old ritual for shaking off the people who hold you back.
香港傳統民俗，為你打走小人、驅走霉運。
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Tap the paper villain. Be firm.
「小人」泛指暗中作對的人或事，例如背後中傷的同事、惹是生非的鄰居，或接連不斷的霉運。由打小人師傅手持舊鞋，拍打寫上名字的紙公仔，口中唸唸有詞，把晦氣趕走。打小人已列入香港非物質文化遺產清單。
Da siu yan (打小人), literally “hitting petty people,” is a Cantonese folk ritual. A “petty person” is anyone or anything working against you: a backstabbing colleague, a gossiping neighbour, a streak of bad luck.
You write the name of the villain on a paper figure, then a practitioner, usually called a villain hitter, beats it with an old shoe while chanting rhymes that send the bad energy packing. It is loud, theatrical, and surprisingly cathartic.
The practice is part of Hong Kong’s intangible cultural heritage inventory.
Incense, candles and paper money are offered to the gods to ask for their help.
Their name, or your trouble, goes on a paper figure. No names? A generic villain works too.
The practitioner strikes the figure with a shoe, chanting as it goes. You are welcome to join in.
The paper villain is burned, and the white tiger is soothed with pork fat so it won’t turn on you.
Distance is no excuse for keeping a villain around. Tell us who or what is troubling you, and whacker.ai will carry out the ritual for you online, wherever in the world you are.
無論身在何處，只要告訴我們你想打走的「小人」，whacker.ai 都可以透過線上為你代勞。
Tell us who (or what) is on your list. We’ll help you find a session in Hong Kong, or do it for you online, and walk you through what to expect.
告訴我們你想打走的「小人」，可到香港現場體驗，亦可選擇線上進行，我們會為你安排並講解整個流程。