Chinese netizen: You people really need to stop making random wishes at Yonghe Temple!
Beijing's Yonghe Temple was originally the palace of Prince Yong—who later became the historically famous Emperor Yongzheng—during the Qing Dynasty and was later converted into a Buddhist monastery. Serving as both an active religious site and a well-known cultural landmark, it has also become a popular spot for making wishes. In recent years, its reputation for "granting wishes in unexpectedly literal ways" has turned it into an internet sensation.
Chinese netizens say every wish you make is heard by the divine — but they may come true in the weirdest ways possible. So now, Chinese netizens are trying to outsmart the gods by adding detailed conditions and closing grammatical loopholes to keep them from twisting the wish. Seems like it's not working very well, though.
A post by Cnetizen say:"I went to Yonghe Temple, and Grandpa Four (a folksy nickname for Emperor Yongzheng/Prince Yong, who was the fourth son of Kangxi) really delivered that same day."
"Grandpa Four: You had your chance and you blew it! I went to Yonghe Temple to pray for love. I silently repeated my wish to every single deity there. On the way back that night, my entire sleeper carriage was packed with good-looking hot guys. The only two charging ports in the carriage were right in front of my compartment, so they kept gathering near my window. Even the guy on the middle bunk across from me was a tall, handsome one. Was Grandpa Four finally coming through? But I was too shy to ask for anyone’s contact. Grandpa Four gave me an opening and I totally fumbled it — they all got off before me. #YongheTempleWishes #JustKeepTheFaith" (cr周奕杨)
That said, you can also skip the wishing and just go to enjoy the scenery or buy some shouchuan手串(traditional chinese bracelets) — both the views and the shouchuan at Yonghe Temple are quite beautiful.