Beginning a short series of unused cards issued by the Hong Kong Tourism Board.  The original, and auspicious, attraction was overcome by an event detailed in Wikipedia and abridged here:  “On Feb 12, 2005, the fourth day of the Chinese New Year, one of the branches was broken due to (the) large amount of oranges and paper offerings thrown onto the banyan tree. The accident injured a man and a boy. Tree experts examined the condition of the wishing tree, concluding that all unhealthy branches would be removed, and the throwing of “Bao Die” was quickly prohibited by the government, (though continuing)  the wishing tradition by letting people hang offerings on a wooden frame placed next to the original tree. Due to the lack of attractiveness of the attraction, a new plastic tree from Guangzhou was purchased in late 2009, and plastic mandarin oranges are now only allowed to be tied to the branches.”  Hmm  … plastic tree, plastic oranges.  Sounds like a thoroughly modern tradition to us.  Grade: 1