With the Blessing of the Ninth Month Celebration, a Dotting Ceremony was being conducted at one of Long Shan Men 36th Generation Student’s Home on the Sunday Morning (5 Oct 2008), the 7th Day of Lunar 9 Month.
At around 10.00Am, I arrived at the Premises of the student, who is known as Donnie, upon arrival, we started to do some simple and quick preparation for the Ceremony (some major preparation was being done on Friday Night).
After all the necessary preparation was done, a quick and simple reporting was being conducted and the Dotting Ceremony started.
Same usual procedure, Cleansing of Environment (淨壇), Invitation of Deities (請聖), Offering of Tea & Wine (三敬), were being carried out and last, to invite the individual Deity that needed to be enhanced into the new statues (迎神).
This time round, Xuan Tian Shang Di (玄天上帝), Yuan Tong Zi Zai Tian Zun (圓通自在天尊), Fu De Zheng Shen (福德正神), Wen Qiong Yuan Shuai (溫瓊元帥) & Tie Tou Yuan Shuai (鐵頭元帥) were being invited and requested to do enhancing on the statues.
Due to this Dotting was being done on the Ninth Month Period, a set of Traditional Dotting Skill was being used.
As usual, during the Dotting, a few Natural Changes and Spiritual Encounters happened.
At around 1.00Pm, the whole Dotting Ceremony ended and in the following, you will be able to see the statues being invited onto the newly brought Altar.
PS: More pictures will be posted soon.
Bro, is there any reasons why are the few deities chosen?
ReplyDeleteEsp. the 2 Marshals.
This is according to our Long Shan Men 16 Heavenly Marshals Listing.
ReplyDeleteAnd these 2 Marshals are also part of Xuan Tian Shang Di's Group.
16 Heaven Marshals Listing?
ReplyDeleteYup, you can refer to my old posting on Taoist 16 Heavenly Marshals, you will be able to find out more.
ReplyDeleteOkay.
ReplyDeletesifu the picture...not so sharp..capture with handphone ya???and why xuan tian shang di sit centre?becoz..mostly..kun yam sit centre rite?izzit becoz...the one who make decision there is xuan tiang shang di??thanks
ReplyDeleteDue to the pictures taken is not by me, so some of the pics might be a little bit blur, please do refer to the posting on Tie Yuan Shuai and you will be able to see the pic of him clearly.
ReplyDeleteIn Taoism, we do not have Guan Yin and so, in our Upright Taoism setting, Xuan Tian Shang Di will be sitting in the Center and Yuan Tong Zi Zai Tian Zun on the Dragon side of Xuan Tian.