Bi Gan Manifestation Anniversary (比干林始祖千秋聖誕)

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Today, the 4th Day of Lunar 4 Month (農曆四月初四日) is known as the Manifestation Anniversary of Premier Bi Gan, which is also known as the Ancestor of the Lin Clan (even though the Surname Lin started from his Son known as Lin Jian 林堅).

This Year, 2009, Premier Lin is celebrating his 3101th Anniversary (born in BC1092 & Enlighted at BC1029).

Due to his Loyalty and Faithfulness, Premier Bi Gan is always being honoured by the Taoists & Chinese as the Deity for Loyalty & Uprightness. And due to his Uprightness, after he got Enlightenment, Heaven appointed him as the Deity of Wealth, which advised him to only Distribute the Blessing for Wealth to those who are Loyalty, Upright & Filial, other than that, no one is to able to request for any Blessing of Wealth from the Three Realms.

From then, Premier Bi Gan was known as the Wen Cai Shen aka Scholarly-Deity of Wealth (文財神 according to the outlook of him).

In Tang Dynasty (唐朝), after Tang Emperor Li Shi Min (唐太宗李世民) knew about the History of Premier Bi Gan, Emperor Li was deeply touched by Premier Bi Gan's Loyalty and so, during one of the Honouring Ceremony, Emperor Li bestowed another Official Title to Premier Bi Gan as Zhong Lie Gong (忠烈公) - meaning Loyalty Above All and after a few Years, Emperor Li bestowed another Official Title to Premier Bi Gan as Lin Tai Shi (林太師) - the Grand Premier.

From then, the Popularity of Premier Bi Gan started to rise and in Yuan Dynasty (元朝), the Yuan Emperor ordered People to dedicate Statue to Premier Bi Gan and in Qing Dynasty (清朝), the Qing Emperor re-renovated the Ancient Temple of Premier Bi Gan as a form of Showing Gratitude to him.

Ok, back to topic. For those who wished to Pay Respect to Premier Bi Gan, remember to visit any Temples that are around you to make your Offering before the Temple close.