Friday 30 April 2010

Manifestation Anniversary of Lord of Sun 2010 (庚寅年日宮太陽星君千秋聖誕)





Tai Yang Xing Jun aka Lord of Sun or Lord of Sun (日宮太陽星君), one of the Important Deities in the Heavenly Realm that provide the direct Blessings for All Beings in the Mortal World.

According to Taoist Records, there are 2 Manifestation Anniversarys for Tai Yang Xing Jun, one of them is on 19th Day of Lunar 8 Month.

On this Day, the Taoists or Chinese will tend to visit Temples that being dedicated to Tai Yang Xing Jun to pay respect in early Morning, usually during the timing of Sun-rise.

In Ming Dynasty, the belief on Tai Yang Xing Jun became more popular, cos in some contexts, the folks believed that Ming Empire was somehow closely connected with him.

And so, what to prepare?

According to our Chinese Custom & Folks Practice, here are some recommended items to be prepared for the paying respect:

1 Five Oranges (桔子)
2 Longevity Noodles (壽麵)
3 Longevity Peaches (壽桃)
4 Ang Ku Kueh (紅龜粿)
5 Huat Kueh (發糕)
6 Pong Phia (大碰餅)
7 Rice Wine (米酒)
8 Chinese Tea (茶)
9 Paper Offerings (紙料)
10 Candles (蠟燭)

Once all these stuffs are prepared and ready, then one self can proceed to the Temple.

1st, pay respect to the Heaven & Main Deities in the Temple and then last, proceed to the Altar that honoured Tai Yang Xing Jun.

Make a Bow in front of the Altar and then sincerely kneel down and proceed with the following Passage (for those who know how to recite the Bao Gao of Tai Yang Xing Jun, can recite it first before reciting the following Passage or recite the following Praising Phrases):

太陽太陽。去陰現陽。
Tai Yang Tai Yang.Qu Yin Xian Yang

寒不侵心。邪不擾身。
Han Bu Qin Xin.Xie Bu Rao Shen

剛以伏柔。柔中生剛。
Gang Yi Fu Rou.Rou Zhong Sheng Gang

陰陽相互。百福臻生。
Yin Yang Xiang Hu.Bai Fu Zhen Sheng

志心皈禮。太陽聖真。
Zhi Xin Gui Li.Tai Yang Sheng Zhen

今逢。
Jin Feng.

太陽星君。(拜)
Tai Yang Xing Jun (Bow)

千秋聖誕之期。
Qian Qiu Sheng Dan Zhi Qi.

南洋新加坡共和國。 (你的住址) 。
Nan Yang Xin Jia Po Gong He Guo. (Your Address)

信士 (你的名字) 。及闔家同人。
Xin Shi (Your Name). Ji He Jia Tong Ren.

於此。
Yu Ci

虔備薄禮酒儀。
Qian Bei Bo Li Jiu Yi.

敬向。
Jing Xiang.

太陽星君。(拜)
Tai Yang Xing Jun (Bow)

虔誠請安。慶賀聖誕。
Qian Cheng Qing An. Qing He Sheng Dan.

於此虔祈。
Yu Ci Qian Qi.

太陽星君。(拜)
Tai Yang Xing Jun (Bow)

太康太健太安天。陽光普照九重地。
Tai Kang Tai Jian Tai An Tian.Yang Guang Pu Zhao Jiu Chong Di

星宿移動又一春。君誕案前祝壽綿。
Xing Xiu Yi Dong You Yi Chun.Jun Dan An Qian Zhu Shou Mian

以佑。
Yi You.

信士 (你的名字) 。及闔家同人。
Xin Shi (Your Name). Ji He Jia Tong Ren.

一年貴助常在。月月陽極陰埋。
Yi Nian Gui Zhu Chang Zai. Yue Yue Yang Ji Yin Mai.

四季神光普照。萬事遂心平安。
Si Ji Shen Guang Pu Zhao. Wan Shi Sui Xin Ping An.

於此。
Yu Ci.

信士 (你的名字) 。及闔家同人。
Xin Shi (Your Name). Ji He Jia Tong Ren.

敬向。
Jing Xiang.

太陽星君。(拜)
Tai Yang Xing Jun (Bow)

獻三拜三叩禮。
Xian San Bai Li.

一拜。再拜。三拜。禮成。(起立)
Yi Bai. Zai Bai. San Bai. Li Cheng (Raise)


After rising, make another sincere Bow and then left the spot.

After about 15 minutes, retrieve the Paper-offerings and then burn them off.

Once the Paper-offerings are being burnt, go back to the Altar, make another sincere Bow and then retrieve back the Offerings, bring them back home and share with the other members in the Family.

And so, the whole Paying Respect to Tai Yang Xing Jun is considered end.

So where can we find Tai Yang Xing Jun in Singapore?

Here are a few Temples that Oneself can visit to honour Tai Yang Xing Jun:

1 Tai Yang Gong (龜仔山太陽宮) at Silat Road (along Bukit Merah Road)

2 Wan Shou Shan Guan Yin Tang (萬壽山觀音堂) at Telok Blangah Height infront of Blk 54 (Biggest Statue in Singapore)

3 Tai Yang Gong (太陽宮) at Bedok North Ave 4

4 Dong Tian Gong (東天宮) at Bukit Batok Street 21

In the following are some extra information related to Tai Yang Xing Jun:

PS: Tai Yang Xing Jun Bao Gao:

http://javewu.multiply.com/photos/album/268

Poster of Tai Yang Xing Jun:

http://javewu.multiply.com/photos/album/46

Tai Yang Xing Jun Taoist Scripture:

http://javewu.multiply.com/journal/item/143

20 comments:

  1. I going havelock road teegong pay respect to tai yang gong...May his brightness shines all corners of the world and bless Bro Jave a speedy recovery.

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  2. Hi Shifu, you wrote: "According to Taoist Records, there are 2 Manifestation Anniversarys for Tai Yang Xing Jun, one of them is on 19th Day of Lunar 8 Month." When is the other manifestation day? Thx in advance.

    Best regards,

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  3. 19th Day of the 3rd Month as shown above in the poster.

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  4. I am currently away from my hometown and there's no temple dedicated to the Sun lord, is it okay to just face the rising sun and recite the birthday praise?

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  5. thanks Master,
    and btw, wishing you a speedy recovery

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  6. Hi Shifu, I would like to ask 2 questions:
    1. What is pong phia?
    2. Isnt the second manifestation anniversary cap gwee cap kao?
    Thanks Shifu.

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  7. i always remembers this.. 太阳三月十九生。家家念佛点红灯.. coz.. at my hometown got a 太阳太阴咒.. learn to memorize before :)
    but.. at my place no ppl aware of this date.. hmm.......

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  8. Ah yes :-) I am really stupid LOL

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  9. Pong Phia is a type of Traditional Biscuit, come with sticky filling inside. In Chinese, we called in Ma Ti Su.

    Some will celebrate on the 10th month too.

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  10. This is the Buddhist form, you shall go to the link i gave above to find the actual old scripture.

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  11. ha... buddhist form? but i always heard my grandpa chant it...
    sometime at my hometown during ppl 跳神童。。 will chant it also i think..
    hmm... but they chant in hokkien i think.. hard to translate it..

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  12. Yes, this is the Buddhist Form that we Taoist dont use. Usually for Mediumship, we dont chant this.

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  13. oh.. it was make me confuse...
    because.. my hometown hard to find Taoist master..
    but as sure i remembers there was different rite between Mediumship & Taoist Master..

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  14. Yup, from what I know, there are quite a lot of misunderstandings and misconception in your hometown. There is one thing that we needed to do - change the wrong doings to the right one. This is why, we need to do education for the people in-order not for them to get con or being cheated on.

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  15. yup.. i agree with what you said..
    because.. i go different place sure a different tradition.
    but the actual, correct way.. no ppl know.
    hope i can learn more from here.

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  16. Hahaha, sure sure. Feel free to ask any qns, I will try my best to assist.

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  17. It's 芝蔴香饼right? The ones that usually comes in pink coloured plastics from Malaysia?
    I thought tenth month because in the太阳经it mentioned 10th month.
    Thanks Shifu.

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  18. Not 芝蔴香饼, another type.

    Yes, some will also celebrate in the 10th Month.

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