He Bi Shan Temple Crossing Fire & Receiving of Celestial Edict Ceremony 2011 – The Finale (新加坡何碧山宮辛卯年天命乩生過火領御旨法會之過火進天領御旨)

On 15 May (a Sunday) and also the Best Day for Spiritual Events on this Season, He Bi Shan Temple had chosen this Day for the Crossing of Fire & Receiving of Celestial Imperial Edicts for the Old & New Mediums and also, the Operation of the Temple.

After 40 Years of not having this Ceremony being conducted, with the Encouragement of Old Spiritual Master Lim, He Bi Shan Temple decided to do it this Year and with this, the Temple had entered into another New Era of their Temple’s History.

At 9.00Am, He Bi Shan Temple arrived at Telok Blangah Tian Gong Temple (新加坡天公廟) to conduct the Requesting of Celestial Armies from Jade Emperor of Heaven (玉皇大天尊) & Heavenly Lord Pu Hua (雷聲普化天尊).

By 11.00Am, the Requesting of Celestial Armies was completed and Jave proceed to Jia Fu Jing (新加坡嘉福境) to assist them to settle the Dotted Deities onto the Main Altar.

At 2.30Pm, Jave arrived at He Bi Shan Temple after assisting Jia Fu Jing on the dotting of the Statues.

Upon arrival, Jave started to conduct the Cleansing Ritual (淨壇) & Settling of Spiritual Territory (結界) before the Ushering in of the Celestial Reporting Officers from the Three Realms.

After then, the Ushering in of the Celestial Reporting Officers from the Three Realms (恭迎三界) and Sending of Spiritual Petition to Celestial Palace (上奏昊天) was conducted. During the Ushering in of the Celestial Deities, the few new Mediums started to get in-trance with their Respective Deities and soon after the Celestial Deities were being usher-in, the Deities de-trance to allow the Mediums to pay their Respects to the Guest Celestial Deities.

At 4.00Pm, the Paying Respect to San Guan Da Di (三官大帝) was conducted while the Spiritual Armies of He Bi Shan Temple were being honoured & rewarded with Food & Paper Offerings (犒賞三軍).

Soon after the Respect to San Guan Da Di was completed, the Sending off of the Celestial Reporting Officers was being conducted.

At 5.30Pm, the Cleansing of the Temple (淨廟封壇) was done before the Crossing Ceremony started.

At 6.00Pm, Old Master Lim started to do Cleansing for the Fire Territory and with the assistance of Taoist Bro Chee Seng & Soon Seng, the Fire was being started.

At 7.30Pm, after the necessary Cleansing done by Old Master Lim, Jave was there to assist in the Eliminating of the Negative Entities (押煞) and with the completion of that, the Crossing of Fire started.

Firstly, the Crossing of Fire was led by Old Master Lim and Jave, followed by the Mediums, then the Assistants of Mediums and last, the Future-to-be Spiritual Teachers.

After Jave had crossed the Fire, Jave went to change for the Ritual of the Sending of Spiritual Petitions to the Various Celestial Palaces to grant the Permission to promote the Mediums and Receiving of the Celestial Edicts.

With the assistance of Old Master Lim, All the Old & New Mediums got their Spiritual Promotion and then, with the Reporting, the Temple was granted once again with the Celestial Edicts from San Qing (三清道祖) & Yu Huang Da Tian Zun (玉皇大天尊).

Before the Mediums got Detrance, Master Lim assist them to make Vows in front of the Three Major Celestial Palaces & Six Sub-Palaces (三宮六府).

For those who wished to know which are the 9 Palaces, here there are:

1) Yu Qing Gong (玉清宮)
2) Shang Qing Gong (上清宮)
3) Tai Qing Gong (太清宮)
4) Jin Que Tong Ming Gong (金闕通明宮)
5) Jiu Tian Ying Yuan Fu (九天應元府)
6) Dong Ji Qing Hua Gong (東極青華宮)
7) Tan En San Yuan Gong (覃恩三元宮)
8) San Jie Lie Sheng Gong (三界列聖宮)
9) Kun Jie Zhong Sheng Gong (坤界眾聖宮)

With then, the Crossing of Fire & Receiving of the Three Celestial Edicts was done.

For those who dont know about the Three Celestial Edicts, here they are:

1) Dao Edict (道旨)
2) Imperial Edict (御旨)
3) Authorization Edict (鈞旨)

These Three Edicts were being issued out from San Qing (三清道祖 - 道旨), Jade Emperor of Heaven (玉皇大天尊 - 御旨) & San Guan Da Di (三官大帝 - 鈞旨). Without these Three Edicts, it wouldnt consist as Complete and a Temple or Medium could not start to perform their Task in assisting the needy.


At 9.00Pm, the Sending Off of Guest Deities was conducted and then, all of us head back for a good rest after 72 hours of preparation for this Spiritual Event.

Million Thanks to Taoist Bro Jerry of Long Guan Dian (新加坡龍觀殿) & Bro Royce of Tong Shan Tang (新加坡童善堂) for sharing with us the Pictures.

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