In here, Jave Wu will like to do a simple introduction on the Offerings that being used during the Replenishing of Spiritual Coffer before Lunar New Year arrives (during Li Chun Period till Lunar New Year Eve 立春至農曆除夕).
Usually Long Shan Men will do the preparation of the following Offerings for own Members, Family Members and also Devotees who have requested us to perform the Replenishing for them.
Due to Replenishing of Spiritual Coffer is an Important Ceremony, so certain Paper Offerings must be Specially ordered or requested in-order for a Successful Replenishing of Spiritual Coffer can achieved. The Preparation for such a Ceremony can be tiring, but when the Person’s Spiritual Coffer is being Replenished successfully and he/she get a Positive Result, this is the time that Jave Wu felt Good & Happy despite the Tiredness.
This Year, due to Jave Wu is busy with assisting the other Taoist Groups and setting of Branches, I have to take in lesser engagements on the Replenishing of Spiritual Coffer, for those who I have rejected your engagement, please do forgive me for the tight schedule I have.
In the following, you will be seeing the Pictures of the Offerings that being Prepared for the Replenishing of Spiritual Coffer before Lunar New Year arrives:
1 Red & Blue Robes for the Spiritual Coffer Officer & Star Lord (紅與藍紙袍) – Pic 01
2 Huang Qian Jia Ma of 1 Set each - rewarding of the Heavenly Armies (黃錢甲馬各一份) – Pic 02
3 Gai Nian Paper 1 Set – Paper for the Elimination of the Negative Issues (改年紙一份) – Pic 03
Or, using She Zui Paper 1 Set – Paper for the Elimination of Sins & Debts (赦罪紙一份)
4 Spiritual Petition for Lord Tai Sui of the Year 1 Set (安奉太歲疏文一份) – Pic 04
5 Spiritual Coffer Paper few Sets to a Big Box – this is the Official & Correct type of Coffer Paper, do not get the Wrong type which is mend for Pass-on or Wanderings (補庫受生錢幾疊/一整箱) – Pic 05
6 Tian Gong Paper few Sets to a Big Bundle (天公金幾份/一整捆) – Pic 06
7 San Bao Paper few Sets to a Big Bundle (三寶金幾份/一整捆) – Pic 07
Once the items (Pic 01 - 04) are ready, place them ALL together and then bundle them up before proceeding to any Temple for the Honouring (Place them accordingly as shown in Pic 08).
Proceed to the Temple with Heavenly & High Position Deities (such as Jade Emperor of Heaven 玉皇大天尊, etc) for the Replenishing of Spiritual Coffer. If Oneself can engaged a Taoist Priest or Taoist Master to perform the Reporting, that will be more better & safe.
So who will Benefit (other than those being mentioned in Taoist Scriptures) from such Replenishing of Spiritual Coffer?
1 Those who are in Conflict with Lord Tai Sui of the Year
2 Those who Seriously Ill
3 Those who have just Recovered from Sickness
4 Those who have very Low Luck or being pestered by Negative Entities
5 Those who are starting a New Business
6 Those who have their own Business
7 Children who Sincerely request for the Replenishing of the Spiritual Coffer for the Parents
8 Those who “Return back Alive” from some Major Incidents
9 Those who are Cured after being “Possessed”
In here, Jave Wu will like to do a simple introduction on the Offerings that being used during the Honouring of Lord Tai Sui of the Year.
Usually Long Shan Men will do the preparation of the following Offerings for own Members, Family Members and also Devotees who have requested us to perform the Honouring of Lord Tai Sui of the Year for them.
Our Offerings are consider Simple but yet needed sometimes to prepare (such as getting the correct types of Paper for that Particular Year, which Lord Tai Sui prefer which type of Paper, Enhancing on the Spiritual Petition and also, doing Reporting while the Petition is being Initially Stamped with the Official Taoist Seal, etc).
In the following, you will be seeing the Pictures of the Offerings that being Prepared for Lord Tai Sui of the Year:
1 Blue Lord Tai Sui Robes of 1 Piece – remember to fold it into 3 portion (太歲紙袍一件﹐請記得三對折) – Pic 01-02
2 Da Gui Ren of 1 Set - remember to fold it into Half (大貴人紙一份﹐請記得對折) – Pic 03
3 Xiao Gui Ren of 1 Set (小貴人紙一份) – Pic 04
4 Lord Tai Sui Paper of 12 Pieces – to represent the Lunar Month of that Year, remember to fold them into Half (太歲金十二張 – 代表當年農曆月份﹐請記得對折) – Pic 05
5 Huang Qian Jia Ma of 1 Set each - rewarding of the Heavenly Armies (黃錢甲馬各一份) – Pic 06
6 Gai Nian Paper 1 Set – Paper for the Elimination of the Negative Issues (改年紙一份) – Pic 07
Or, using She Zui Paper 1 Set – Paper for the Elimination of Sins & Debts (赦罪紙一份)
7 Spiritual Petition for Lord Tai Sui of the Year (安奉太歲疏文一份) – Pic 08
Once everything is ready, place them ALL together and then bundle them up before proceeding to any Temple for the Honouring (Place them accordingly as shown in Pic 09).
Usually some Temples will have already prepare the Offerings for the Honouring of Lord Tai Sui, but if you think that by adding this Set of Offerings will make it better, please do so.
And do remember to add in a Red Packet with Coins (10 cents or S$1.00) of the number of the Lunar Months of that Year. After Honouring, remember to put the Red Packet into the Donation Box (添油箱) besides that Altar of Lord Tai Sui.
In here, you all will be seeing a set of Photos taken on last week during the Thanksgiving Ceremony conducted at Philippines Lv Shan Bai Jun Dian.
As you all can see that, various important Offerings were being prepared for this Year's Thanksgiving.
Must really thanks Lotus for putting in the effort in the Preparation.
Lord Tai Sui, a Taoist Deity that look into issues that are associated with Year (值年), Age (領歲), Life (注生) & Death (統死).
In Taoism, each Lunar Year, a new Tai Sui will be appointed to “stand on Guard” (a total of 61 Lord Tai Sui including 1 main In-charge of the other 60 Lord Tai Sui). While the Tai Sui is on Duty, he will be the Only Deity that leads the other Deities to provide the necessary Blessings for the Living Beings and look into the requests of different beings.
This is why, in our Chinese Deity Records, Lord Tai Sui is always being treated as a highly respected Deity.
Nowadays, due to the commercial value that honouring of Tai Sui can gain, a lot of Non-Taoist Religions also try to conduct Rituals/Ceremony that Pay Respect to Lord Tai Sui, which this is not appropriate and can be useless.
For those who really wish to get the blessing from our Lord Tai Sui on Duty, must visit any Taoist Temples or engaged any Authorized Taoist Spiritual Masters to conduct the honouring session (not Mediums or Geomancy Masters).
So what is the invitation of Lord Tai Sui about?
Invitation of Lord Tai Sui, in Chinese known as An Tai Sui (安太歲) or Feng Tai Sui (奉太歲), meaning inviting Lord Tai Sui into one’s home.
Bu doing so, Lord Tai Sui will be able to provide the necessary blessings for the family in that Year and also allowed Lord Tai Sui to receive the direct-offerings from the family.
How these invitations of Lord Tai Sui come about?
This will have to trace back to the far Ancient Era in China.
According to records, Invitation of Tai Sui or An Tai Sui is a very old Practice that the Chinese or Taoists will perform after Li Chun Day (立春日后) to invite in Lord Tai Sui to one’s home.
In the Ancient Era, Temples don’t really dedicate Altars to Lord Tai Sui, for those who wished to pay respect or honour Lord Tai Sui will have to think of ways to attain the direct connection with him and so, after certain era, the practice of Inviting of Lord Tai Sui to one’s home was being spread around among the Chinese & Taoists. And this Practice was being passed-down till today.
So how shall one go about with the Invitation?
Usually by engaging an Authorized Taoist Spiritual Master or visit any Taoist Temples to get the Invitation done.
Upon engaging the Taoist Master, after the necessary chanting and reporting (with the Taoist Spiritual Petition 安奉太歲疏文), he will pass one Lord Tai Sui Talisman (正統道教值年太歲符) to one self. Once this Lord Tai Sui Talisman is being enhanced and passed to one self, one self will need to set up an Altar for the Talisman at home. After putting up the Talisman, this means that Lord Tai Sui is being invited into ones home for blessing. This is what we called An Tai Sui in Chinese.
A few things to take note while setting up the Altar:
1 – Position for the Lord Tai Sui Talisman must be higher than the Deities at home. Unless the Deities being honour at home are San Qing (三清), Jade Emperor of Heaven (玉皇), Dou Mu (斗姆), Si Yu (四御) or San Guan (三官)
2 – After bringing the Talisman home, one self shall offer incenses immediately while setting up the Altar, no delaying is allowed.
3 – Non-stop offering of incenses, teas and simple offerings for the next three days after setting the Altar.
4 – After the Altar is being set-up, report to Lord Tai Sui that you are inviting him to “sit” on the “Main Seat”, invite him onto the Seat and start offering the necessary offerings.
5 – After inviting Lord Tai Sui onto the seat, do make a simple report to the other Deities at home.
Due to the mix-&-match Culture, most of the Lord Tai Sui Talismans that being used nowadays are not the correct one. Once a wrong Lord Tai Sui Talisman is being used, how powerful the enhancement made is also consider no use. So do be beware of this, do not just blindly follow the trend.
So what shall be prepared while doing the Invitation?
Here are some recommended items for one self to prepare:
1 – A new Table (新桌案)
2 – A new set of Table-banner (usually with Auspicious Embroidery sewed on it 紅桌圍)
3 – A new Urn (新爐)
4 – A set of Candle-holder or A set of Electric Light (一對新燭臺/電燭臺)
5 – An Oil-lamp (consistent lighting 油燈一盞)
6 – 6 Traditional Candies/Cookies & 6 Vegetarian Items 十二齋碗)
7 – A set of 5 Mandarin Oranges (大吉五粒)
8 – A Nian Gao (年糕一個)
9 – A Huat Kueh (發糕一個)
10 – A set of 5 Ang Bao (this refers to the Buns that being painted Red 紅包子五個)
11 – A set of 5 Ang Ku Kueh (紅龜粿五個)
12 – 3 cups of Chinese Tea & 3 Cups of Rice White (三杯茶酒)
13 – Incense-paper (3 Tian Gong Paper 天公金三份, 3 San Bao Paper 三寶金三份, Tai Sui Robe 太歲紙袍一份)
After the preparation, Invite in the Tai Sui and Place the Tai Sui Talisman and paste onto the Wall or Holding-object in front of the Altar.
After the Talisman is being put up, light the Incenses and pay respect to Lord Tai Sui, report the name of one self and the name of other members of the family. Once the report is being made, do the necessary requesting and then make 3 bows and leave the spot.
For the First 3 Days, the Incenses cannot be stopped. In-order to make things easy, one self can prepare the Coil-incenses (塔香) that can go-on for 24 hours, this is much safer.
So when to do offering to Lord Tai Sui that being invited to ones home?
On every 1st & 15th Day (每月之農曆初一及十五日).
On every Big Festival and also, the Birthday of Lord Tai Sui, which fall on the 19th Day of Lunar 7 Month (just need to prepare the same offerings that being mentioned above).
So when to send off Lord Tai Sui?
Usually this will be done on the Day while the family send-off the Kitchen Deity, which means the 24th Day of Lunar 12 Month (農曆十二月二十四日).
Due to Folks Culture, some will do it before Dong Zhi aka Winter Solstice (冬至).
On the day of the sending-off, simple offerings must be prepared. 3 sets of Tian Gong incense-paper (天公金 the big size one), 3 sets of Shou Jin incense-paper (壽金 the normal size one), a set of Lord Tai Sui paper-robe (太歲袍), a set of Gui Ren incense-paper (貴人紙 the red-color paper-offering will a lot of Officer-figurines being printed) and some Sending-off Jia Ma (送神甲馬 Horse offering-paper).
After the preparation, make a short report to Lord Tai Sui that the New Year is coming, the family will be making invitation for the New Lord Tai Sui in for the New Year and will sincerely invite the current Lord Tai Sui back to the Heaven, thank him for the blessing of the Year.
Once the report is being made, one self can take down the old Lord Tai Sui Talisman and then together, bring the incense-papers and burn them off.
After the burning, clear the Altar and then prepared for the next invitation of Lord Tai Sui.
In here, you all will be seeing the Official Plaque for the various Local & Overseas Branches of Long Shan Men.
All the Branches below have aleady got their Official Authority from the 64th Generation Descendant of Heavenly Master Zhang Dao Ling (張道陵天師). After 15th Day of Lunar 1 Month of Geng Yin Year (庚寅年正月十五日), the various Branches will be Officially operating to assist ALL Taoists in South East Asia.
Hope that by then, Long Shan Men and other Branches can promote our Taoist Culture all over the World in-order not to let our Precious Taoist Culture ended in this Modernise & Commercialize Era.
Finally, the Spring had arrived in the Mortal World, while the everyone is enjoying the Joyous of the Arrival of Spring, in Taoism/Chinese Culture, we have a practise of Lighting the Blessing Lantern on Li Chun Day.
So what is Blessing Lantern?
In Chinese, we address it as Ping An Deng (requesting for Blessing thru-out the Year平安燈), Fu Gui Deng (requesting for Prosperity富貴燈), Guang Ming Deng (requesting for Smoothness & Brightness光明燈) or Chang Shou Deng (request for Healthy & Longevity長壽燈), such titles are being addressed according to what Oneself requested or wish to request. Usually such Lanterns come in Red Rounded form with Nice pattern being printed on it, after hanging up onto the Roof of the Temple, the Lantern will stay there for a Year. In some Temples, there will use Candles (斗燭) to act as the Blessing Lantern, usually such Candles can only light for 3-9 Days, after then, the Devotees will need to return to the Temple during Big Occasions or Festivals to relight the Candles, this is also acceptable and Blessing will still be “valid”.
During the Lighting of the Blessing Lantern, a Priest or the Person-in-charge will write the Name of Oneself or the whole Family onto the Lantern and upon completion, the Lantern will be bring forward to the Main Altar of the Temple and the Priest or Person-in-charge will assist the Devotees in making the Reporting & Requesting.
So for such Lighting of Blessing Lantern, does it really help?
Frequently speaking, Yes, it does help certain People, especially for those who didn’t make any form of Un-necessary & Realistic requests.
And of cos, the Temple/place that Oneself choose to light the Blessing Lantern also play a part in the making of the Requesting/Wish comes True.
So what type of Temple/Place Oneself can go for the Lighting of such Blessing Lanterns?
In Singapore, there are quite a number of Temples/Places that provide such services, but due to the Energies & Activities that take place in the Temples/Places, for some people, after they lighted the Blessing Lanterns, more issues happen rather then Blessings being bestowed upon them.
1 Oneself shall try to avoid Temples/Places that conduct Consultation Sessions by Mediums
2 Temples/Places with Main Deities which are Heavenly Deities and not Nether World Deities
3 Oneself shall try to avoid Temples/Places with Ancestral Halls being set-up
4 Oneself shall try to avoid Temples/Places that don’t allow Devotees to be present while the Lantern is being hang-up
5 Temples/Places with Priest or Person-in-charge doing the Reporting & Requesting while hanging of the Lantern
So what are the items that needed to prepare before going for the Lighting of Blessing Lantern?
Oneself need not worry on the items to prepare or buy. Usually when you are at the Temple/Place, they will prepare the Necessary Offerings for you to do the Honouring to the Deities.
Best is, remember to wear RED while going for such Lighting of Blessing Lanterns.
So usually how much does such Blessing Lanterns cost?
Normally such Blessing Lanterns’ cost can be range from S$10 – S$38 per Lantern, if the cost of the Lantern goes beyond S$50, then I will advise you all not to purchase it, cos usually such Temples/Places are using the Lantern to earn extra Commercial Value/Money.
So in Singapore, where can Oneself Light the Blessing Lantern?
As mentioned above, there are quite a number of Temples/Places that perform such Lighting of Blessing Lanterns for Devotees, but remember not to get Con.
Look for Temples with Main Deities which are Heavenly Deities.
Here are a few that Oneself can consider for the Lighting of the Blessing Lanterns for the Lunar Year:
Sembawang Tian Hou Temple (三巴旺天后宮) – Admiralty Street (Woodlands Ave 10)
Last of ALL, Long Shan Men will like to wish ALL of you, having a Joyous Lunar New Year ahead, everything is Smooth & everyone is enjoying Brightness in their Life.
春始花開顯富貴。
點燈求福樂連年。
光明長映消災厄。
處處平安貴人協。
Spring had arrived. It’s a new season and in here, Long Shan Men will like to wish ALL of You Happy Geng Yin Year (庚寅年).
Today, in our Lunar Calendar is known as Li Chun Day, which means that Spring of Geng Yin Year starts from this moment onwards.
As usual, Long Shan Men will perform the ushering in of the Spring by performing Honouring on this Day in-order to request Blessing from the Deities for the Members, Families & our Homeland – Singapore.
At 6.30Am, Long Shan Men had started to prepare the necessary Offerings for the ushering in of the Spring and by the time of 6.42Am, Long Shan Men offered the 1st round of Spring Incenses (祈福富貴迎春香) to the Deities and by 6.44Am, Paper Offerings were being Send-off for the Deities.
For those who have yet to usher in the Spring, please do so within the Day, it will be Great if Oneself can visit Temples (at least 3) to perform Honouring & Blessing Requesting.
Last of ALL, may Heaven bless ALL of you and may Dao bring Peace to the World.
Dear All,
After Dong Zhi (冬至) aka Winter Solstice of Year 2009, all Paying of Gratitude to Lord Tai Sui of Ji Chou Year (己丑年太歲) will end (for those who miss this, usually will do it before 16th Day of Lunar 12 Month of Ji Chou Year or the Day of Thanksgiving Ceremony 答謝神恩).
And after sending off of Deities on the 24th Day of Lunar 12 Month of Ji Chou Year (己丑年), all those who got the Effect of Conflict with Lord Tai Sui of Geng Yin Year (庚寅年), can prepared to pay their respect to Lord Tai Sui of Ji Chou Year - known as General Wu Huan (鄔桓).
So when is the Best timing or Accurate Day to pay respect to General Wu Huan?
According to Chinese Custom & Taoist Practice Records, the Best & Accurate Day to pay respect to a the Lord Tai Sui of the New Lunar Year starts on Li Chun Day (立春) - which means that, the Initial Starts of the Spring Season (a lot of people may think that the 1st Day of Lunar 1 Month is the start of a New Lunar Year, but actually is not, if we are to go according to the Old Ancient Calendar, Li Chun shall be the actual day of the arrival of Spring Season).
So when is Li Chun Day for Geng Yin Year?
Li Chun Day for Geng Yin Year falls on 21st Day of Lunar 12 Month, 04 Feb 2010, after 06:42Am.
So for those who needed to pay respect to Lord Tai Sui of Geng Yin Year, you can do it in Morning of the 22nd Day of Lunar 12 Month, 05 Feb 2010.
Where can we pay respect to Lord Tai Sui of Ji Chou Year?
Here’re a few recommended Official Temples that oneself can visit (remember, while Paying Respect to Lord Tai Sui of a New Year, do not go to any Temples that got the Nether World Deities as the Main Deity):
Yue Hai Qing Temple (粵海清廟) at Philip Road (in CBD, they got the oldest set of 60 Tai Sui in Singapore 六十太歲)
Yu Huang Temple (玉皇殿) at Havelock Road (with temporary tablet for Lord Tai Sui)
Jade Emperor Temple (天公廟) at Telok Blangah Road (2 Temples there, with Old statues of Dang Nian Tai Sui 當年太歲)
Tian Fu Gong aka Ma Zu Temple (天福宮) at Telok Ayer Street (with One statue for Dang Nian Tai Sui 當年太歲)
An Ji Sheng Wang Temple (安濟聖王廟) at West Coast (with 60 Tai Sui 六十太歲)
Lei Yin Temple (雷音寺) at Bukit Merah View (with One statue for Dang Nian Tai Sui)
Jin Lan Temple (金蘭廟) at Kim Tian Road Tiong Bahru (with the Biggest & Oldest Tai Sui)
& more…
So what are the Offerings that needed to prepare?
Usually the Temples that dedicate Altars to Lord Tai Sui will have set of offerings prepared for Devotees, but if you needed to get extra shares, here are the suggested items:
1 - One set of Mandarins (5 quantities 大吉)
2 - One set of Chinese Tea Leaves & Traditional Cookies (Jian He 餞盒)
3 - One set of Lord Tai Sui Incense-paper (optional 太歲金)
4 - One set of Lord Tai Sui Robe (in Blue Color 藍色太歲袍)
5 - One set of Lord Tai Sui Talisman (optional, beware that, only choose the Taoism one, not those mix with other Religions Wordings/Charms on it 正統道教太歲符)
6 - One set of Incense (not to short, medium length will be best - more than 48cm 富貴長命香)
7 - An Ang Bao with an amount of S$1.20 or S$12.00 (for Geng Yin Year, there are only 12 Lunar Months)
8 - A Spiritual Petition to report on the name, age, DOB and address of the person who paying respect to Lord Tai Sui (some Temples will prepare for the devotees, if not, can always look for any Taoist Spiritual People for one 安奉太歲疏文)
PS: For those who need the Spiritual Petition, please PM or email me at javecxwu@gmail.com
Protection & Blessing Items for Oneself
Recently, many People had approached me for the enquiry of what Items to be bought in-order to do Self-protection for the Conflict-issue against the Lord Tai Sui.
Here are a few items that oneself can get:
1) Wu Di Qian aka The Five Emperors Coin (五帝錢)
Pls refer to link: http://javewu.multiply.com/reviews/item/70
2) Wooden Pendant (木制墜子)
For example, Wooden Ru Yi Pendant from Zhen Ren Temple (真人宮木如意)
3) Golden Jewelry (金飾)
For example, Gold Chain with a Chinese Character of Fu aka Prosperity
4) Tai Sui Coin (太歲錢)
This can be bought from All Feng Shui Stores.
5) A Copy of Lord Tai Sui Praise Mantra (太歲寶誥)
Remember, the Tai Sui Mantra must be written by oneself, do not ask anyone to do the copying or writing on behalf of you. This Mantra can be written or copy after 24th Day of Lunar 12 Month.
The Mantra can be found in:
http://javewu.multiply.com/photos/album/116
Copy it on a Red or Yellow Paper with the dimension of 10cm by 10cm.
After complete writing, on the Day of Paying Respect to Lord Tai Sui, bring it along and then before burning off the Paper Offerings, bring out the Mantra and bring it on top of the Urn, go 3 rounds on top of the Incense Fume and then keep it in the Wallet.
Whenever Oneself feels uneasy or frustrated, take it out and recite once, the Issues that you faced will somehow be solved.
Last of All, wish everyone after paying respect to General Wu Huan, All necessary blessings will be bestowed to you and your family.
Wu Liang Shou 無量壽
Wu Liang Fu 無量福
Wu Liang Guang 無量光
A Year is about to End and a New Year is around the corner to allow us to usher in.
Time flashes like Lighting. Now we are already in Year 2010 and for Lunar Year is Geng Yin Year (庚寅年).
So what is Li Chun Day?
A lot of people might not know that, actually our Lunar New Year will start on Li Chun Day or Lunar New Year will only be consider as Officially Arrived only after Li Chun Day.
Li Chun Day is a day to mark the start of a New Lunar Year and also, to mark the Arrival of the Spring Season.
Usually after Li Chun Day, most of the plants will start to grow again, snow will slowly cease and accumulated-ice will start to melt, etc.
So how to know when is Li Chun Day?
According to the Ancient Calculation, Li Chun Day will be within 49days after Dong Zhi (冬至) aka Winter Solstice or +/- 9 days from Lunar New Year (except for special Lunar Calendar Year).
In Solar Calendar (陽曆), usually Li Chun Day will fall within 3rd, 4th or 5th of every February.
For Year 2010, it falls on 04 Feb, a Thursday (農曆臘月廿一日), starts at 0644 Hr.
So what are the events that will happen on Li Chun Day?
In the past, on Li Chun Day, Emperor would led the Officers of the Imperial Court to the Eastern Field (東郊 out from the Capital City) to usher the Spring or Deity of Spring (迎春神), this represent the Spring Deity was there to perform his task, etc.
As for commoners, they would visit Temples to pay respect to Deities for blessing for the New Year.
Some Folks Organisations would organize Traditional performances, Lion Dances, Guessing-games, etc.
For the modern day now, due to works, education, etc, a lot of such Traditional Dates/Festivals are being forgotten. This is indeed a pity sad thing.
Besides the above mentioned Events, Li Chun Day is also a Day to usher in Lord Tai Sui of the New Lunar Year (值年太歲星君).
For those who are being affected by the Confliction of Lord Tai Sui, Oneself or the Family can visit Old Temples with Proper Altar set-up dedicating to Lord Tai Sui to pay their respect. After the paying respect to Lord Tai Sui, everything will be fine and if Oneself is Sincere & Upright, that Year will usually turn out Good & Peaceful.
So when is the Best Timing to visit Temple to pay respect to Lord Tai Sui?
For those who are Not working, you can start to visit Temple to honour Lord Tai Sui after Li Chun Day (next day), for those who are working, then you can choose to visit the Temple on Weekends, but remember to do it before the Lunar New Year arrives.
Last of All, an Advise for ALL. For those who are able to visit 3 Temples on Li Chun Day, it will be Great. This action is to eliminate ALL un-necessary Negative Energies that have pestered Oneself for the past 1 Year. As for those who cant make it, Family Members or Friends can assist in paying respect to the Deities on-behalf of them.
For those who needed to Replenish their Spiritual Coffer (消災改運添補庫), Li Chun Day is also a Good Day to perform this Ceremony.
On the 16th Day of Lunar 12 Month of Ji Chou Year, a Thanksgiving Honouring was being conducted at Long Shan Men’s 9th Disciple’s (Vabien Lee) Home dedicating to the Main Deities – Heavenly Lord Tai Yi (太乙天尊) & Heavenly Marshal Jiang Fei Jie (江飛捷仙官).
At about 11.00Am, Jave Wu arrived at the Home of Vabien and most of the Offerings were already ready for the Ceremony to start. So without any delay, Jave Wu initiate the Ceremony by making a simple report to the Three Realms & the Main Deities of Fei Jie Fu (飛捷府).
With the assistance of Vabien, the Ceremony started with the paying respect to the Three Pure Ones (三清道祖), following by inviting Guest Deities to the Banquet and then, making Tea & Wine Offering and last, inviting the Armies to enjoy the Cuisines (see Pic 07 – meat stuffs for Generals & Armies) and also not forgetting the Horses (see Pic 19 – Beans & Veges, Water for Horses) .
Special Kueh known as Gui Hua Gao or Osmanthus Cake (桂花糕) was being prepared by Vabien for the Main Deity Marshal Jiang. This was being recorded as one of the favourite sweet desserts of the Song Dynasty Era (宋朝年間) – Marshal Jiang was born in Song Dynasty (see Pic 13 – Beans & Veges, Water for Horses) .
After 2 rounds of Chanting of Taoist Scriptures, Sending Off of Invited Deities was being conducted after Vabien got a Positive reply from the throwing of the Divination Block (聖筊).
By then, it was already 2.00Pm plus.
With some simple packing up, we headed to Jurong East Feng Shan Si (裕廊東鳳山寺) to conduct the Thanksgiving Ceremony dedicating to Guang Ze Zun Wang (廣澤尊王).
