In the scroll, you are able to see the Five Spirits that are being appointed to spread plague (瘟疫) or other acute communicable diseases (急性疾病) to Mortals in the Mortal Realm (人界).
During Rituals/Ceremonies, this scroll is being hung to usher out such Spirits.
In Taoism, there are quite a number of Rituals that are being conducted to send off such Spirits. The most common one will be the one sending off of Spiritual Boats (送王船).
can this god be pray by ppl
ReplyDeleteFor certain occasion, yes.
ReplyDeleteSo what occasion?
During the invading of Plague or unknown diseases.
At that moment, Priests or Spiritual Masters will be needed to perform Rituals/Ceremonies to send off such Deities or Spirits.
during the period of sars is it , his must be done right
ReplyDeleteYup, during the Sars period, almost all the Chinese Countries did some Big Rituals/Ceremonies for getting rid of the diseases, only in Singapore, we do not have.
ReplyDeleteOnly a Temple known as Xuan Jiang Dian did the sending off of Spiritual Boat.