It’s again the 24th Day of Lunar 06 Month of (農曆六月廿四日) for Tong Shan Tang (新加坡童善堂) to conduct their Annual Celebration dedicating to Lord Guan Gong (關聖帝君聖誕).
At about 09.00Am, Jave & Vabien arrived at Tong Shan Tang and most of the Offerings were being prepared by Royce and his Family. Without further delay, the Annual Celebration started by conducting the Reporting to the Celestial Realm (開壇上奏) at about 10.00Am.
At 11.00Am, the Ushering in of the Deities from the Three Realms (恭迎三界) was being conducted and most of the Members of Tong Shan Tang were there to participate in the welcoming of the Deities.
Upon completion of the Ushering in of the High Deities, Dotting Ceremony was conducted dedicated to Marshal Zhong Tan (中壇元帥) & a miniature Statue dedicated to Lord Guan Gong.
At about 2.00Pm, after the lunch break, the Anniversary Respect Ceremony (祝壽科儀) started, by then more Members of Tong Shan Tang had arrived to join in.
After the Anniversary Respect Ceremony, 2 Old Mediums from another Sintua, which was also the Master of Royce’s Mother, had dropped by to pay respect after they had Sent-off the Deities.
At about 3.30Pm, the Sending-off of the Deities (恭送三界) was conducted.
At about 5.30pm, the Rewarding of the Armies was conducted by the Royce conducting the Ritual. During this period, Jave had went off for a last minute Taoist Meeting, so was not able to participate in the Rewarding of the Armies.
By 8.00Pm, after a quick packing and cleaning, we sat down to enjoy the Food that being prepared by Royce’s Mother & Brother.
At about 9.30Pm, the whole of Tong Shan Tang proceed down to the Open-field to conduct the Food-offerings to the Wandering Spirits (小普施儀式).
And the whole Day ended smoothly & happily at about 10.30Pm. With 3 cheers & the consuming of Red-wine, we called it and day and everyone headed home for a good rest.
In here, Jave will like to take this opportunity to Thank Royce, Royce’s Mother and All Members of Tong Shan Tang for making this Ceremony a Wonderful and Successful one.
Million Thanks to Vabien for sharing with us the Pictures. He was the appointed Official Cameraman for the Day.
And also, Special Thanks to Bro Chee Seng, Sis-in-law Cherie, Sis Liping, Liqing & Lipei for dropping by.
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They have done it very well.....
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