After a long stretch of Celebration for Lunar New Year,
its time to do an Official Round-off for the Festival.
Its again the 15th Day of Lunar 1st Month (農曆正月十五日) – for Year 2013, it falls on 24
Feb (a Sunday), which is also known as Yuan Xiao (元宵) or Shang Yuan (上元).
In Taoism, this is also the Day for Heavenly Lord Tian
Guan (天官大帝) to conduct his Annual
Inspection for the Mortals in the Mortal Realm (考校巡天下) and in some other Taoist contexts, also known as the
Manifestation Anniversary of Heavenly Lord Tian Guan (其他文獻也記載此日為天官大帝之千秋聖誕).
For those who are interested in finding out more, please
do feel free to visit the following links:
Pictures of San Guan Da Di (三官大帝照片連接):
Praising Incantation of San Guan Da Di (三官大帝寶誥):
Info of Tian Guan (天官大帝簡介):
Tian Guan Da Di (天官大帝)
aka Lord Emperor of Heavenly Realm.
In Folks Culture, Tian Guan Da Di is one of the very few
High Position Deities that being appointed to distribute or bestowed the Luck
of Fortune or Luck of Wealth to the Mortals.
On every 15th Day of Lunar 1 Month, the Manifestation Anniversary
aka Birthday, of Tian Guan, the Chinese & Taoists will visit Temples that
dedicate Altar or Statue to San Guan Da Di to pay respect to Tian Guan Da Di,
in-order to make request for the blessing of Good Luck from Tian Guan Da Di.
In other Chinese Countries, such as China, Hong Kong,
Taiwan, etc, grand Rituals/Ceremonies that dedicated to Tian Guan Da Di will be
organized for devotees to participate in.
During the Rituals/Ceremonies, Taoist Priests/Spiritual
Masters will do Scripture Chanting and Petition Reading, in-order to evoke the
energy from Tian Guan Da Di to be bestowed onto the Mortals.
In Singapore, never ever we can see such a
Ritual/Ceremony being conducted, sad to say, not much people in Singapore or
South East Asia known about who is Tian Guan Da Di or San Guan Da Di, worst is
that, there are ignorant Temples & Sintuas that tend to distort the Upright
Culture of San Guan Da Di.
In order to get the necessary blessing from Tian Guan Da
Di or San Guan Da Di, one self must be Upright and Willingly to accept the True
Teaching of Taoism.
Last, all the best in the paying respect, may Tian Guan
Da Di distribute the Luck of Fortune to All of you.
Intro on Shang Yuan:
San Guan Da Di Comic (三元三官大帝漫畫輯):
Intro on the Spiritual Carriage of San Guan Da Di (三元三官大帝座下靈獸):
Couplets dedicated to Lord San Guan (三官大帝相關通用對聯):
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