Paying Respect to Heavenly Master Zhang Dao Ling (正一張天師聖誕)

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Last Saturday (21 June 2008), was consider as the Manifestation Anniversary aka Birthday of Heavenly Master Zhang Dao Ling aka Zhang Tian Shi.

On that Morning, at about 9.00++, me and one of my Students & his Wife went to Swissotel at Cityhall to pick up one of my Classmates (Bro Matt from London) to visit the Tian Gong Temple located at Havelock Road to pay respect to Heavenly Master Zhang Dao Ling.

Upon arriving at the Temple, a few Buddhist Monks were at the Temple preparing for one of the Blessing Ceremony for the Devotees who came early to pay respect to Jade Emperor of Heaven (due to Tian Gong Temple at Havelock Road had ben working closely with the Buddhist Organisations, nowadays, no more Taoist Rituals/Ceremonies are being conducted in the Temple for our Upright Taoist Deities).

After laying out the necessary Offerings, the group of us went to pay respect around the Temple before we proceed to the Rear Hall, Lef t Altar to pay respect to Zhang Tian Shi. Soon after we pay respect to Jade Emperor of Heaven to report on the main purpose of this Trip, we proceed to where Zhang Tian Shi was.

Soon, our Paying Respect started, as usually, I would be the one to lead the Honouring and after Offering our Incenses, each of us made a 3 Kneeling & 9 Kowtow (三跪九叩) Respect to Zhang Tian Shi, in-order to ask for his blessing for our Country, the People, the Sufferings and of cos, Long Shan Men.

Right after the Kowtowing, the whole group of us proceed to the Main Hall and this is the Peak of the Day - to get the Spiritual Authority from Jade Emperor of Heaven to do Enhancing on our Long Shan Men's Wu Lei Hao Ling (The Five Thunder Command Block 五雷號令).

The whole process took about 10 minutes to complete with a final Positive Agreement by Jade Emperor of Heaven. Once getting the approval from Jade Emperor of Heaven, we went back to where Zhang Tian Shi was to get his blessing and this time, just by throwing the Divination Block (筊) once, I got the agreement from him and immediately, I "injected" the "Energy" emitted by Zhang Tian Shi into the Block by writing the necessary Talismans Symbol onto the Block.

And so successfully, the whole Paying Respect and getting of the Authority were being done and so, after leaving the Temple, we proceed to Bugis (Rochor Center) to have out Lunch and then proceed to get a Wonderful Statue of Zhang Tian Shi for Long Shan Men.

Upon arriving at Heng Moh Seng (the usual shop that I ordered and get my statues from, the one that situated opposite Bugis OG), I saw my Favourite Statue of Zhang Tian Shi and within a 2nd Thought, I got the statue and it was being sponsored by my Classmate Matt.

Soon, my 3rd Classmate from Penang called, saying that he was in Town and so, we metup with him and then proceed to another Temple before we headed home to rest.

That was really a Wonderful and Fruitful Day.

May Zhang Tian Shi give the necessary blessings to All the Mortals and Upright Official Taoists.

Wu Liang Shou.

Special Sharing on Spiritual Encounter (雲霧聚﹑魂魄齊)

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While I was on my way to the East Side of Singapore just now (around 11pm), on BKE (in the mid-point of between Woodlands & Bukit Panjang, just before the Exit to Mandai), a Large Area-covering Mist appeared, which cover about 300-500 meters wide.

This is a Rare Scene to appear in Singapore, after some many decades, this Scene appear again (according to record, it happened in abt 50++ years ago, str8 after WW2).

According to Old Records, when such a Scene appear, meaning that certain Spiritual Beings are moving around in the Area from 1 Point to another. From the observation, this Scene happened shall be associated with the Souls that being summoned by the Nether World Guardians to report back to a certain point from a location in Mandai Area.

From the records that I have, if this Scene is associated with the movement of Nether World Beings, that it will last at least for 3 Days and timing will starts from 10pm to 3am every night.

If you are one who dare to witness and wish to find out more on such Special Encounter, try your Luck by going to BKE, hope you can see something and sense something, but 1 thing to remind, if your Luck is extremely Down, certain issue , might happened to you. Do take care.

Introduction on The Eight Generals Incantation (道教八將神咒)

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Recent years, the engagement on the Eight Spiritual Generals (Folks known as Ba Jia Jiang 八家將) have been growing and now almost All Religious Celebration, such Performance Troupes can be seen performing the Cleansing of the Environment for the Temples or individual Religious Group.

So when does this type of Generals started?

If we will to look into the Knowledge that being passed down by our Taoist Ancestors, such Invitation of Eight Spiritual Generals shall start in very Early or Late Song Dynasty, by the time it reached Ming Dynasty, such Belief had grow quite a lot and in almost All Rituals/Ceremonies that involved in Warding-off of Diseases, Illnesses or Disasters, Invitation of the Eight Spiritual Generals will be invited.

Due to certain issues that happened in Qing Dynasty, a lot of our Taoist Practices will being destroy (due to the Believing of Tibetian Buddhism during the Mid-period of Qing) and so, the actual set of Inviting of the Eight Spiritual Generals is gone.

Now the Performance that one self can see is originated from Taiwan in Late Qing Dynasty (which is about 100+ years old) and the Oldest set (more than 200 years) that left in this Taoist Society is in one of the Taoist Association in Singapore.

So who are the Eight Spiritual Generals?

According to the Incantation that being used to invite this group of Generals, we can see that, these Eight Spiritual Generals shall be from the Earthly & Mortal Realm which are put in-charge of:

1 Spirits & Souls of Mortals

2 Spirits & Souls of Animals, Insects, Mammals, Plants, Diseases, etc

3 Stubborn Entities, etc

So why is there a Need in Inviting the Eight Spiritual Generals?

To get the Enhancing Negative Energies that being emitted by them to assist in getting rid or Warding-off of any Stubborn Entities & Negative Energies that stuck to one area.

So by reciting the Mantra, the Eight Spiritual Generals will possessed on one self?

This is one Big Mistake that many Folks tend to made.

The Main Objective of reciting the Incantation is to Invite the Negative Energies from the Eight Spiritual Generals and/or to Inform the Generals to release the Necessary Amount of Energies in enhancing the Cleansing Task.

Nowadays, what we see are still the same, just that some Folks tend to make it look very "Spiritual" by telling the others that the People performing the Cleansing are in Trance, whichis totally Ridiculous and Ignorant.

In the following, I will introduce the Incantation for the Invitation. Just to take note that, Not All are fated to have a Positive Result after reciting this Incantation, beore reciting of this Incantation, one self must go thru the necessary training and getting protection before one self can succeed. Even a lot of Groups that practice the Engaging of the Eight Spiritual Generals are not able to achieve the Full Positive effect from this Incantation.

Here it goes:

天地日月星。吾召酆都神。
Tian Di Ri Yue Xing. Wu Zhao Feng Du Shen

隨氣一攝至。追精立現形。
Sui Qi Yi She/Nie Zhi. Zhui Jing Li Xian Xing

不問神與鬼。選甚妖與精。
Bu Wen Shen Yu Gui. Xuan Shen Yao Yu Jing

八將聞吾召。火急見真形。
Ba Jiang Wen Wu Zhao. Huo Ji Jian Zhen Xing

Manifestation Anniversay aka Birthday of Ling Bao Tian Zun (靈寶天尊萬壽日)

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18 Day of Lunar 5 Month (農曆五月十八日或夏至日), a day for the Taoist to celebrate the Manifestation Annivesary of Ling Bao Tian Zun (靈寶天尊).

In Taoism, this is an Important Day for the Taoists to pay their sincere & faithful respect to Ling Bao Tian Zun (靈寶天尊)﹐ one of the San Qing aka Three Supreme One (三清道祖).

Ling Bao Tian Zun, same as Yuan Shi Tian Zun, is one of the Three manifestations of Yuan Shi Tian Wang (元始天王) aka the Initial Gust of Miracle Energy or Force before the Universe & Dimensions existed. After Yuan Shi Tian Wang reaches a certain stage of manifestation, he manifested the very first Manifestation Energy to create Yuan Shi Tian Zun (元始天尊) and then followed by Manifesting Ling Bao Tian Zun (靈寶天尊) and last, Dao De Tian Zun.

So on this Day, what shall one self prepared?

For a Taoist, the things that needed to be prepared are very simple.

Just prepared the Taoist Five Offerings (道教五供) or the most, the Ten Offerings (道教十供), once ready, place them on the Altar that set-up facing the Heaven (with an Urn, 2 Candles and some simple paper-offerings).

After setting up, one self can start the honouring to Ling Bao Tian Zun.

Sincerely make a short report Ling Bao Tian Zun who you are, what is the event today and after the report, make 3 times of kneeling down, each time of the kneeling down, make 3 kowtows (which make 9 kowtows after the whole honouring).

Once the kneeling & kowtow are done, stand-up and make a simple bow and then leave the spot.

Besides doing the honouring, this is a Day that the Taoists will do chanting & reciting or perform Taoist Rituals/Ceremonies. On this Day, all chanting & reciting of Scriptures & Mantras, the credits & merits will be enhanced & multiplied.

For normal Chinese who wished to pay respect to Ling Bao Tian Zun, this will be encouraged. Just prepare the items that one self usually prepared for honouring the Home Deities. After preparation, place the items on the Main Altar or if one self wish to set up a Temp Altar facing the Heaven, this will be best.

Follow the procedure that being mentioned above.

If at home, one self is not able to do the honouring, can visit Temples that dedicate Altar to Ling Bao Tian Zun or San Qing.

So when can remove the Altar?

For those who wish to set-up the Altar till the next day, this is encouraged, if not, can remove the Altar on the very day, after the whole family pay respect to Ling Bao Tian Zun.

After removing the Altar, do not discard the Five or Ten offerings, one self can transfer the offerings to the Main Altar to continue offered to the Main Deities.

Manifestation Anniversay aka Birthday of Heavenly Master Zhang Dao Ling (祖天師聖誕日)

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18 Day of Lunar 5 Month (農曆五月十八日), a day for All Zheng Yi Sect Taoist to celebrate the Manifestation Annivesary of Heavenly Master Zhang Dao Ling (祖天師張道陵).

In Taoism, this is an Important Day for the Taoists to pay their sincere & faithful respect to Heavenly Master Zhang Dao Ling & also to celebrate the Official Taoist Day – this is the Day to keep in memory of how Heavenly Master Zhang Dao Ling promoted Taoism and assist Dao De Tian Zun in upholding the Upright Reputation of Taoism.

Heavenly Master Zhang Dao Ling, born in Late Han Dynasty, after growing up, he started his Cultivation and at later part of his Mature-year, he got his Teaching from Dao De Tian Zun and from then, he started to perform more in-depth Spiritual Skills and also, to travel around to perform his Salvation for the Sufferings.

From then, Heavenly Master Zhang Dao Ling brought the Culture of Zheng Yi Sect around in China to impart to the Folks and interested Taoists.

So on this Day, what shall one self prepared?

For a Taoist, the things that needed to be prepared are very simple.

Just prepared the Taoist Five Offerings (道教五供) or the most, the Ten Offerings (道教十供), once ready, place them on the Altar that set-up facing the Heaven (with an Urn, 2 Candles and some simple paper-offerings).

After setting up, one self can start the honouring to Heavenly Master Zhang Dao Ling.

Sincerely make a short report Ling Bao Tian Zun who you are, what is the event today and after the report, make 3 times of kneeling down, each time of the kneeling down, make 3 kowtows (which make 9 kowtows after the whole honouring).

Once the kneeling & kowtow are done, stand-up and make a simple bow and then leave the spot.

Besides doing the honouring, this is a Day that the Taoists will do chanting & reciting or perform Taoist Rituals/Ceremonies. On this Day, all chanting & reciting of Scriptures & Mantras, the credits & merits will be enhanced & multiplied.

For normal Chinese who wished to pay respect to Heavenly Master Zhang Dao Ling, this will be encouraged. Just prepare the items that one self usually prepared for honouring the Home Deities. After preparation, place the items on the Main Altar or if one self wish to set up a Temp Altar facing the Heaven, this will be best.

Follow the procedure that being mentioned above.

If at home, one self is not able to do the honouring, can visit Temples that dedicate Altar to Heavenly Master Zhang Dao Ling.

So when can remove the Altar?

For those who wish to set-up the Altar till the next day, this is encouraged, if not, can remove the Altar on the very day, after the whole family pay respect to Heavenly Master Zhang Dao Ling.

After removing the Altar, do not discard the Five or Ten offerings, one self can transfer the offerings to the Main Altar to continue offered to the Main Deities.

Spiritual Sharing: Folks Spiritual Skills for Daily Life (新常用法術分享)

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For some people, due to their internal Fear and Surrounding pressure, such people do not want to seek Official Training under any Official Taoist Schools and so, in the Ancient Era, several Masters had notice that and they had created quite a number of Spiritual Skills for such people.

In here, I will do a few introductions on the various Skills that one self can used while one self encountered any of such issues.

Do be aware that, not All such laymen are able to perform the Skills 100 accurate or effective, this has to depend on the Credits & Merits that one self accumulated in their Previous Life, Present Life, etc.

Okay, here go the Skills:

1 – When one self found out that the House that one self staying is not that Clean, one self can use the follow method to get rid of the excess Negative Energies

Prepare a Glass Bowl to contain the Yin Yang Water (Cold & Hot mixture).

After the Water is being prepared, relax & calm one self down and then, using the Sword Formation to draw these 2 Chinese Characters onto the Water: 龙涎

Upon completion, sprinkle the Water around the House. Usually after sprinkling the Water, a different aroma will appear in the Four Corners and if one self encounter that, meaning that the House has been cleansed.

Besides doing cleansing for the House, one self can use the Water to do cleansing on wounds or scars, the Water will help to do Virus clearing and Scars recovering.

2 – For someone who are infected with Skin-diseases or Virus-invading on the Skins, can prepare the Yin Yang water and then, write the following 4 Chinese Characters on the Water: 九龙(龍)吐水

After using the Water to wash on the infected area, immediately approached any doctors for Official Medication.

The washing is to assist the diseases from worsen during the period of approaching any Doctors.

3 – When one self discovered someone drowning and yet, one self is not able to do the rescuing, one self shall face the person and immediately called upon the name of Heavenly Master Zhang Dao Ling (正一張天師) non-stop and then using the Sword Formation to write these 2 Chinese Character 浮龍 on the Palm.

Once this method is being done correctly, the person will be able to wait for rescue from the others.

This method is to call upon the Spiritual Blessing from Zhang Tian Shi and also to summon the Dragon Deity in the Water to prevent the person from sinking into the Water.

Manifestation Anniversary (Birthday) of Cheng Huang (城隍尊神聖誕)

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Cheng Huang aka Deity of the City or Lord of the City, a very important Deity in Folks everyday's life.

In the past, whenever someone met with any unsolvable issue, the first person who came into the mind of seeking assistance was usually Cheng Huang.

In Ancient Era, almost in every City, there would be 1 Temple that dedicated to Cheng Huang, and usually the Temple would built just beside the City Gate. Why? In-order for Cheng Huang to check on each individual person who came into the City and go out of the City.

Cheng Huang honouring started from Han Dynasty and then being promoted in Song, Yuan & Ming. By Qing Dynasty. Cheng Huang had become a popular and well-known Deity that every Chinese had to honour and pay respect too, regardless of what issues, etc.

Back to main point, on the 11th Day of Lunar 5 Month (農曆五月十一日), it is considered as the Manifestation Anniversary or so-called Birthday of Cheng Huang (for Year 2008, it falls on 14 June).

And so, what to prepare?

According to our Chinese Custom & Folks Practice, here are some recommended items to be prepared for the paying respect:

1 Five Oranges (桔子)
2 Longevity Noodles (壽麵)
3 Longevity Peaches (壽桃)
4 Ang Ku Kueh (紅龜粿)
5 Huat Kueh (發糕)
6 Rice Wine (米酒)
7 Chinese Tea (茶)
8 Paper Offerings (紙料)
9 Candles (蠟燭)
10 Flowers or Lotus (鮮花或蓮花)

Once all these stuffs are prepared and ready, then one self can proceed to the Temple.

1st, pay respect to the Heaven & Main Deities in the Temple and then last, proceed to the Altar that honoured Cheng Huang.

Make a Bow in front of the Altar and then sincerely kneel down and proceed with the following Passage (for those who know how to recite the Bao Gao of Cheng Huang):

今逢。
Jin Feng.

城隍尊神。(拜)
Cheng Huang Zun Shen (Bow)

千秋聖誕之期。
Qian Qiu Sheng Dan Zhi Qi.

南洋新加坡共和國。 (你的住址) 。
Nan Yang Xin Jia Po Gong He Guo. (Your Address)

信士 (你的名字) 。及闔家同人。
Xin Shi (Your Name). Ji He Jia Tong Ren.

於此。
Yu Ci

虔備薄禮酒儀。
Qian Bei Bo Li Jiu Yi.

敬向。
Jing Xiang.

城隍尊神。(拜)
Cheng Huang Zun Shen (Bow)

虔誠請安。慶賀聖誕。
Qian Cheng Qing An. Qing He Sheng Dan.

於此虔祈。
Yu Ci Qian Qi.

城隍尊神。(拜)
Cheng Huang Zun Shen (Bow)

城中百姓得天佑。隍內清水似甘露。
Cheng Zhong Bai Xin De Tian You. Huang Nei Qing Shui Shi Gan Lu

尊駕聖前香三柱。神光永照萬民戶。
Zun Jia Sheng Qian Xiang San Zhu. Shen Guang Yong Zhao Wan Min Hu

以佑。
Yi You.

信士 (你的名字) 。及闔家同人。
Xin Shi (Your Name). Ji He Jia Tong Ren.

一年平安常在。月月福佑不怠。
Yi Nian Ping An Chang Zai. Yue Yue Fu You Bu Dai.

四季神光普照。萬事遂心安在。
Si Ji Shen Guang Pu Zhao. Wan Shi Sui Xin An Zai.

於此。
Yu Ci.

信士 (你的名字) 。及闔家同人。
Xin Shi (Your Name). Ji He Jia Tong Ren.

敬向。
Jing Xiang.

城隍尊神。(拜)
Cheng Huang Zun Shen (Bow)

獻三拜三叩禮。
Xian San Bai Li.

一拜。再拜。三拜。禮成。(起立)
Yi Bai. Zai Bai. San Bai. Li Cheng (Raise)

After rising, make another sincere Bow and then left the spot.

After about 15 minutes, retrieve the Paper-offerings and then burn them off.

Once the Paper-offerings are being burnt, go back to the Altar, make another sincere Bow and then retrieve back the Offerings, bring them back home and share with the other members in the Family.

And so, the whole Paying Respect to Cheng Huang is considered end.

PS: Introduction on Cheng Huang:
http://javewu.multiply.com/photos/album/109

Guan Sheng Di Jun Bao Gao (關聖帝君寶誥)

This is a Bao Gao aka Praise Incantation that is being written to dedicate to Guan Gong aka Guan Sheng Di Jun.

This is a Rare Bao Gao that being recited by the Taoists.

This Bao Gao will only be recited during Rituals/Ceremonies on the Manifestation Anniversary aka Birthday of Guan Gong which falls on the 24th Day of 6 Month.

關聖帝君寶誥
Guan Sheng Di Jun Bao Gao (Praise Incantation)
　　

至心皈命禮。
Zhi Xin Gui Ming Li

太上神威。英文雄武。
Tai Shang Shen Wei, Ying Wen Xiong Wu
　
精忠大義。高節清廉。　
Jing Zhong Da Yi, Gao Jie Qing Lian

協運皇圖。德崇演正。　
Xie Yun Huang Tu, De Chong Yan Zheng

掌混元三教之權。　
Zhang Hun Yuan San Jiao Zhi Quan

管宇宙三才之柄。　
Guan Yu Zhou San Cai Zhi Bing

上司三十六天。
Shang Si San Shi Liu Tian
　
星辰雲漢。　
Xing Chen Yun Han

下轄七十二地。
Xia Xia Qi Shi Er Di
　
冥壘幽酆。　
Ming Lei You Feng

秉注人生功德。　
Bing Zhu Ren Sheng Gong De

延壽丹書。　
Yan Shou Dan Shu

執定生死罪過。　
Zhi Ding Sheng Si Zhui Guo

奪命黑籍。　
Duo Ming Hei Ji

考察諸聖諸神。　
Kao Cha Zhu Sheng Zhu Shen

監制群仙群職。　
Jian Zhi Qun Xian Qun Zhi

德圓妙果。無量度人。　
De Yuan Miao Guo, Wu Liang Du Ren

萬靈萬聖。至上至尊。　
Wan Ling Wan Sheng, Zhi Shang Zhi Zun

忠孝祖師。伏魔大帝。
Zhong Xiao Zu Shi, Fu Mo Da Di
　
關聖帝君。　
Guan Sheng Di Jun

大悲大願。大聖大慈。　
Da Bei Da Yuan, Da Sheng Da Ci

南天主宰。　
Nan Tian Zhu Zai

玉帝殿前首相。
Yu Di Dian Qian Shou Xiang
　
執掌雷部。真元顯應。　
Zhi Zhang Lei Bu, Zhen Yuan Xian Ying

昭明翊漢天尊。
Zhao Ming Yi Han Tian Zun

Full Report: Paying Respect to Tian Jun Fu (天君府-一片丹心侍武侯)

Rating:	★★★
Category:	Other

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Tian Jun Fu 天君府
3 Tebing Lane #01-02
Punggol East
Singapore 828849
Tel/Fax: 63385632

Hi folks,
Last night (till this wee morning), two carloads of templers descended on Tian Jun Fu. The place was surprisingly quiet after the experience of loud colours and noise in the "entering of the temple" of the previous two temples (Tian Ci Gong 天慈宫 and Sheng Jia Miao 圣家庙) in this complex months before. With only a small stream of devotees, the temple members could have more time with us, explaining to us the deities of the temple.

This was a temple with a difference. There was an additional pair of Tua Li Ya Pek (Da Er Ye Bo 大二爷伯), said to be Tan Dua Nee 陳大年 and Lee Kek 李客 (Jave, can you give us the full name, and if possible the Chinese characters?) apart from the Xia 谢 and Fan 范 Tua Li Ya Pek respectively. As the statues were made according to the instructions from the medium in trance, each has a unique characteristic of its own. According to our guide, Tua Li Ya Pek advised that he should not have his tongue hanging out, as one would see in the other temples. Instead, it would be just like a usual person with the long beard. I also understand that the hair and beard are all real human ones.



Maybe, we can gather more information about the Tan and Li Tua Li Ya Pek.



The temple was quite meticulate in choosing the wall decos as well as how each statue was made. I learnt that it took them 4 years from the selection of the tree to the final completion of the statues. The time taken was also to allow the wood to mature and dry naturally, otherwise in our tropical climate, it could crack easily. The wood are all from the Zhang Su 樟树. And talking about luck or the moment, they were able to find a trunk that is about 3 metre tall to allow them to carve the image of Tan Tua Ya Pek (dressed in red).

If you look at the two heavy door with the huge Door Gods, you might have thought that the statues were probably plasters. Nope. They were carved out of the same block of wood. One member was telling me that the diameter of the tree trunk was longer than his height! All these were from trees of more than a hundred years old! All carved in Fuzhou, China. No details spared, all carved.





The statue of Guan Gong (known as Guan Sheng Di Jun 关圣帝君) is also interesting. One often sees Guan Gong riding on a horse with his famous weapon, said to be 84 katis heavy (its about 50 kg), or he reading a book. But here is a Guan Gong sitting in a very relaxed manner. It is said that in the 28 years or so of the existence of this sintua turned temple, through various phases of metamorphosis, Guan Gong only came three times! On the night of the opening (Fri 6Jun08), Guan Gong came for a brief moment. The resident medium is a lady and so, when Guan Gong came in through her, apparently, it was too much for her to take the energies. I understand that after Guan Gong left, she was depleted of strength and had to rest for more than an hour.

In front of Guan Gong is Guan Ping 关平太子 and General Zhou Cang 周仓將军.

To the left of Guan Gong is another interesting deity - that of Ci Ren Xian Weng 慈仁仙翁, said to be a Persian Deity. I suppose that is why he has red hair .. like the Hokkien saying, Ang Moh. (^^) It is said that he travels far and wide and would only pop by when he is in the area. We were shown an older and very much smaller statue of him, much more in the "sinocised" form. The feature of his face on the statue certainly has a character of its own. It is said that a temple member was in Fuzhou for a month just to supervise the making of the mould and then, the carving of such intricate facial expressions, to specifications.





Probably to the delight of many, there was the Qi Gong with a cockeral on his shoulder! Ah, I forgot to ask if there is any significance. Most of us who knows Ji Gong 济公活佛, loves his playful and cheeky antics .. probably from movies about him and watching his mediums in trance. The addition of the cockeral certainly adds colour! On the other side of Ci Ren Xian Weng is Lv Dong Ping 吕祖仙师, somewhat more serious in contrast.

In front of them were Ci Cai Tong Zi 赐财童子 with only a "tor-yeo" (covering for the front - exposing the bottom) and Huo Yan Tai Zi 火焰太子.




It could cost easily S$500K just for the carving of the statues plus with the temple construction and land lease, the estimated cost could be in the region of S$3M. And the land lease is only 30 years, of which some 6 years have passed.

This temple complex did indeed put much effort in using the intricate Chinese temple designs into the construction, save the original wooden forms.

The temple has its celebrations on 1M26 in honour of Tua Li Ya Pek and on 6M24 in honour of Guan Gong. In the past they used to celebrate on 5M13 but have since changed to 6M24. It is said that 5M13 is the birthday of Guan Ping, his son.

Victor
Singapore

Report: Visiting Tian Jun Temple @ Sengkang (夜參盛港天君府)

Rating:	★★★
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Hi folks,
This evening, a little past 11pm, the few of us went to the Tian Jun Fu at Tebing Lane, which is off Punggol East. Matt, Jave & his kakis (Donnie & Davis), Sisi, Doris and I were there.

We learnt that the Jin-keng was yesterday and so, all the activities were last night and today, it was relatively quiet. So, the temple members had time to share with us a little more about the temple. Well, I will try share a little more in my next posting. In the meanwhile some pictures to share with you. So, this combined temples of three temples are now complete.



The main temple hall as you would see as your enter the main door



The main deity being Guan Gong, notice the sitting posture



The door gods, carved out of big tree trunk, said to be more than 130 years old





There are two pairs of Tua Li Ya Pek and there is this interesting Persian Deity

More stories to come. Maybe, Matt and Jave can add in what they learnt too. We were all over the place.

Victor
Singapore