Chinese Zodiacs Luck in Ji Chou Year 03 - Tiger & Rabbit (己丑年生肖運程之虎兔)

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Tiger (虎)

A Year of Happiness and Good Relationship-Blessing for the Tiger.

This Year, in whole, Tiger will received Blessings from the Various Lucky Stars (吉星), especially the Main Star known as Mo Yue (陌越).

Once Mo Yue Star appear in one's Life-Plan (命盤), oneself will tend to have more opportunities of getting Promotion in oneself Working Environment. Besides that, Mo Yue Star will also Protect oneself from getting hurt while there are Major Changes in the Working Environment, such as Retrenchment or Staffs-relocation, etc.

As for Wealth, due to Tun Xian Star (吞陷) appear in the Life-Plan, oneself will tend to be easily distracted by the Seducing of getting some un-necessary stuffs, so please do control your Greed before you regret.

Besides Tun Xian Star, another Negative Star Lord known as Bing Fu Star (病符) also appear. Once Bing Fu Star appear, please do take care of one's Physical Health. If not, little minor sickness such as Flu or Headache may turned into serious issue.

Relatioship is Good for All Tiger this Year. Hong Luan Star (紅鸞) appear in the Life-Plan. If oneself wished to get married in Ji Chou Year, this Year will be the Best for the Couple to Tie-the-Knot.

Deities that Tiger can look upon:

3rd Star Lord in Bei Dou Group - Star Lord Lu Cun (北斗七元第三祿存星君)
Star Lord Hong Luan (紅鸞星)
Lord Yue Lao (月下老人)
Deity of Wealth (財帛星君)
Bao Sheng Da Di (保生大帝)

Rabbit (兔)

Due to the bringing forward of Last Year's Conflicting Burden, Rabbit in Ji Chou Year will have very minimal or Zero Positive Star to do Blessing & Enhancement. Oneself can only get the necessary Blessings by visiting Upright & Official Temples from Deities or participate in the Taoist Ritual known as Li Dou (禮斗) aka Paying Respect to the Star Lords of the Great Northern Dipper.

Diao Ke Star (弔客), Pao Wei Star (豹尾) & Tian Gou Star (天狗) will appear in the Life-Plan of oneself. Once these 3 Stars appear, oneself will tend to create alot of un-necessary mistakes (stupid mistakes, etc). Besides that, Tian Gou Star will tend to make oneself to encounter Wealth-leaking and so, oneself shall avoid making any Major Investment in Ji Chou Year.

Diao Ke Star, to create Fatal Trouble for oneself and the Members at home. Try to pay more attention on the Elders at home. Do not neglect the Physical Health of the Elders. If oneself can, spare time to accompany the Elders, you will tend to have more Good in-returns in the Year even if you encounter the Conflicting with Lord Tai Sui of the Year.

For All Rabbit, please do take care of oneself Physical Health too. Due to the present of these 3 Negative Stars (凶星), other Negative Stars will tend to gather around them and so, if oneself does not know of how to do enough Protection for own, oneself might encountered un-necessary issues in the second half of the Year.

Deities that Rabbit can look upon:

4th Star Lord in Bei Dou Group - Star Lord Ju Men (北斗七元第四文曲星君)
Lord Tai Sui of the Year (當年太歲星君)
Deity of Wealth (財帛星君)
Bao Sheng Da Di (保生大帝)
Heavenly Lord Pu Hua (普化天尊)
Lord Tai Yin (太陰星君)
Lord Zhang Xian (張仙大帝)

Spiritual Beings to Avoid:

Nether World Deities or Beings (冥界神靈)

Long Shan Men Spiritual Registration Close for Year 2009 (己丑年龍山門無入門儀式)

Start:	Jan 1, '09
End:	Dec 31, '09
Location:	Singapore, All over the World

Long Shan Men Spiritual Registration (taking in of New Students) will be closed for Ji Chou Year (己丑年 2009).

For those (recently) who approached me for learning of the Upright Taoist Culture & Spiritual Skills, I will like to apologise to these people. For those who are interested in joining Long Shan Men Taoist School, maybe you all will needed to wait till Year 2010 or 2011 for the 4th Batch Intake.

In Ji Chou Year, Jave Wu which is Me, will be concentrating on coaching and imparting the necessary Taoist Teaching and Spiritual Skills to the existing batches of Disciples & Students and also, preparing for my 3-Years-Once Taoist Testing & Taoist-Official-Promotion.

Besides that, Long Shan Men will also be preparing to Celebrate the 1134th Anniversary.

Last of All, thanks for All the supports and trust that you all have given to Long Shan Men.

On behalf of Long Shan Men, Jave Wu will like to express my Greatest Gratitude to All of you.

Sending Off of Kitchen Deity for Wu Zi Year (灶君返天儀式簡介)

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Within another 10 Days, the Taoists and Chinese will be ushering in the Lunar New Year, but usually before we usher in the New Prosperity Year, we Taoists needed to perform a very important Task - Conducting an Official but Simple Sending Off of Kitchen Deity back to Heaven.

Last Year, I had touched on some Practises in the Sending Off of Kitchen Deity at: http://javewutaoismplace.blogspot.sg/2008/01/la-yue-customs-lunar-12-month-customs_9407.html, this Year, I will like to add on a bit on the Sending Off in-order to make it a more complete introduction.

As everyone knows that, in Taoism, Kitchen Deity is a Deity that stay hold in everyone's Home to do protection and also, to do recording of everyone's Merit & Credit.

Alot of Folks might not realised that, actually in every Chinese Home (with or without an Altar set for Kitchen Deity), Kitchen Deity will present to do the guarding and recording. But due to the Modern People's Thinking, without an Altar, there wont need to have any form of Sending Off, which this is not True & Accurate.

Due to the changes in the Fast & Modern Society, a lot of our Taoists and Chinese had tend to give up alot of our precious Culture and at the end, resulting in the losing and ending of certain Good Practices and Knowledge.

So for those who claimed that they are the Descendants of our Dearest Yellow Emperor, we shall try our best to keep such Culture & Practices going on, best to pass-down Generation by Generation.

Okay, let us move back to the Main Topic.

For those who does not have an Altar set for Kitchen Deity, you just need to keep it simple and official, just prepared the necessary items as shown below and I'm sure Kitchen Deity will be able to get your Sincerity and understand your Faithfulness.

For those who have an Altar for the Kitchen Deity, then this will be a Must-to-Task for this Period.

So when do oneself needed to Send Off Kitchen Deity?

According to Traditional Chinese Customs, here's the List of Sending Off for different Group of People:

1) 23rd Night of Lunar 12 Month - Before 0000 Hour in Singapore & Malaysia

The Family who had Ancestors being Bestowed by the Imperial Court as Officer or the Family is related to the Imperial Court (such as Dukes, Lords, etc)

2) 24th Morning of Lunar 12 Month - From 0400 Hour to 0900 Hour in Singapore & Malaysia

The Normal Family aka Commoners

3) 25th Morning of Lunar 12 Month - From 0400 Hour to 0600 Hour in Singapore & Malaysia

The Poor Families. This may sound a bit weird and unpleasant, but yes, this is the Culture of the Sending Off of Kitchen Deity. Reason for the Poor Families to send off the Kitchen Deity at this Day and this Timing - to allow Kitchen Deity to know that the Family is too poor to have enough Funding for the Offerings, hope that Kitchen Deity can assist in reporting this issue to Jade Emperor of Heaven, in order to get the necessary Good Blessing for the next Lunar New Year.

Another reason is that, allow Jade Emperor of Heaven to notice of the Family's situation while Jade Emperor of Heaven is conducting his Inspection of the Mortal World.

Okay, now let us proceed with the preparation of the Offerings.

Food Offerings

1) 1 Set of Oranges (一副桔子)

2) Nian Gao aka New Year Glutinous Rice Cake (年糕)

 

3) Fa Gao aka Huat Kueh (發糕)

 

4) Ji Hong aka Kiat Hong (吉紅)

 

5) Chun Fan aka Spring Rice (春飯 a Bowl of Cooked Rice with the Paper Spring Flower) - Hokkien Clan

6) Rice Wine aka Bai Mi Jiu (白米酒)


7) Chinese Tea (上等茶)

8) 3 types of Meat Offerings (三牲 Chicken, Duck & Fish or Roast-meat, Cuttlefish & Chicken) - Optional

Incenses & Paper Offerings

1) 1 Set of Good Quality Long Incenses (長壽香 about 48 cm)

2) 1 Pair of Red Candles or Dou Zhu (紅燭/斗燭)

3) 3 Stacks of Tian Gong Jin aka Tai Ji Jin (天公金/太極金 ) - For Official Families

4) 3 Stacks of Shou Jin aka San Bao Jin (壽金/三寶金 )

5) 1 Stacks/Packs Da Gui Ren aka Men Wai Gui Ren Lu Ma Zhi (大貴人/門外貴人祿馬祇 )

6) 1 Stacks/Packs Gui Ren Zhi (貴人紙 )

7) 1 set of Orange Paper Robe (一副橙色神袍 )

8) Song Shen Ma aka Sending-off Paper (送神甲馬)

Once All the necessary Offerings are being prepared, on the Sending Off Day, you can lay them out onto the Altar before the Ceremony is Officially Initiated.

When the timing hit-on, you can start to make your respect the Kitchen Deity, reporting to him that today is the Sending Off Day, hoping that he will bring back Good Blessing for the Lunar New Year while he returned.

For those who are conducting the Sending Off in the Morning, remember to do it before 11.00Am.

After 15 Minutes from the Offering of the Incenses, burn off the Paper-offerings, once the Paper-offerings are being sent off, the Ceremony will considered as completed.

Remain the Offerings on the Altar until the Eve of Lunar New Year.

So when do we Usher Back the Kitchen Deity?

In Chinese Customs, there are 2 Dates:

1) Eve of Lunar New Year before 8.00Pm

2) 4th Day of Lunar New Year before 8.00Pm

So what to prepare while Ushering Back?

1) 1 set of Oranges

2) Chinese Teas

3) 1 Stacks of Shou Jin aka San Bao Jin (壽金/三寶金 )

4) Ying Shen Ma aka Ushering-back Paper (迎神甲馬)

Place all the Prepared Offerings on the Altar and then light 3 Incenses to report to Kitchen Deity that the Whole Family sincerely Usher him back into the Home.

Again, after 15 Minutes, burn off the Paper-offerings and the whole Ushering Back will considered as done.

Last of All, wished All of you here will be Blessed by our Kitchen Deity with Good Luck and Prosperity.

Chinese Zodiacs Luck in Ji Chou Year 02 - Rat & Cow (己丑年生肖運程之鼠牛)

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Rat (鼠)

A Year of Great Prosperity after being released by the burden on having the Conflicting with Lord Tai Sui of Wu Zi Year.

Even though that the Conflicting burden had been released, please do not think that most of your stuffs had been Cleared. For some people, the Negative Energies will be brought forward to this Year (for at least 3-6 Months).

For those who encountered such Luck being forwarded to this Year, do not get annoyed or upset, you just need to visit more Positive & Official Temples to get more blessing from the necessary Deities and best, do a little Charity when your Financial Ability allows you to do it. I'm sure you will get more Good in-return after the 6 Months Probation Period.

This Year, in whole, Rat will received alot of Blessing from the Various Lucky Stars (吉星), especially the Main Star known as Tian Yi Gui Ren (天乙貴人).

When oneself is down with a little upset-ness, do not get too bother over the issues, cos most of your issues will be solved. Try to be nice to the people around you and do not get frustrated to the people that you dont like, cos in Ji Chou Year, all these people will be your Gui Ren aka Prosperity Spirit or so-called Benefactor (貴人).

This Year, Family Members of the Rat will be Blessed by the Positive Energies emitted by the Rat. Especially the Elderly.

As for Wealth, there will sure to have some Going-out in the Family, but if oneself will to take care of one's Wealth Management, oneself will tend to have Better and maybe Great in-return in some parts of the Year.

Deities that Rat can look upon:

1st Star Lord in Bei Dou Group - Star Lord Tan Lang (北斗七元第一貪狼星君)
Deity of Wealth (財帛星君)
Heavenly Emperor Zi Wei (天官賜福紫微大帝)

Cow (牛)

For Cow, in Ji Chou Year, there will be some Conflicting issues occuring and so, All Cows please do be more patient and humble while dealing with stuffs with other people.

Even though there are Conflicting burdens, for some Cows, they will still enjoy Peace and Great Lucks, reasons, due to the Credits & Merits that they have accumulated during Last Years or getting the Accumulated Blessings by the Deities and Ancestors.

Due to there are Jian Feng Star (劍鋒), Hua Gai Star (華蓋) & Huang Fan (黃旛) Star appearing in the Life-Plan (命盤) of oneself, some Cows will tend to meet up with Arguements, Fightings or worst, Legal Cases, so please do be more aware of the Physical Actions and the way that oneself used to communicate with the others.

Ladies of Cow, please do be aware of your Physical Health. Do not stay-up too late at Night, as it will affect your Internal Organs and for those who just got married, it will affect your pregnancy in the future.

Gentlemen of Cow, please do not consume too much Alcohol-stuffs as it might affect your Brain and Limbs. Once in a Blue-moon, going for Entertainment with friends is Good, but never use this as an Excuse for drinking and having Intimate fun with strangers. If issues will to happen, your reputation will be destonished and reprimanding will be useless.

For Ji Chou Year, Cow please do behave more and be more obediant. Visit more Upright Temples whenever you can. Deities will be there to watch over your conducts.

As for Wealth, do try to save more as in the second half of the Year, you might need it for some reasons, do not over spend or borrow money from any people that you know.

Deities that Cow can look upon:

2nd Star Lord in Bei Dou Group - Star Lord Ju Men (北斗七元第二巨門星君)
Lord Tai Sui of the Year (當年太歲星君)
Deity of Wealth (財帛星君)
Bao Sheng Da Di (保生大帝)
Heavenly Lord Pu Hua (普化天尊)

Spiritual Beings to Avoid:

Nether World Deities or Beings (冥界神靈)

Chinese Zodiacs Luck in Ji Chou Year 01 - Conflicts with Lord Tai Sui (己丑年生肖運程之犯衝刑太歲表)

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Its again the period for Long Shan Men to do the analysis of the Luck for the various Chinese Zodiacs for the Year of Cow (2009) aka Ji Chou Year (己丑牛年).

For Year 2009, due to the Recession of the Whole World, many People (regardless Taoists, Chinese or even other Races) had been trying to get assistance from our Dearest Lord Tai Sui for Blessing in Luck and Wealth. But again, I will like to remind you all that, Lord Tai Sui is not for Blessing for Wealth or Big Prosperity, for such Blessings, oneself shall put in effort in working more Harder and more Effectively to gain the Best In-return.

Ok, back to the topic:

For Ji Chou Year, the following Chinese Zodiacs will have some minor issues with Lord Tai Sui General Fu or General Pan (己丑年當年太歲):

Direct Front-facing (Direct Conflict) with Lord Tai Sui of Ji Chou Year:
Cow (正犯太歲: 牛)

Lunar Age involved (農曆虛歲): 13, 25, 37, 49, 61, 73, 85, 97

Direct Back-facing (In-direct Conflict) with Lord Tai Sui of Ji Chou Year:
Goat (正沖太歲: 羊)

Lunar Age involved (農曆虛歲): 19, 31, 43, 55, 67, 79, 91

Adjacent Left-facing (Major-side Conflict) with Lord Tai Sui of Ji Chou Year:
Dog (偏沖太歲: 狗)

Lunar Age involved (農曆虛歲): 16, 28, 40, 52, 64, 76, 88

Adjacent Right-facing (Minor-side Conflict) with Lord Tai Sui of Ji Chou Year:
Dragon (刑沖太歲: 龍)

Lunar Age involved (農曆虛歲): 22, 34, 46, 58, 70, 82, 94

For age Below or Of 12 & Above or Of 99 wont be affected by the Conflicts or Issue-facing with Lord Tai Sui, so for those who have kids and elders of this Age-group, please do not worry so much (童生不越虛歲十二﹐老者虛歲欲百﹐皆不與太歲犯衝刑。).

For those who are Affected and needed the Assistance from Long Shan Men in getting the Spiritual Petition (安奉太歲疏文), please feel free to contact me at javecxwu@gmail.com or PM me.

Info on Lord Tai Sui of Ji Chou Year & Individual Luck for each Zodiacs will be introduced in the next few postings.

A Visit to Yun Shan Gong (一訪雲山宮)

Yun Shan Gong, located at Jalan Lim Tai See (Bukit Timah, Sixth Ave), a traditional & old Temple dedicating to Grand Master Lin aka Lin Tai Shi (林太師 info of Lin Tai Shi: http://javewu.multiply.com/journal/item/123).

While we were there, the Temple-keeper had left and so, with no other choices, we could only take some pictures from the outside.

According to the Notice pasted outside the Temple, Yun Shan Gong was going under a Major Re-construction.

For those who are interested to visit this Temple, you may want to visit it during the 4th Day of Lunar 4 Month when the Temple conducts the Anniversary of Grand Master Lin.

Pictures of Long Shan Men Thanksgiving Ceremony (龍山門戊子年答謝神恩儀式)

This Year, Wu Zi Year aka Year of Rat (戊子年), Long Shan Men (龍山門) had chosen Yue Hai Qing Temple (粵海清廟) as the Main Temple to conduct our Thanksgiving Ceremony.

Yue Hai Qing Temple, a Hundred-Over Years Temple, for the past decades, Yue Hai Qing Temple had not been allowing people or visitors to take photos, but this time round, Yue Hai Qing Temple allowed Long Shan Men to do photo-taking for this Special Occasion, we were very thankful and grateful to them.

Besides that, I must express my Fullest Thanks to my Taoist Classmate Mr Ronni Pinsler for rushing to the Temple to take the pictures for us.

Here are the photos taken on the Thanksgiving Ceremony (11 Jan 2009).

Old Singapore & Religious Photos Archive of Taoist Ronni Pinsler

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/picas/public/internetSearch/advancedSearch.jsp?thesaurusFlag=Y&simpleSearch=Ronni%20Pinsler

Dear All,

In the following is a link to the National Archive Website that holds All the Temples, Sintuas & Mediums photo taken by Taoist Ronni Pinsler from 70s - 90s.

In some of the pictures, you all will see the Leading Taoist Priest Master Tan Kok Hian while he was still in a very young age.

Hope you all enjoy and will love to see the enquries, comments and replies that you all have.

Baba & Nyonya Tableware Collection (娘惹餐具收集樂)

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Today, I was really happy & delighted to find an Antique Shop selling the Nyonya Tableware (Kamcheng, bowls, cups, Offering Objects, etc), imported from China Jing De Village (景德鎮, the original place of where Nyonya Tablewares are being produced).

Without any hesitation, I ordered a few sets of the Tablewares for my Family.

For those who are interested in getting the Tablewares (Fans of Drame Series Little Nyonya 小娘惹), please do visit the shop located at:

Chinatown Point, Podium B #02-59

Look for the Lady Assistant. If you are getting the Tableware on the spot, you can tell her that you are introduced to the Shop by Cheng Xiao (承孝), she will give you very good discounts (All selling Price are at least 200-400% lower than those you can get in the Antique Market now).

Thanksgiving Ceremony for Deities for End of Year (年終答謝神恩簡介)

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It's again the Thanksgiving Period for Deities and Ancestors in our Taoist & Chinese Culture.

As everyone knows that, in Taoism, we practice Simple and Easy-going but whenever we reaches the Thanksgiving Period, most of the Taoists or Chinese will tend to be more Careful & Strict.

Why? Not that we worried that the Deities or Ancestors will be offended or punished us but, out of our Sincerity and Highest Respect to them, so we tend to offer and prepare more, such as Food Offerings or Papers.

Okay, let us moved into the Main Topic of the Preparation on the Items that being needed for the Thanksgiving Ceremony.

Thanksgiving, as from the basic understanding from the term, we know that it's a way of expressing our Thanks to the Deities & Ancestors whom had given us the necessary Blessing thru-out the whole Year. Now, before we make a Smooth Round-off for the Old Year, we express our Gratitude by making certain Necessart Offerings to them, hoping that the Deities & Ancestors will be happy and get our Sincerity and Faithful.

So what do we need to prepare (in whole)?

Firstly, you will need to know the Deity-type that you targeted to Thanks. For example, High Position Deities, Military-type Deities, Heavenly or Earthly-type of Deities.

If you are Thanking the High Position & Heavenly-type of Deities, than you can just prepare Fruits & Paper Offerings, but if you Thanking the Military & Earthly-type of Deities, then certain Cooked (Meat) Offerings will be needed.

Here is a quick review on the various Deities-type:

High Position & Heavenly Types (無極/太極/天界仙真)

San Qing (三清道祖)
Jade Emperor of Heaven (玉皇大天尊)
Dou Mu Yuan Jun (斗母元君)
Nan Bei Dou Xing Jun (南北斗星君)
Pu Hua Tian Zun (普化天尊)
Tai Yi Tian Zun (太乙天尊)
San Guan Da Di (三官大帝)
Xuan Tian Shang Di (玄天上帝)
Zhang Tian Shi (張天師)
Wu Yue Da Di (五嶽大帝)
Ten Courts of Yan Luo (十殿冥王)
Jiu Tian Xuan Nv (九天玄女)
Taoist Masters (歷代道教宗師)

Military-type (神將神明)

Heavenly Marshals (天君)
Spiritual Generals (神將)

Earthly-type (民間神祇)

Earth Deity (土地神)
Cheng Huang (城隍尊神)
Door Deities (門神)
Nether-world Spiritual Beings (冥府靈祇)

Now, you know about the Deities type that you are targeting to Thank, in the following will be the items that oneself shall prepared:

Thanksgiving Food Offerings (in whole)

1) 3 Sets of Fruits (三色水果 most of 5 sets)

2) Nian Gao aka New Year Glutinous Rice Cake (年糕)


3) Fa Gao aka Huat Kueh (發糕)


4) Hong Gui Guo aka Ang Ku Kueh (紅龜粿)


5) Hong Bao/Hong Yuan aka Ang Pao/Ang Ee (紅包/紅圓 normal Bun but in Red Color)


6) Shou Tao aka Longevity Peach Bun (壽桃)


7) Shou Mian aka Longevity Noodles (壽面)


8) 12 Bowls of Vegetarian Items (十二菜碗 6 Vege & 6 Cookie Items) - Hokkien Clan



9) Tang Yuan aka Sweet Dumplings or Ee (湯圓)

10) Chun Fan aka Spring Rice (春飯 a Bowl of Cooked Rice with the Paper Spring Flower) - Hokkien Clan

11) Xie Shen Da Bing aka Big Sesame Biscult (謝神大餅) - Teochew Clan


12) 6 Preserved Root-Plant Fruits (六甜 Lotus Seed, Lotus Root, Ginger, Winter-melon, Carrot, Coconut) - Cantonese Clan


13) Jian Tui aka Sesame Balls (煎堆) - Hakka Clan


14) Shi Bing aka Sweet Persimmon (柿餅)


15) Ji Bing aka Sweet Mandrain (桔餅)


16) Hainanese Kueh with Brown Sugar Coconut (海南粿) - Hainanese Clan


17) Cai Tou Guo aka Carrot Cake (菜頭粿 Round & cooked, not those found in Hawker Center) - Hokkien, Cantonese & Teochew Clan


18) Jin Gua Gao aka Pumpkin Cake (金瓜糕 cooked) - Hokkien Clan


19) Fan Shu Gao aka Sweet Potatoes Cake (蕃薯糕 cooked/Raw) - Hokkien Clan


20) Rice Wine aka Bai Mi Jiu (白米酒)


21) Chinese Tea (上等茶)

22) 3 types of Meat Offerings (三牲 Chicken, Duck & Fish or Roast-meat, Cuttlefish & Chicken) - Mend for Military & Earth Deities Only


Thanksgiving Incenses & Paper Offerings (in whole)

1) 1 Set of Good Quality Long Incenses (長壽香 about 48 cm)

2) 1 Pack of Good Quality Short Incenses (平安香)

3) 1 Pair of Red Candles or Dou Zhu (紅燭/斗燭)

4) 1 Pair of Huang Gao Qian aka Diao Qian (黃高錢/吊錢)


5) 3 Stacks of Tian Gong Jin aka Tai Ji Jin (天公金/太極金 most of 5 sets)


6) 6 Stacks of Shou Jin aka San Bao Jin (壽金/三寶金 most of 9 sets)


7) 3 Stacks/Packs Da Gui Ren aka Men Wai Gui Ren Lu Ma Zhi (大貴人/門外貴人祿馬祇 most of 9 sets)


8) 3 Stacks/Packs Gui Ren Zhi (貴人紙 most of 9 sets)


9) 3 Stacks/Packs of Tu Di Jin (土地金 most of 5 sets)


10) 1 Set of San Jie Deng Liao (三界燈料/天公燈料)




11) Paper Robes (神袍 optional)

12) Huang Qian Jia Ma (黃錢鉀馬) - Mend for Military Deities Only


Once All the necessary Offerings are being prepared, on the 15th Night, you can actually lay them out onto the Altar.

When the timing strikes 0000 Hour, you can start to make your respect for the Thanksgiving to the Deities in your Home, Temple or Sintua.

For those who prefer to pay respect on the 16th Day Morning, you are encouraged to do that too. Remember to do it before 11.00Am. Best timing to start the honouring will be at 9.00Am.

Due to this time round, you are conducting the Honouring for the Thanksgiving Ceremony, do not send off the Paper-offerings after 15 minutes. You shall at least serve 3 rounds of Tea & Wine before sending off the Paper Offerings.

Each round of the Tea & Wine shall be 15 minutes apart. After every round of Offering the Tea & Wine, make 3 kowtows to the Deities, Thank them for the Blessing and request for New Blessing for the New Lunar Year. Do not make any Un-necessary Un-realistic Requests.

Once the 3 rounds of Tea & Wine are being Offered, send off the Paper-offerings. After sending off of the Paper-offerings, retrieved the Food items and distribute them out to Family Members and Friends. Allowed them to get the necessary Blessings too.

Remain the Nian Gao, Fa Gao and 1 set of Oranges on the Altar, only retrieved them on the 17th Day.

Once all these are being done, the Thanksgiving for the Year of Wu Zi will considered Fully & Smoothly ended.