I visited two nearby temples yesterday to note some similarities and differences from the Tow Boh Keong, Hong Kong St temple. First off, I noticed that both of these temples use the Chinese Junk as their symbol. This of course…
Read More
My introduction to the Nine Emperor Gods Festival in Penang has been Hong Kong St. And I’m learning fast that there is a lot going on all around me! There are hawker stalls selling tastey vegetarian food for the…
Read More
It was a quiet day at the temple with devotees coming in for private conversations with the Emperor. We had a visit from the Tow Boh Keong temple in Sungai Petani and they posed for a photo before leaving to…
Read More
Wow to Penang and the way they celebrate the Nine Emperor Gods festival! There are several Nine Emperor God temples in Penang and last night they invited the Emperor with panache. Lamps were raised, mediums went in to trance, yellow…
Read More
Welcome to Hong Kong St. I met the team last night and we have a great festival planned. Tonight we invite the god. And for the next nine days there will be prayers and processions and good vegetarian food (we…
Read More
Saturday was the day that devotees could come to the Ampang temple and get their rooms and beds for this year’s festival dates. It was great to see some friends, observe the temple cleaned up and ready to go, and…
Read More
It’s time to get the dates on your calendar so that you don’t miss the events of 2011! This year’s Nine Emperor Gods festival begins with a procession to collect the Emperor. The procession takes place the evening of Sept…
Read More
A few months ago the Kau Ong Yah Lam Thian Kiong Temple of Ampang held a 20 Km radius Ancestor and Thanksgiving ritual. It was a beautiful ceremony over several days in which the temple fulfilled its obligations to the…
Read More
I had a very special opportunity this week to attend a ritual Taoist ceremony held to honor the deceased parents of a Hokkien family. And people ask me why I like living in KL!? The Low family was very hospitable…
Read More
Yesterday, I used a rather mundane stroll to the bank to explore and learn something about my own photography skills. And hence, the first post in a series called Going Places. The idea here is to just go out and…
Read More