2010

Not knowing too much about Hokkien puppets, I will resort to the “picture is worth a thousand words” concept and show some photos from yesterday. These are Hokkien string puppets. There are also more traditional Hokkien hand puppet shows still…

Two very busy days and no time to post. First thing to note is that there are no opera performances until Friday, Oct 8th. Sorry about the misinformation. The temple has substituted Hokkien Puppets at 2pm and 8pm on Tuesday…

Here it is again for all of you looking for it. 7pm departure from the temple. Be at the temple very early if you want to see it there or catch it along the route later. Intersections and streets in…

Just a quick press for those of you looking for information about tonight’s Nine Emperor Gods Festival procession. A map to the temple is on tv smith’s mycen blog which is linked in the left column on this page. Get…

Late afternoon at the Nine Emperor Gods Temple today was a flurry of last minute preparations. The “Masters” were there, a few devotees were arriving, and there were quite a number of curious onlookers. The flagpole goes up tomorrow, October…

It dawned on me that I have jumped ahead in this blog, trying to talk about some of my own personal revelations, when I really should go back to basics. The Nine Emperor Gods Festival celebrates the balance of yin…

On October 3, 2010, the Nine Emperor Gods Temple in Ampang will raise the 50 ft pole that will guide the spirits of the heavens to the temple for the Nine Emperor Gods Festival. This is the official start of…

They say… that the rains come with the Nine Emperor Gods Festival. And if my personal experience holds true, there will be heavy rains again this year. I got my first taste of the wet last evening when I ventured…