My Diary

The City God Temple of Yongchun is located at the central administration district and next to the Yongchun General Hospital. An ancient temple first built in the late 1900s and renovated in 1991 with the support of oversea donors. The size of the temple is not smaller than a standard football field. This temple is well known in Yongchun County of Fujian Province, China. Besides dedicated to The City God aka Cheng Huang Gong, there is also an Imperial Official of Fude, the Goddess of Guanyin, as well as 24 Division Secretaries. At the same time, the temple management also provides venue for public to conduct gongteck prayer ceremony. Every year on the 23rd day of fifth lunar calender month is the temple official celebration in respect of The City God. The temple management as well as the villagers will engage a traditional Fujian liyuan aka opera troupe to perform. Our Hian Eng Taoist priests will perform a ritual of thanksgiving during the celebration. In addition, every fifteen day o

Puchong is a main town in Petaling Selangor, Malaysia. It used to be a rubber estate and tin-mining town about 40 years ago. In the past, it consists of only one two-lane road running through estates and villages. Since then, urbanization has occurred rapidly in recent years with many industrial parks, commercial buildings and residential areas mushrooming along Jalan Puchong, the main road. Tian Ling Dian Chinese Temple is located within the vicinity of Bandar Puchong Jaya. In conjunction with its 6th Anniversary Celebration, taoist priests from Hian Eng Daoist Group are invited to conduct a ritual of thanksgiving during the celebration month. Last year its local devotees have witnessed a special ritual called “Spiritual Area Cleansing” by our taoist priests. It is a combination of mock attack by priest with sword and Chinese healing arts display that lasted for at least an hour. The purpose of this event is to eliminate all kind of evils, negative forces as well as outer black magic

This event was occurred in a merciless ocean during the Qing Ming festival. Just before sunset, I received a telephone call from a funeral parlor operator and asking me to conduct a taoist prayer for a dead seaman. Upon arrival at the World Trade Center of Singapore, I looked at the sky and stars twinkled in the dark night. I guess it would be a good weather to conduct the ritual at sea. We took a speedboat towards the direction of the Strait of Malacca. We were stopped by the Malaysia Police Coast Guard during the journey and after showing our travel documents, we continued our search for a cargo vessel. About eleven o’clock, we were finally discovered the ship in spite of bad visibility. It was understood that the dead seaman was accidentally fell down from his working tower. When the accompanied medical staff carried out health check for each crew on board, I went to conduct the prayer together with the funeral parlor staff. It saddened to look at the body of the deceased. On knowin

Perhaps you or your friends are faced with a terminal illness, and looking for treatments. Traditional treatment methods such as medication, surgery and counselling are focusing primarily on physical rehabilitation. During the recent visit of a group of qigong students from the United Kingdom at Kuan Sheng Tong Temple, I shared with them the significance value of Healing Prayers. There is a boy who suffers a disease and he does the prayer. He said: “Master, you know that I am in the stage of struggle of pain and despair. You know that my wish is to cure the disease. I know you have the ability to cure me. I also know that you will choose what is best for me. I pray I will be close to you, and you will be my comfort and strength. I pray that no matter what the final result turns out to be, you will be my honor.” I told the qigong students that from his beginning to do the healing prayer, he has demonstrated his eagerness to live longer by following both the physical rehabili

Yongchun County is located in the southeastern part of Fujian Province in China. Total land area approximately 1400 square km and its population about 500,000. Dongping Town is a mountainous area in Yongchun County. Between the town and village is separated by large tracts of rice paddies. During my stay in Yongchun County, I was called to conduct a funeral ceremony for a passed on lady who lived more than 90 years. The whole atmosphere of the funeral scene was not sad, but also many people came to pay their last respects. It could be considered large buried scenery as far as a small town was concerned. The death of a person was also a matter for the whole village. The villagers were busy setting up tentage and handling bamboo tables and chairs as well as kitchen utensils in orderly manner. As we were presiding over the spiritual enlightenment ceremony as early as six o'clock in the morning, the village women came very punctual in the morning just to prepare meals for our taoist