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In the past, the seventh moon prayers mainly organized by residents of a small town or a village. When more and more private and public housing estates being built, it became scatter over various places and as a result from small to medium size prayer events would be seen at different occasions depending on its financials.   Klang is the royal capital of the State of Selangor in Malaysia. It is located about 32 km to the west of Kuala Lumpur and 6 km east of Port Klang. It was the civil capital of Selangor in an earlier era before the emergence of Kuala Lumpur and the current capital, Shah Alam. Taman Indah is a small town which is situated along Tepi Sungai within the vicinity of Klang Central.   The seventh moon prayers which commonly followed by majority of Chinese descendents living at Taman Indah. In fact, the wide appeal of the old and the tradition practise as I have seen during the ceremony might help to preserve our culture and especially our younger generation so enamour

Last month I was invited by The Temple Chairperson of Dongshan to participate in the celebration of its annual thanksgiving activities. The temple is located at Pingtan County in Fujian Province. Pingtan County is formed by not less than 100 small islands with a total area of approximately 300 square kilometers. It is understood that one of the main island namely Hai Tan is now the largest island in Fujian Province of mainland China. Amongst the small built taoist shrines and temples within the vicinity of Pingtan County, Dongshan Temple is an unique religious place that constructed in a middle of the mountain. The total land area is 51 m length, width 12 m, and it is completed in the year 2006. The main deity of this temple is Lord Wang of the Qing Dynasty. The temple has attracted many pilgrims and also a recognized taoist temple in Pingtan County. Apart from the thanksgiving rituals conducted by Taoist Priests, the temple has also invited a group of entertainers to perform northern