My Diary

In mid-November this year, Hian Eng Taoist Group was honoured to conduct a thanksgiving ritual for Nam Yong Keng Temple located at Klang Central in Selangor State of Malaysia on invitation. The main deity of the temple is Hui Ze Choon Ong 惠泽尊王, the Ancestral God of Chinese Surname Ye 叶族祖佛. Before the grand ritual, the temple management has engaged a puppet performance service of Master Huang Zhen Cai 黄振财师傅, the 5th Generation leader of a famous puppet troupe in Johore State of Malaysia. The main ritual of thanksgiving lasted for 3 days. It basically involves prayer to bless the livings and to salvage the spirits from sufferings. Taoist believes in the harmony between the Yang aka Positive Energy and the Ying aka Negative Energy so as to achieve a state of tranquility between both realm. The grand finale of the ritual was crossing a seven-star bridge. I was told that the temple has never performed the crossing bridge blessing ceremony since it was established more than 40 years ago.

Upon invitation by the temple management of Soon Hock Keng Chinese Temple, taoist priests from Hian Eng Taoist Group were there to perform a 3-day rituals of thanksgiving. The temple is operating a temporary place of worship located within the vicinity of Central Klang Valley. The main god of the temple is dedicated to Zhang Gong Shen Jun aka Fazhugong 张公法主. During the three days ritual, many questions were raised from a taoist rite of Chi Shui Jin Tan aka Cleansing Water 敕水禁坛. A cleansing water ritual begin by inviting Gods to purify the water and create a sacred space is a taoist rite which can wipe out the dirty stuff and stop black magic or negative activities at the place of a taoist worship. Taoist priest from zheng-yi sect will perform the high-spirited movement of playing sword and destroying the bronze flag column. Since the purpose of Chi Shui Jin Tan is to clean the ceremonial space and facilitate the smooth progression of the whole ritual, only selected people from the