Nam Yong Keng Temple, Klang Selangor, Malaysia

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. Many pilgrims turned out for the event and they enjoyed the crossing.

We wish to express our sincere gratitude to the temple management of its hospitality and warmth reception. We hope that the temple will reach its greatest height to promote the right teachings of Taoism.

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