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The Prayers for the 15th. Day of the Chinese Seventh Moon Leave a comment
Festival of Hungry Ghost or Phor Thor Ceremony at Kew Leong Tong Lim Kongsi, Penang Leave a comment
Festival of Hungry Ghost or Phor Thor Ceremony at Kew Leong Tong Lim Kongsi, Penang on Saturday 25th August, 2018
Festival of Hungry Ghost or Phor Thor Ceremony at Kew Leong Tong Lim Kongsi, Penang on Saturday 25th August, 2018
Festival of Hungry Ghost or Phor Thor Ceremony at Kew Leong Tong Lim Kongsi, Penang on Saturday 25th August, 2018 – My mother’s prayers
Festival of Hungry Ghost or Phor Thor Ceremony at Kew Leong Tong Lim Kongsi, Penang on Saturday 25th August, 2018
Festival of Hungry Ghost or Phor Thor Ceremony at Kew Leong Tong Lim Kongsi, Penang on Saturday 25th August, 2018
Festival of Hungry Ghost or Phor Thor Ceremony at Kew Leong Tong Lim Kongsi, Penang on Saturday 25th August, 2018
Tai Soo Yah Idols of Mount Erskine and Pulau Tikus Leave a comment
Tai Soo Yah Idols of Mount Erskine and Pulau Tikus
Tai Soo Yah Idols of Mount Erskine.
Tai Soo Yah Idols of Mount Erskine.
Tai Soo Yah Idols of Mount Erskine.
Tai Soo Yah Idols of Pulau Tikus.
Tai Soo Yah Idols of Pulau Tikus.
Tai Soo Yah Idols of Pulau Tikus.
Tai Soo Yah of Bukit Mertajam Leave a comment
Tai Soo Yah of Bukit Mertajam
Tai Soo Yah of Bukit Mertajam
Tai Soo Yah of Bukit Mertajam
Tai Soo Yah of Bukit Mertajam
Tai Soo Yah of Bukit Mertajam
Tai Soo Yah of Bukit Mertajam
Tai Soo Yah of Bukit Mertajam
Tai Soo Yah of Bukit Mertajam, Mainland Penang … the Second Largest Idol in Malaysia Leave a comment
Tai Soo Yah of Bukit Mertajam, Mainland Penang … the Second Largest Idol in Malaysia
Tai Soo Yah of Bukit Mertajam, Mainland Penang … the Second Largest Idol in Malaysia
Tai Soo Yah of Bukit Mertajam, Mainland Penang … the Second Largest Idol in Malaysia
Tai Soo Yah of Bukit Mertajam, Mainland Penang … the Second Largest Idol in Malaysia
The First Tai Soo Yah Place of Worship in George Town, Penang 1 comment
The First Tai Soo Yah Place of Worship in George Town, Penang
The First Tai Soo Yah Place of Worship in George Town, Penang
The First Tai Soo Yah Place of Worship in George Town, Penang
The First Tai Soo Yah Place of Worship in George Town, Penang
The First Tai Soo Yah Place of Worship in George Town, Penang
The First Tai Soo Yah Place of Worship in George Town, Penang
Penang Hungry Ghosts Festival 2018 starts 3 comments
Paying respect to Tai Soo Yah for the Penang Hungry Ghosts Festival 2018 …
Paying respect to Tai Soo Yah for the Penang Hungry Ghosts Festival 2018 …
Paying respect to Tai Soo Yah for the Penang Hungry Ghosts Festival 2018 …
Winding-up on the Festival of The Hungry Ghost 2017 – Near my place of work is at the Taman Sentosa, Bukit Mertajam, Mainland Penang. Leave a comment
Winding-up on the Festival of The Hungry Ghost 2017 – Near my place of work is at the Taman Sentosa, Bukit Mertajam, Mainland Penang.
These final 6 photographs are from the Festival of The Hungry Ghost 2017 – near my place of work, that is at the Taman Sentosa, Bukit Mertajam, Mainland Penang. Till the photo-shooting in 2018, see you again.
SP Lim
Winding-up on the Festival of The Hungry Ghost 2017 – Near my place of work is at the Taman Sentosa, Bukit Mertajam, Mainland Penang.
Winding-up on the Festival of The Hungry Ghost 2017 – Near my place of work is at the Taman Sentosa, Bukit Mertajam, Mainland Penang.
Winding-up on the Festival of The Hungry Ghost 2017 – Near my place of work is at the Taman Sentosa, Bukit Mertajam, Mainland Penang.
Winding-up on the Festival of The Hungry Ghost 2017 – Near my place of work is at the Taman Sentosa, Bukit Mertajam, Mainland Penang.
Winding-up on the Festival of The Hungry Ghost 2017 – Near my place of work is at the Taman Sentosa, Bukit Mertajam, Mainland Penang.
Winding-up on the Festival of The Hungry Ghost 2017 – Near my place of work is at the Taman Sentosa, Bukit Mertajam, Mainland Penang.
Winding-up on the Festival of The Hungry Ghost 2017 – Near my place of residence Leave a comment
Winding-up on the Festival of The Hungry Ghost 2017 – Near my place of residence
It is at the Pulau Tikus Wet Market, Penang with a Hokkien Wayang as added entertainment.
SP Lim
Winding-up on the Festival of The Hungry Ghost 2017 – Near my place of residence is at the Pulau Tikus Wet Market, Penang.
Winding-up on the Festival of The Hungry Ghost 2017 – Near my place of residence is at the Pulau Tikus Wet Market, Penang.
Winding-up on the Festival of The Hungry Ghost 2017 – Near my place of residence is at the Pulau Tikus Wet Market, Penang.
Winding-up on the Festival of The Hungry Ghost 2017 – Near my place of residence is at the Pulau Tikus Wet Market, Penang.
Winding-up on the Festival of The Hungry Ghost 2017 – Near my place of residence is at the Pulau Tikus Wet Market, Penang.
Winding-up on the Festival of The Hungry Ghost 2017 – Near my place of residence is at the Pulau Tikus Wet Market, Penang.
Say Hong Chun or Boat of Sian Chye Tong ~ The Burning Ceremony II Leave a comment
Say Hong Chun or Boat of Sian Chye Tong ~ The Burning Ceremony II
Night of the Burning of the Say Hong Chun or Boat at Sian Chye Tong, Ayer Itam, Penang
Both of these joss paper images of the Tai Soo Yah and the Say Hong Chun (Boat) of Sian Chye Tong were burnt on the Saturday night of September 16, 2017.
SP Lim
Say Hong Chun or Boat of Sian Chye Tong ~ The Burning Ceremony II
Say Hong Chun or Boat of Sian Chye Tong ~ The Burning Ceremony II
Say Hong Chun or Boat of Sian Chye Tong ~ The Burning Ceremony II
Say Hong Chun or Boat of Sian Chye Tong ~ The Burning Ceremony II
Say Hong Chun or Boat of Sian Chye Tong ~ The Burning Ceremony II
Say Hong Chun or Boat of Sian Chye Tong ~ The Burning Ceremony II The Photographers
Hungry ghost is a concept in Chinese Buddhism and Chinese traditional religion representing beings who are driven by intense emotional needs in an animalistic way. The term 餓鬼 èguǐ, literally “hungry ghost“, is the Chinese translation of the term preta in Buddhism. “Hungry ghosts” play a role in Chinese Buddhism and Taoism as well as in Chinese folk religion. The term is not to be confused with the generic term for “ghost“, 鬼 guǐ (i.e. the spirit of a deceased ancestor). The understanding is that all people become such a regular ghost when they die, and would then slowly weaken and eventually die a second time. Hungry ghosts, by contrast, are a much more exceptional case, and would only occur in very unfortunate circumstances, such as if a whole family were killed or when a family no longer venerated their ancestors.
With the rise in popularity of Buddhism, the idea became popular that souls would live in space until reincarnation. In the Taoist tradition it is believed that hungry ghosts can arise from people whose deaths have been violent or unhappy. Both Buddhism and Taoism share the idea that hungry ghosts can emerge from neglect or desertion of ancestors. According to the Hua-yen Sutra evil deeds will cause a soul to be reborn in one of six different realms. The highest degree of evil deed will cause a soul to be reborn as a denizen of hell, a lower degree of evil will cause a soul to be reborn as an animal, and the lowest degree will cause a soul to be reborn as a hungry ghost. According to the tradition, evil deeds that lead to becoming a hungry ghost are killing, stealing and sexual misconduct. Desire, greed, anger and ignorance are all factors in causing a soul to be reborn as a hungry ghost because they are motives for people to perform evil deeds.
Inserted from Wikipedia by SP Lim
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