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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Nine Emperor Gods Festival

Today passby one temple in Ampang; Kau Ong Yah Lam Thian Kong Temple. Correct me if I'm wrong. This is my first time seeing so many people. My friend told me, it's the 'kow wong yeh' (cantonese) festival or Kiew Ong Ya or jiǔhuángyé or Nine Emperor Gods.

After reading some articles in the net, the event is celebrated for nine days on the ninth month of the Lunar Calendar, the Nine Emperor Gods Festival at the Ampang Kau Ong Yah Lam Thian Kong Temple is a not-to-be-missed event. The festival began today. (18 Oct 2009) . The deities (and devotees) are feted with vegetarian food and a traditional Chinese opera. The noisy, colourful and smoky celebrations end with a bare feet fire-crossing ceremony. (source : mycen)

A picture from this site
For those who wants to go there, there's direction from the site mentioned. Plenty of parking ( you can see ppl waving their yellow flag telling you got parking, with some charges of cus...) and the road is very narrow. Other option, park nearby Spectrum Mall and walk to the temple area. That's better. Triple celebration eh, Raya-Deepavali-Kowongyeh... Did I miss out any?

To know more bout the festival can click here.
Extracted from wiki.....

The Nine Emperor Stars are:

1. Tan Lang Tai Xing Jun (貪狼太星君)1st Star (Visible) Bayer: α UMa
2. Ju Men Yuan Xing Jun (巨門元星君) 2nd Star (Visible) Bayer: β UMa
3. Lu Cun Zhen Xing Jun (祿存貞星君) 3rd Star (Visible) Bayer: γ UMa
4. Wen Qu Niu Xing Jun (文曲紐星君) 4th Star (Visible) Bayer: δ UMa
5. Lian Zhen Gang Xing Jun (玉廉貞綱星君) 5th Star(Visible) Bayer: ε UMa
6. Wu Qu Ji Xing Jun (武曲紀星君) 6th Star(Visible) Bayer: ζ UMa
7. Po Jun Guan Xing Jun (破軍關星君) 7th Star (Visible) Bayer: η UMa
8. Zuo Fu Da Dao Xing Jun(左輔大道星君) 8th Star (Invisible)
9. You Bi Da Dao Xing Jun (右弼大道星君) 9th Star (Invisible)

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