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Koo Chye Ba Sheng Hong Temple
Heard of TAOIST CITY GOD?
The Taoist City God is originated from people worshipping the natural world and is the god that guards the city in the ancient times legend. In the records of memorial ceremonies of early Zhou Dynasty, there were words of water (that is Huang) and city wall (that is Cheng). In ancient times, Chinese called the water moat outside a city wall as " pond ", and dry moat outside a city wall as "Huang". The Taoist City God as god is allegedly derived as according to the records of from the water (that is Huang) and city wall (that is Cheng) of memorial ceremony made to the Eight Zha God.
The Taoist City God was originally God of nature but accompanying the development and transformation of society; the people bestowed on him even more social functions. Hence, the Taoist City God gradually progressed to become God of the society. The most original and key function of the Taoist City God is to guard the city, protect the people, avert calamity and remove troubles. After the Song Dynasty, Taoism takes the City God as God of cutting down the evils, removing ferocity, protecting the country and ensuring peace in the nation. Referring to him as a God who is able to response to the calls of the people, bring rain when drought is prevailing, clear up the sky when rainy, in order to protect abundant grain to sufficiently satisfy the people need. The City God also acts a local officer of hell by administering the underworld affairs of that locality and all things that people fails to reach. People believe him to possess the power to punish and appease the evil spirits. Taoist priests performing rite to reach the underworld to release a soul of a newly deceased from purgatory have to notify the City God by way of a "City God official document" in order to be able to arrest and escort the soul of the newly deceased to the altar. In a word, the scope of duty of City God is closely related with the life of the common people and it seems that the common people, believes in the City Gods ability to protect their livelihood and live, brings many material benefits and utilities. So, the belief in City God just becomes widely popular and a religious activity of the common people with energetic influence.
This Toaist temple is hidden in a remote corner of an industrial estate at 15 Arumugam Road 409960.
www.beokeng.com/disptemple.php?temple=koo-chye-ba-sheng-h...
file: temple P3220008 (LR)
Koo Chye Ba Sheng Hong Temple
Heard of TAOIST CITY GOD?
The Taoist City God is originated from people worshipping the natural world and is the god that guards the city in the ancient times legend. In the records of memorial ceremonies of early Zhou Dynasty, there were words of water (that is Huang) and city wall (that is Cheng). In ancient times, Chinese called the water moat outside a city wall as " pond ", and dry moat outside a city wall as "Huang". The Taoist City God as god is allegedly derived as according to the records of from the water (that is Huang) and city wall (that is Cheng) of memorial ceremony made to the Eight Zha God.
The Taoist City God was originally God of nature but accompanying the development and transformation of society; the people bestowed on him even more social functions. Hence, the Taoist City God gradually progressed to become God of the society. The most original and key function of the Taoist City God is to guard the city, protect the people, avert calamity and remove troubles. After the Song Dynasty, Taoism takes the City God as God of cutting down the evils, removing ferocity, protecting the country and ensuring peace in the nation. Referring to him as a God who is able to response to the calls of the people, bring rain when drought is prevailing, clear up the sky when rainy, in order to protect abundant grain to sufficiently satisfy the people need. The City God also acts a local officer of hell by administering the underworld affairs of that locality and all things that people fails to reach. People believe him to possess the power to punish and appease the evil spirits. Taoist priests performing rite to reach the underworld to release a soul of a newly deceased from purgatory have to notify the City God by way of a "City God official document" in order to be able to arrest and escort the soul of the newly deceased to the altar. In a word, the scope of duty of City God is closely related with the life of the common people and it seems that the common people, believes in the City Gods ability to protect their livelihood and live, brings many material benefits and utilities. So, the belief in City God just becomes widely popular and a religious activity of the common people with energetic influence.
This Toaist temple is hidden in a remote corner of an industrial estate at 15 Arumugam Road 409960.
www.beokeng.com/disptemple.php?temple=koo-chye-ba-sheng-h...
file: temple P3220008 (LR)