Crawling under the table on Chinese New Year ?

Lotus-shaped candles

The rays of the sun creep through the window blinds and rested on her gold dye hair as she writes some simplified Chinese words on a lotus-shaped candle with an artline marker.

Her mind is glued to the tip of the artline marker to make sure she correctly wrote what is wished on the fourth lunar day in the Tai Sui Temple about 100 feet away from the Jonker Walk arch.

Window Blind of the Tai Sui Temple

The local Chinese in Melaka believed that Tai Sui can protect certain groups of people born on the identified almanac year said to be unfavorable during the Pig Year. I see two young man and a young girl crawling under the table. Have you ?

Let us jump to the third Taoist temple after watching devotees seeking deities from the Tai Sui temple to the second Chinese temple seated diagonally opposite.

I think Chinese arts in China is a heritage still practiced and used in Melaka or else you don’t have to discover them when you visit Malaysia.

In order to discover the truth, you have got to stay in Melaka and really try to taste Peranakan Cuisines to Portuguese Cuisines, Hakka Cuisines to Hokkien Cuisines, Mamak Cuisines to Malay Cuisines and if you have extra days in Melaka, you can stretch your dollars by more dining.

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Paper piglet

A piglet seat proudly of the left made from incense paper, a paper cutting and folding skill originated in the fourth century in China. You can see this piglet today and for another eleven days or so, on the tiny Dutch-styled foyer of the third Taoist temple next to the Hang Kasturi Mausoleum.

According to my mother, Soon Ang Heng, the deity can grant the seeker a baby girl if she want a baby girl and a baby boy if she want a baby boy.

Tua Pek Kong is a deity who guard the wealth of a person and I meet him this morning by making a wish to his statue at the San Duo temple on the Blacksmith Road. On this road, blacksmiths served the merchants and traders when international trade blossom after Admiral Zheng He stepped on Melaka shore and Melaka River was just like a dragon making the northern and southern banks vibrant.

A temple opposite RC Hotel

Opposite RC Hotel, another Taoist temple has been taking care of the prosperity of Kampung Pantei and Melaka for a very long time already ever since Bunga Raya Road is the talk of the town.

Cheng Hoon Teng is of course a temple no one can miss, discover more yourself at www.chenghoonteng.org.my Our promising, and action man, Yang Berhormat Datuk Tey Kok Kiew is gracing the special chanting by monks of this temple this morning. Watch here.

The remaining three deities and Buddhas of one temple blessed me and they are homed near to the carpark on the same row as Pay Teck Primary School.

Ten temples and ten blessing.

Daniel Ong, Melaka

Friday, 8th February, 2019
Fourth Lunar Day