Today, the 15th Day of Lunar 2 Month (農曆二月十五), is considered as the Birthday (Manifestation Anniversary) of Kai Zhang Sheng Wang aka Lord Kai Zhang (開漳聖王). I was quite happy to be able to get his Statue on today with the sponsorship of my Family.
Lord Kai Zhang, actual name known as Chen Yuan Guang (陳元光) aka Tan Wan Khong. The Ancestor of the Tan Clan of Hokkien Province Zhang Zhou Area.
Every year, on 16th Day of Lunar 2 Month (農曆二月十六), Singapore Bao Chi Gong (保赤宮), located at Magazine Road, will conduct Ritual to celebrate Lord Kai Zhang's Birthday, for those who are interested, you all may visit the Temple to pay your respect to Lord Kai Zhang.
ha bro, u set the focus on hua guang yuan shuai liao...
ReplyDeleteur kai zhang sheng wang kim sim looks different from bao chi gong. hmm is there ani reason why long shan men will worship him?
ReplyDeleteWahaha, our Hua Guang Yuan Shuai like to take photo lo, everytime, he will be inside the photo de :P
ReplyDeleteYup, a bit different, cos I didnt really want to do it according to the one that is being honoured in Bao Chi Gong, cos of "Copy-right"... hee hee... but this Statue is being invited back according to "his" approval not long ago.
ReplyDeleteA few of our LSM Ancestors are from Hokkien Zhang Zhou and when my Great-grandmother still around, she insist all her descendants have to visit Bao Chi Gong to pay respect to Kai Zhang Sheng Wang, cos about 100 years ago, my Great-grandfather was one of the sponsor there :P
icic... ha i mean ur camera set the focus at the back instead of the front so it capture ma yuan shuai so clearly instead of kai zhang sheng wang...=) but, nice kim sim =)
ReplyDeleteWahahaha, actual set the focus at Kai Zhang, just that donno why, become Hua Guang... wahahahaha :P
ReplyDeleteLike what I say lo, he like to take pic.. wahahahaha
haha i see... 抢镜头.. 哈哈.
ReplyDeleteYup yup.. this is not the 1st time le... wahahahahaha :P
ReplyDeletesifu...this kai zhang sheng wong..little resemble like xuan tian shang di..do u agree???
ReplyDeleteYes, the way they carve it does look alike.
ReplyDeleteShifu, the sword reminds me of Xuan Tian Shang Di. May I know what background this deity has? Have you already wrote a description in the past? (Apart from being an ancestor of Tan/Chen clan...)
ReplyDeleteThank you Master Jave!
Yes, you can proceed to the following link to know more of him:
ReplyDeletehttp://javewu.multiply.com/photos/album/169