Thursday 26 August 2010

Manifestation Anniversary of Lord Tai Sui 2010 (庚寅年值年太歲聖誕吉慶)





Lord Tai Sui aka Star Lord Tai Sui (太歲星君), the Lord that being appointed to look into the issues that are associated with Human and other Beings, in Taoism, Lord Tai Sui can be considered as a very High-Position or Important Deity.

Lord Tai Sui is another Deity that being manifested from the Natural Star/Planet in the Universe.

So where this Star located in the Universe?

According to Records, the Initial Form of Lord Tai Sui’s Star was situated directly Opposite the Planet Jupiter (木星).

So what are the actual Tasks that Lord Tai Sui being appointed to take-charge of?

The more accurate and exact Tasks that Lord Tai Sui being appointed to look after shall be, the Fortune, Life & Death issues that related with all the Living Beings..

Okay, now back to the main Topic.

Lord Tai Sui of the Year’s Manifestation Anniversary falls on the 19th Day of Lunar 7 Month (in 2010, it falls on 28 Aug, Saturday).

On this Day, Taoists will visit Temples that dedicate Altars or Statues to Lord Tai Sui to make their respect to him in-order to get the necessary Blessings.

More info here: http://javewu.multiply.com/photos/album/116

And so, what to prepare?

According to our Chinese Custom & Folks Practice, here are some recommended items to be prepared for the paying respect:

1 Five Oranges (桔子)
2 Longevity Noodles (壽麵)
3 Longevity Peaches (壽桃)
4 Ang Ku Kueh (紅龜粿)
5 Huat Kueh (發糕)
6 Rice Wine (米酒)
7 Chinese Tea (茶)
8 Paper Offerings (紙料)
9 Candles (蠟燭)
10 Flowers or Lotus (鮮花或蓮花)
11 Tai Sui Robe (太歲袍 Blue or Brown Color) – as shown below:



The following is the Paper printed with the Headgear, Boots and Whisk. It can be found in the Paper Robe, so look out for it before you pay for the Robe.



Once all these stuffs are prepared and ready, then one self can proceed to the Temple.

1st, pay respect to the Heaven & the Main Deities in the Temple and then last, proceed to the Altar that honoured Lord Tai Sui.

Make a Bow in front of the Altar and then sincerely kneel down and proceed with the following Passage (for those who know how to recite the Bao Gao of Lord Tai Sui):

今逢。
Jin Feng.

值年太歲星君。(拜)
Zhi Nian Tai Sui Xing Jun (Bow)

千秋聖誕之期。
Qian Qiu Sheng Dan Zhi Qi.

南洋新加坡共和國。 (你的住址) 。
Nan Yang Xin Jia Po Gong He Guo. (Your Address)

信士 (你的名字) 。及闔家同人。
Xin Shi (Your Name). Ji He Jia Tong Ren.

於此。
Yu Ci

虔備薄禮酒儀。
Qian Bei Bo Li Jiu Yi.

敬向。
Jing Xiang.

值年太歲星君。(拜)
Zhi Nian Tai Sui Xing Jun (Bow)

虔誠請安。慶賀聖誕。
Qian Cheng Qing An. Qing He Sheng Dan.

於此虔祈。
Yu Ci Qian Qi.

值年太歲星君。(拜)
Zhi Nian Tai Sui Xing Jun (Bow)

太康生建氣生鮮。歲合天靈萬物乾。
Tai Kang Sheng Jian Qi Sheng Xian. Sui He Tian Ling Wan Wu Qian

星垣之中命長保。君錄簿中名登仙。
Xing Yuan Zhi Zhong Ming Chang Bao. Jun Lu Bu Zhong Ming Deng Xian

以佑。
Yi You.

信士 (你的名字) 。及闔家同人。
Xin Shi (Your Name). Ji He Jia Tong Ren.

一年平安常在。月月福佑不怠。
Yi Nian Ping An Chang Zai. Yue Yue Fu You Bu Dai.

四季神光普照。萬事遂心安在。
Si Ji Shen Guang Pu Zhao. Wan Shi Sui Xin An Zai.

於此。
Yu Ci.

信士 (你的名字) 。及闔家同人。
Xin Shi (Your Name). Ji He Jia Tong Ren.

敬向。
Jing Xiang.

值年太歲星君。(拜)
Zhi Nian Tai Sui Xing Jun (Bow)

獻三拜三叩禮。
Xian San Bai Li.

一拜。再拜。三拜。禮成。(起立)
Yi Bai. Zai Bai. San Bai. Li Cheng (Raise)


After rising, make another sincere Bow and then left the spot.

After about 15 minutes, retrieve the Paper-offerings and then burn them off.

Once the Paper-offerings are being burnt, go back to the Altar, make another sincere Bow and then retrieve back the Offerings, bring them back home and share with the other members in the Family.

And so, the whole Paying Respect to Lord Tai Sui is considered end.

17 comments:

  1. Some temple do not allowed burn joss paper, can i buy 5 oranges to pray instead?

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  2. Read from newspaper that cai shen temple would conduct chanting sevice on that day to pray tai sui yeh

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  3. Yup, usually they have such services. For the moment, their Tai Sui can said to be the biggest in Singapore.

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  4. Is it a must to buy oil to pray taisui for brightness?

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  5. This is a very old practise, in the past, actually we ourselves must light a lamp, but now, the temples do want people to mess up the place, so they rather people bring in oil for them to light the lamps all over the temple.

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  6. Nowadays people just pay $20 for taisui deng .Most temple practise that.
    Cos i often see devotees buy 2 bottles of oil and pray taisui for good luck.

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  7. bro,how come this tai sui in the banner is a old man rather than a young boy?

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  8. He is the tai sui for this tiger year

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  9. Dear Bro, as what Slimcat had replied, this is the Tai Sui for Geng Yin Year :P
    We also called him, the old man with 1 bun on head.

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  10. Thank you very much....Now I understand

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  11. When do we burn off the red colour 贵人纸符 that we obtained from 太岁 during the 太岁圣诞? By the end of this 庚寅年 or by the next 太岁圣诞 of the 辛卯年?

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  12. By the end of Geng Yin Year or straight after Da Xie Tai Sui.

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  13. How to invite a guiren fu fron taisui?

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  14. Tai Sui is partically in-charge of that, cos of his task as the main Deity in-charging of the Year & Age of a Human.

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