Ti Gong 天公

Some preparations are done before it starts... folding of paper money or paper gold... baking of cakes and fruits...

 

Bamboo is a must... normally it is tied at the side of the gate... it have some history behind it... something that goes like this... during the war time, the Japanese invasion... so the hokkien people run into the forest to hide... a bamboo forest... so when the war ended, and the Japanese retreated... it was the 9th day of the Lunar Calendar...which is also the birthday of the Jed Emperor (天公), the god of all gods... and the people came out from hiding... it is a blessing from the god... that is why we pray during the night of the 8th day and morning of the 9th day of CNY.. to show gratitude...

There will be eggs to represent the birthday...

Normally they prayer is done in front of the house with a table full with fruits and cakes...

Usually it last till 1am or 2am... and we will offer the folded golds as offerings...

This day is a very big day to the Hokkiens...

Going out of my mind...

Popiah on Cheng Meng

Today is Cheng Meng... having popiah on this day is like a custom or tradition of my family... dont ask me why cause I also dont know... on this day normally we went to my aunt house at Merlimau since she will do all the cooking and stuff... and we will pray our ancesters... a week after the Cheng Meng, which is next week, then only we will go to clean the tombs... the popiah ingredients and sauces is all made by my aunt... except for the popiah skin, it's ordered... so we have to wrap ourselves depends on how big you want it to be... mine was normal as you can see (hehe)... my aunt will wrapped bigger than that...

Sooo full~