The Nine Emperor God’s Festival began on 1st October, 2016 (first day of the nine month in the Lunar calendar). This festival will be held for 9 days. We went back to Ipoh for a day trip on Sunday to celebrate this festival. We left KL rather early and arrived at around 9.30am. We went to the Tow Boo Kong temple in Pasir Putih, which we have been doing for many years. The temple was full of people even at that hour. The smoke from the joss sticks were quite overwhelming. Luckily we managed to find a space inside the temple to lay down the tortoise steamed buns which we bought for prayers. We were done praying in about 30 minutes. Below are some of the photos taken of popular tortoise shaped steamed buns being sold at the stalls lining outside the temple.
The giant tortoise bun which some people would buy to offer thanks to the Nine Emperor Gods.
These are my favourite fluffy lotus paste buns that are shaped like a plum (sau toh). My family would only buy these steamed buns from a specific stall outside the temple. They are known for their soft and delicious buns. We have been buying from the same stall since I was a kid.
Another type of steamed buns which have a different texture.
Little pink and yellow tortoises
Medium size tortoise shaped buns
