Of Prayer and Lion Dance

The 15 days of Chinese New Year celebration is over.  The days seem to whizz by too quickly.   Do bear with me for a while as I am still in a celebration mood.

On the night of Day 8, we celebrated the Jade Emperor Festival (Tien Gong) and had prayers around midnight.

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All the cakes, desserts, fruits, roast chicken and roast pork for the praying ceremony.

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Everything laid out on the table.

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On Day 14, we went to the Taman Tun’s market to watch the lion dance performance.  It is a yearly affair.  First performance was by the above white and green lion on stilts.

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Followed by the lighting of the mega long firecrackers at one of the entrance of the market.  The 2nd performances were by the 2 yellow lions which went to every floor and some of the stalls.  We love watching the lion dance every year.

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2 Responses to Of Prayer and Lion Dance

  1. yan says:

    Barb, you also got pai tin kong, mine much simpler than yours. I only offer fruits and cakes.

  2. Merryn says:

    This year is the first year we did not go back to my in-law’s for the Jade Emperor Prayer coz Ethan refused to skip class! >_<

    My boys love Lion Dance and they caught it 5 times at 1U this year.

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