Ti Fang Fu Temple Melaka
This temple is located beside the Jelutong Chinese cemetary.
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| Ti Fang Fu Temple, Melaka Sun 3 Sept 2017 6:21 pm Photograph of About Blog url http://generalabout.blogspot.my |
The sky was covered by dark clouds when I started my to drive to this temple after 5:00 pm from town. I recalled the first time I visited this temple, the deities were in a small shelter when a friend nicknamed as "Katak" introduced this place in 1996.
Tiny sprinkles of rain cohesive on the windscreen scantily as I was passing the Tzu-Chi-Infineon stretch on Jalan Batu Berendam and I ponder whether rain would start to pour when I reach there. Luckily, it didn't and I have the chance to record a YouTube video for sharing.
The grand arch gate has two staircase on both sides of a stage the Chinese opera would play ancient stories as part of the temple devotion to the dieties; the Black Impermanence and the White Impermanence.
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The construction of this temple is based on the instruction of the deities. Lenght wise, widht and height was decided by the dieties.
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The paper-costumes of the underworld is displayed on the walls inside the main hall.
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The seventh lunar Chinese calendar month is the ghost-month and offerings for the dead is made
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This temple is the largest in term of size and space.
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A view from the circumference of Jelutong hill, many devotess are gathering at this temple when night fall.
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Incense sticks height of man lined the road to this temple.
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Building materials were shipped from China for parts of the construction.to preserve the customs and traditions.
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In an hour or two from now, a procession through the cemetary will take place.
A procession would begin about midnight, watch the 2011 procession here.