This is a very special yet interesting post... its kinda, hmmmm, i mean very religious... so if ya very sensitive abt religious stuffs... hmmm... better skip this entry... :)
well, had spent my last weekend at 關龍殿善堂, wonder wat's that? its a sin tua... hmmm... ya noe, taoism, the 'temple' that they worship their god... over here, they worship 关帝爷, whom we known as 关公, 关羽... yup yup, the one that u watch in red cliff, read in the historical novel: Romance of the Three Kingdoms. As everyone noe that he was respect for his loyalty and righteousness, until today he's still being greatly respect and worship by the people...
Thanks to dearie... my 1st real encounter with a sin tua... well, i hav been there quite a few times, so wat ppl doing over there? other den praying, during the lunar 1st and 15th of the mth, there are routine events gng on, for consultation... hmmm... dearie been there since his teenage, just out of curiosity, i 1st step into the sin tua 2 mths+ ago, wanting to take a look at the biggest "guan di ye" statue in singapore, he's standing at a height abt 2.5m. After that i often join dearie to the sin tua, din really pray but just accompany him :p
to be exact, that's not totally my 1st encounter. however, the time when i came across with all this stuffs, i'm only abt 7 or younger den that... i dun exactly noe what actually gng on, just seeing some trancing of gods, how exactly it happen or how it stop, i totally have no idea. i only noe when u see these ppl on the street, its some 'da ri zi' and u jus have to bring both ur palms together and pray... after some times, mum was no longer involve in all these and she turn into a Christian soon after grandpa and grandma died. my whole family become so "Christianize"... -_-! ok... i always been a free thinker... in fact am more toward Buddhism and Taoism, maybe due to my sec sch and my childhood times...
ok... back to topic... spend my whole of last weekend experiencing the practice and belief of taoism... gng thru' the entire ceremony... very interesting i'll say... there's so many things that u couldn't explain using scientific logic... especially trancing (起乩)... i shall leave the mystery unrevealed... well, if u wanna noe den ask me in private ba... anyway... do visit the their webby guanlongdianshantang.multiply.com
關龍殿善堂 is located at No.78 Geylang Road Lorong 6.