Hi, may I know the difference between Tudi Gong vs Dizhu Gong? (Sorry if wrongly spelt)

Tq

Hi , Do you know where we can buy the 10 Courts of Hell Canvas pr Cloth Banner ? Thanks.

Hi,

I recently went to a SINTUA in Tampines and was amazed. The medium was an Indian and he got tranced to Toh Ya Pek and also Li Ah Pek.

He gave me a 4D and I strike 1st prize.

Hi,

First time posting here. I have spent last few days to read up all the posts here from page 1 till the end. It is really a good read and full of information.

Thanks to @nachtsider and other contributors.

I would like to ask a few questions. I believe these questions has not been asked yet but in any case if I missed it please refer me to correct post.

1. My family practise, what now I know as Sintua, but I want to know when my late relatives passed away, there was a "ceremony" lead by a priest. The priest usually has 3 sets of robes, namely red, yellow and black and the chanting is done 4 times every night (One time with red, one time with yellow and twice with black) until the day of burial or cremation. The priest usually chant and carrying handheld bell. During chanting/praying every night, the praying was accompanied by 2 musician with traditional musical instruments. Is this Sintua practise? From what I read here, Sintua does not has priest? Or is it Taoist?

2. Can you share more information like background/history/legend of and how to pray and why people pray to General Horse 马将军?

3. Does all Sintua medium must go in trance to connect to the deity? Is the medium that "communicate" but not go in trance legit?

4. I am in Singapore. Can recommend Hell Theme Sintua?

More questions will come when I think of it. Actually when I start reading I have lots of questions but most of them has been answered in the previous post. Huahaha....

My family has a long believe in Sintua but for me I am just a recent believer and now I pray to mainly Tua Pek Kong, Tua Ji Ya Pek and Cundhi Guanyin / 準提观音

Hi guys, do any of you guys know Er Lang Shen’s temple (二郎神) around Klang Valley?

Hi Nachtsider,

Yesterday i went to tua li ya pek temple,
I was told that i was a tua li ya pek god son 'khai chai'. I have faith with tua li ya pek.
He ask me to look for the tua li yak pek in klang.
Do you have any idea about this?? I was confused. How to look for tua li ya pek in klang??

There is this one temple known as the Hall of Sevenfold Jade/七玉殿. It is one of the few temples in my hometown of Klang dedicated exclusively to the Hell deities, boasting the all-merciful Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in the main hall, and a special air-conditioned, cave-like basement room where the Black and White Brothers and other lesser but more fearsome Hell beings reside.

You can visit them at 4, Jalan Cox, 41300 Klang; they hold consults on Saturday nights at 9:30 p.m or thereabouts. The temple is admittedly somewhat difficult to find, being off the beaten track; it is located down by the river bank near the Fairy Park funeral parlour, close to Wisma TLT and the old Pawagam Sri Intan.

Hi Nacht,

Thanks for the reply.

It means my family practice all Buddhist, Taoist and Sintua. Huahaha..... My mom herself go to Mahayana Buddhist Temple regularly for the chanting session. But pray to various god and goddess in Sintua and we always has the priest during family or relative funeral.

Regarding the '马将军' I am not sure myself. Back in Indonesia, it comes as a pair (See attached photos). One general holding a horse and his partner is a general who hold the war flag. In Singapore, Seng Wong Beo (http://www.beokeng.com/disptemple.php?temple=seng-wong-beo) has this deity too but it was a horse itself without any general and located in the same altar as Tiger God and the Heavenly Dog.

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Hi Nacht,

Posting again just in case you missed my previous post.

Please see attached photos regarding "马将军".

Does it means any significant to you? Do you know the story/history?

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Hungry ghost festival is a Buddhist tradition. Most Chinese are confused which is which.

God is pronounced 'Sim' and not 'Sin'.

Hi,

I recently went to a SINTUA in Tampines and was amazed. The medium was an Indian and he got tranced to Toh Ya Pek and also Li Ah Pek.

He gave me a 4D and I strike 1st prize.

I was also walking past the prayers place and decided to see the medium and got a lottery number. I heard they trance here on every 15 of the chinese month.

Anyone heard about this place before?

#Tampines Tua Li Ya Peh Sintua 大二爺伯
#TuaLiYaPek
#Hellgods
#大二爺伯

Hi Nacht,

dunno this has been asked before or not, still browsing the thread =P

1) Dai Pak Gong is categorized as yin deity, does this mean he is part of hell deities?

2) let just say if a person is the godson of a deity in temple A, does this relationship extend beyond that temple with the same deity? maybe in temple B that has the same deity? normally the godson will address the medium in trance as godfather if they are the godchild but does this hold the same in different temple?

3) if i am not mistaken, there are different "lvl" or "state" that a deity can be channeled , i.e i have seen before there are mediums channeling juvenile Ji Gong and adult Ji Gong. hmmm what is reason to have different version of this? does the godson relationship in (2) extend / applicable beyond the lvl? Does it mean the higher lvl is more powerful? hmmm how many lvl or state are there?

TQ =D

True. It's origin is Buddhism , I am glad you  don't deny it like some people I've met.

I am sorry, I mistake for 'heart' which is 'sim'. Yes, god is 'sin'.

My brain is too tired today due to  hot weather.

Finally finish reading the thread in 3 days time! What an informative thread this is! I am Guan Yin's God Kid as well and my family can be said to have strong ties with the sintua religion as well for example most of my family will eat vege for 3-12 days during the 9 Emperor's festival. I got a question for Dr Nacht due to curiosity.

How does one know they are being chosen to become a medium? Any signs or visions?
Thank you!

Glad to see that this thread is still as interesting as before.

One question for our in-house expert, Dr. Nacht.

There are usually some sorts of gesture or action performed by a medium when channeling a deity. Are all mediums channeling the same deity will perform the same "standard operating procedures"?

Thanks.

Hey nach wanted to ask ah,
usually i go temple bai bai with my family they will go to the kim zua section and also take 2 packets of offerings.
- a packet of dried tea leaves wrapped around with a thick paper
- a packet of "prayer cookie/biscuit" which is in a plastic wrapper. The prayer cookie/biscuit is vertical shape and pink in colour. It looks very similar to the frozen crab stick that we buy in the supermarket those kind.

Than they will cut it open and put on a red tray and leave it on the table before the gods.

Usually i don't really notice or care about it because it happens everytime since young. And everytime we give the offerings is my parents or older brother give. So i recently go bai bai on my own than i realised i dont know what to do.

- should i bring the tea leaves and prayer cookie home? or should it be burnt? (I rmb my family always just leave there but i might be wrong. just want to confim)
- if the temple got many altars should i offer all of them tea leave and prayer cookie?
- is there a reason why we offer this 2 items? Like is there a symbolic reason? I also see it all the time by the roadside esp during 7th month. Or also just randomly by the roadside
- should it be offered to the gods before or after praying?
Thanks alot nacht.

Dr. Natch,
Lord Guan is real historical figure in the ancient China time. What we have learnt about him are mainly from The Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel which mixes facts with fictions or other sources which may not reflect the real story about him.

I always have this idea but it sounds unconventional. It would be interesting if we could ask Lord Guan about his life history personally. Is that possible during consultation with the medium who channels Lord Guan? Would it appear rude to the deity?

Thanks.