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Preamble : Hungry Ghost Festival<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, 26th July was the eve of what is popularly known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, and less well known by its traditional name of \u00a0Zhongyuan Jie, which in essence is also about honouring ancestors.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0 It takes place at the start of\u00a0 the Chinese 7th lunar month, and it is when the gates of hell\u00a0 open and the spirits of dead are free to wander among the living\u00a0 for a month. To appease them, offerings and entertainment is laid out\u00a0 by\u00a0 descendants at their homes, but\u00a0 also by temples,\u00a0 business and clan\u00a0 associations. This year, the prediction was that\u00a0 hell’s gates will open at 11pm on the eve of the festival.<\/p>\n

The Salvation Rituals<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At Bukit Brown,\u00a0 devotees from the Taoist temple\u00a0 Xuan Jiang Dian<\/span> (Heng Kang Tian ) conducted a “chao du” <\/em> or “salvation rituals”\u00a0 –\u00a0 considered an act of compassion – specifically for the forgotten and lost spirits there.<\/p>\n

This is the 3rd year in a row, Xuan Jiang Dian\u00a0 have done this,\u00a0 ever since in fact news of the building of the highway across Bukit Brown in 2011 was announced. Exhumations of the some 4.153 graves which are in the way of the highway are drawing to\u00a0 a close.\u00a0 So there was added interest in this year’s ritual which was covered\u00a0 by our national newspapers. The National Heritage Board (NHB) shared that a specially commissioned video on rites and rituals at Bukit Brown will be uploaded soon to you tube.<\/p>\n

A First Hand Account of “chao du”<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The ” chao du”<\/em>\u00a0 ceremony which was witnessed also by Brownies and other well wishers, started at around 8.3opm . It consisted of the setting up of\u00a0 an altar table with offerings at the major\u00a0 junction of\u00a0 the 4 roads in\u00a0 Bukit Brown which leads to Blocks 1, 5, 4 and 3.<\/p>\n

The Taoist priests from China, resplendent in their robes, chanted and walked several ceremonial\u00a0 rounds\u00a0 in the area calling upon lost spirits. There was something soothing in their chanting and the air was redolent with the scent of what must have been a hundred lighted joss sticks. Each participant carried\u00a0 3 sticks each throughout\u00a0 the 40 minute long chanting.<\/p>\n

There was a stillness in the air and the smoke and swish of the robes\u00a0 carried the movement of the night.\u00a0 It ended with the burning of paper offerings and just as quickly as it was set up, the devotees packed up and left, with the\u00a0 the candles planted still burning\u00a0 and the last vestiges of the paper offerings smouldering down to embers. \u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Photo Gallery\u00a0 :<\/p>\n

\"Beauty<\/a>

The arrival of devotees making their way to the ceremonial site for the set up (photo Chua Ai Lin)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"beauty<\/a>

Chao-du (photo Terence Heng)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Burining<\/a>

Paper offerings (photo Zhi Hao)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"candle<\/a>

Path of candle lights to show the spirits the way (photo Claire Leow)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Candle_Zhi<\/a>

(photo Zhi Hao)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Tablets<\/a>

Side View : Off site 3 tablets,\u00a0 set up by\u00a0 Xuan Jiang Dian at Bukit Merah Blk 123 for the wandering spirits of Kopi Sua aka Bukit Brown. [right] for animals killed during agricultural activity (prior to it becoming a cemetery)[centre] for wandering souls[left] for animals killed during construction works (photo and caption by Chua Ai Lin)<\/p><\/div>

\"Paying<\/a>

Front View : Off site 3 tablets,\u00a0 set up by\u00a0 Xuan Jiang Dian\u00a0 at Bukit Merah Blk 123 for the wandering spirits of Kopi Sua aka Bukit Brown. [right] for animals killed during agricultural activity (prior to it becoming a cemetery)[centre] for wandering souls [left] for animals killed during construction works (photo Raymond Goh)
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\"Report<\/a>

Report on the Straits Times 27 July,’14 on the ceremony<\/p><\/div>\n

\"ZB<\/a>

Report on Lianhe Zaobao, 27th July’14<\/p><\/div>\n

Report on\u00a0 Lianhe Zaobao on a ritual conducted last night at Bt. Brown which marked the opening of the 7th month:\u00a0 A group from Heng Kang Tian including 8 Taoist priests conducted the ritual to invite spirits to a salvation ceremony conducted today in front of Bukit Merah View Block 123. The group has been going to Bt. Brown for the past two years to invite spirits from tombs which are not tended to by descendants. The event was attended by Brownies and participants of tours at the cemetery. It was also recorded by the Bt Brown Documentation Team. NHB is currently preparing a 10-15 min documentary on the rituals carried out at Bt Brown cemetery. This will be uploaded to the NHB channel on youtube, “yesterdaysg”, around end next month. (summary by\u00a0 Ang Yik Han) <\/span>Full report in Chinese:<\/p>\n

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