Toong Wah Cave Temple will be celebrating 139th Anniversary

Come 17 Dec 2011, Toong Wah Cave Temple will be celebrating its 139th anniversary. As usual a dinner will be organized by the temple committee to raise fund for the temple to build more facilities for the benefit of the people.



The guest of honor for the dinner is YB Dato Seri Ahmad Husni Hanazlah, MP of Tambun cum the second Finance Minister. Also expected to be present is YB Dato' Rusnah Kassim, the State Assemblyman for Ulu Kinta.



Both YBs have never failed to support the development project undertaken by the temple. It also reflects on the commitment of the BN government to the Chinese community.



Dinner will be held at 7.00pm at the foot of the hill where the temple is located. Those who are keen to attend can purchase tickets for the dinner which is sold at RM35 per person. Ticket can be obtained through treasurer Mr. Chang (H/P: 016-5186178) or secretary Mr. Alan (H/P: 012-5787748).

Well wishers can also donate to the temple during the dinner by purchasing special VIP tickets They will be invited to hit the gong as an honor in appreciation of their donation.

Hundreds of Taoism Believers Throng the Toong Wah Cave Temple To Celebrate the Birthday of Jade of Emperor

Posted by Richard Ng on 28 Nov 2011. Pictures by Tina Leong





Hundreds of Taoism believers thronged the Tong Wah Cave Temple to celebrate the birthday of the Jade of Emperor yesterday 27 November 2011. They climbed as high as 600 meters up the hill where the temple is located.





The celebration started since morning with the burning of giant joss sticks as well as coiled joss sticks. Many come to offer prayers and also to seek the help of the Jade of Emperor.







According to Taoism and Chinese Folk Culture, the Jade Emperor also known as Yu Huang Da Di (玉皇大帝) is the ruler of heaven and all realms of existence below including that of Man and Hell. Details of Jade Emperor can be found here.









The ceremony was led by a sifu or Kung Kung who will go on a trance to act as medium between the Jade Emperor and the believers. At the end of the ceremony they were all treated to a sumptuous meal donated by well wishes.