The second day of Nine Emperor Gods Festival sees the invitation of the Finance Minister at Ampang Nan Tian Gong temple. This procession mirrors that of the Nine Emperor Gods invitation ceremony on the 12th of October, with the difference being the Finance Minister, Tian Fu Yuan Shuai is the deity invited this evening.
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| Fishy... Chinese love their fish. Here there are many fishes and a phoenix flying to the temple. |
The other difference to this procession compared to that of the first one is that the energy levels seemed to be very high, and everyone seemed to be anxious to get the Finance Minister back to the temple. Well, who wouldn't want to be in the good books with the money guy? Especially in times of economic hardship, everyone must be praying hard that Tian Fu Yuan Shuai will bless them with money and more money...
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| Sushi or shashimi... |
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| The cutest dragon and dragon dancers in town... |
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| The palanquin leaving the temple. |
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| The outriders for the gods do not have sirens nor flashing lights, just these plaques. |
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| Hi ho, hi ho.. is off to the invitation we go. The ladies trooping down the road at the start of the invitation ceremony. |
The number of visitors were much more too, due to the public holiday, as well as photographers, making it a mad dash for the best spot to see the happenings in the temple. So for those who prefer to see the procession at Ampang Nan Tian Gong Temple with less maddening crowd, the invitation ceremony for the Nine Emperor Gods is a far calmer, more restrained and regal in a way as compared to the invitation of the Finance Minister.
