Chinese funerals in Malaysia are very expensive and now getting a little commercialized. For Buddhist, I want to introduce to you a more affordable option at the end of this article so that you need not go through what I have gone through. It is a taboo subject but it still need to be written…in fact …
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The 7th month in the Chinese lunar calendar is the hungry ghost festival month. When going around Malaysia, you would see stages being set up with singing till late at night as well as food being sold. In the past, the stages would only show traditional Chinese opera shows. But times have changed and now …
Hungry Ghost Festival- of ghosts, burning ghost money and being ‘blocked by ghost’ Read More »
The actual date for Cheng Meng (Qing Ming) usually falls on the 4th or 5th April each year. It follows the Gregorian calendar instead of the Chinese calendar. During this period, family members would visit graves of their departed family members or ancestors to do a ‘gotong royong’, ie cleaning up the overgrown grass and …
Cheng Meng-practice of paying respects to departed relatives and ancestors Read More »
Ching Meng or the Chinese’s All Souls Day will fall on 4 April this year. As it is on a weekday, most people would visit their departed relatives on the preceding one or two weeks after. This is the practice of the Chinese culture. One of the practices is to burn offerings made of paper to …
Ching Meng (Qing Ming)- remembering the departed Read More »
