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Satya Dharma Temple
Vihara Satya Dharma (Chinese: 保安宮) is a modern Chinese temple at Benoa Port, Bali. It is a temple of the Three teachings ("''Tridharma''") of Chinese folk religion, i.e. Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. Furthermore, like the other Chinese temples in Bali, this temple also has an altar in its outdoor yard dedicated to Gods of Balinese Hinduism. The main deity of this temple is Tian Shang Sheng Mu, the Goddess who can calm the sea and ensure the safety of those travelling across the seas. As a temple which is built in the international port area, this temple worships the Deities of travel safety, sailing, and business. This is the first Chinese temple in Benoa Port thus is expected to be a worship place for the sailors from various countries and also as a tourist attraction. Naming "Satya Dharma" (Sanskrit) means "True Law". "Vihara" is a Sanskrit term traditionally used for Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia, but it is also used occasionally for Chinese temples, otherwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bali
Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan to the southeast. The provincial capital, Denpasar, is the List of Indonesian cities by population, most populous city in the Lesser Sunda Islands and the second-largest, after Makassar, in Eastern Indonesia. The upland town of Ubud in Greater Denpasar is considered Bali's cultural centre. The province is Indonesia's main tourist destination, with a significant rise in tourism since the 1980s. Tourism-related business makes up 80% of its economy. Bali is the only Hinduism in Indonesia, Hindu-majority province in Indonesia, with 86.9% of the population adhering to Balinese Hinduism. It is renowned for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music. The Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xuanwu (god)
Xuanwu () or Xuandi (), also known as Zhenwu (, ) or Zhenwudadi (, ), is a powerful deity in Chinese religion, one of the higher-ranking deities in Taoism. He is revered as a powerful god, able to control the elements and capable of great magic. He is identified as the god of the north '' Heidi'' ( , and is particularly revered by martial artists. He is the patron god of Hebei, Henan, Manchuria and Mongolia. As some Han Chinese (now the modern-day Cantonese and Fujianese peoples) migrated into the south from Hebei and Henan during the Tang-Song era, Xuanwu is also widely revered in the Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian provinces, as well as among the overseas diaspora. Since the usurping Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty claimed to receive the divine assistance of Xuanwu during his successful Jingnan Campaign against his nephew, he had a number of Taoist monasteries constructed in the Wudang Mountains of Hubei, where Xuanwu allegedly attained immortality. Black Tortoise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vihara Bahtera Bhakti
Vihara Bahtera Bhakti (Chinese: 安卒大伯公廟 ) is a Chinese Buddhist temple located in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Chinese shrine, or klenteng, is located in the neighborhood of Ancol, hence it is more popularly known as Klenteng Ancol. It is dedicated to Da Bo Gong, a deity of land and wealth, and his wife. Established around 1650, it is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Jakarta. Description The temple is also known as ''Anxu Da-bo-gong Miao'', "a place of worshipping ''Da Bo Gong''". It is dedicated to Da Bo Gong (Hokkien ''Tua Pek Kong''), a deity of land and wealth, and his wife Bo Pog. Da Bo Gong is identical with ''Fu-de zheng-shen'', "God of the Earth and Riches" worshipped at Kim Tek Ie in Glodok. The temple is also dedicated to the Muslim cook of Cheng Ho, Sampo Soei Soe. The Hokkien name for Da Bo Gong, ''Toa Pe Kong'' gives name to an Indonesian term for statues of Chinese deities, the ''topekong''. History The temple was established ca. 1650 under the name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Tek Ie Temple
Vihara Dharma Bhakti, also known as 金德院 (Mandarin Jīn dé yuàn or Hokkien Kim Tek Ie), is a klenteng (a local term for a Chinese temple) located in the China Town neighborhood of Glodok, Jakarta, Indonesia. Completed in 1650, Vihara Dharma Bhakti is the oldest Chinese temple in Jakarta. History The complex of Vihara Dharma Bhakti was erected in 1650 under the order of ''Luitenant der Chinezen'' Kwee Hoen. The temple was named ''Kwan Im Teng'' in Hokkien or ''Guānyīn tíng'' in Mandarin (觀音亭), literally "Pavilion of Guanyin", to honor Kwan Im whom the temple is dedicated to. The name ''Kwan Im Teng'' is the origin of the word ''klenteng'' itself, later becoming a general term in the Indies to refer to any Chinese place of worship. The temple was burned to ground during the massacre of the Chinese ethnic group in 1740. Following the incident, Governor-General Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff established a semi-autonomous organization for each ethnic group to supervi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tian
''Tiān'' () is one of the oldest Chinese terms for heaven and a key concept in Chinese mythology, philosophy, and religion. During the Shang dynasty (17th―11th century BCE), the Chinese referred to their supreme god as '' Shàngdì'' (, "Lord on High") or ''Dì'' (,"Lord"). During the following Zhou dynasty, ''Tiān'' became synonymous with this figure. Before the 20th century Heaven worship was an orthodox state religion of China. In Taoism and Confucianism, ''Tiān'' (the celestial aspect of the cosmos, often translated as "Heaven") is mentioned in relationship to its complementary aspect of '' Dì'' (, often translated as "Earth"). They are thought to maintain the two poles of the Three Realms () of reality, with the middle realm occupied by Humanity (, ''Rén''), and the lower world occupied by demons (specifically sorcery); (, ''Guǐ'') and "ghosts," the damned, specifically (, ''Mó''). Characters The modern Chinese character and early seal script both combine ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Ye Worship
Wang Ye worship () is a Fujianese and Taiwanese folk religion, frequently considered an aspect of the Taoist belief system. Wang Ye is particularly worshipped in Southern Taiwan and also among Minnan speaking communities worldwide. The customary belief is that Wang Ye (), are Divine Emissaries who tour the world of the living on behalf of the Celestial Imperial Order, expelling disease and evil from those who worship and seek their divine grace. A temple dedicated to Wang Ye is usually called 代天府 (''Dai Tian Fu'': "Palace representing Heaven"), and the Wang Ye's visit is known as (), the object of the "inspection" being disease and bad luck. Such "inspection tours" take place on a regular cycle of a set number of years, usually three years but may varies at different region. Origins of Wang Ye worship Wang Ye worship stems from belief in two main categories of supernatural beings, both of which are spirits of what were once, according to legend, real human beings with sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qingshui (monk)
Qingshui (; 1047-1101), also known as Chó͘-su-kong (), born Chen Zhaoying () was a Chan Buddhist monk during the Northern Song from Anxi County, Quanzhou. He was said to have gained supernatural powers through his skill in learning and preaching the Dharma and meditation. Through this, he is said to have saved the town of Anxi during a period of drought, bringing rain as he went from place to place. In reverence, the villagers built shrines to him and hence became a Deity in Chinese folk religion. Qingshui is also known by the following nicknames: *Dropping Nose Ancestor (), known for the prominent nose featured in Qingshui's effigies *Black Faced Ancestor () Worship of Qingshui Zushi (清水祖师) is especially popular in Taiwan, where he is worshiped by local villagers for protection and in overseas Hokkien-speaking communities. His birthday is celebrated on the sixth day of the first lunar month. Life Qingshui Zushi was born in 1047. He became a monk when he was young, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tua Pek Kong
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Hei Bai Wu Chang
The Heibai Wuchang, or Hak Bak Mo Seong, literally "Black and White Impermanence", are two Deities in Chinese folk religion in charge of escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld. As their names suggest, they are dressed in black and white respectively. They are subordinates of Yanluo Wang, the Supreme Judge of the Underworld in Chinese mythology, alongside the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Hell Guards. They are worshiped as fortune deities and are also worshiped in Cheng Huang Temples in some countries. In some instances, the Heibai Wuchang are represented as a single being – instead of two separate beings – known as the Wuchang Gui (also romanised ''Wu-ch'ang Kuei''), literally "Ghost of Impermanence". Depending on the person it encounters, the Wuchang Gui can appear as either a fortune deity who rewards the person for doing good deeds or a malevolent deity who punishes the person for committing evil. Alternative names In folklore, the White Guard's name is Xie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City God (China)
The Chenghuangshen (), is a tutelary deity or deities in Chinese folk religion who is believed to protect the people and the affairs of the particular village, town or city of great dimension, and the corresponding afterlife location. Beginning over 2000 years ago, the cult of the Chenghuangshen originally involved worship of a protective deity of a town's walls and moats. Later, the term came to be applied to deified leaders from the town, who serve in authority over the souls of the deceased from that town, and intervene in the affairs of the living, in conjunction with other officials of the hierarchy of divine beings. Name In the name ''Chenghuangshen'' (), the first character ''cheng'' () means " city wall" (a "defensive rampart"; or, by extension, "walled city") and the second character, ''huang'' (), literally means " moat". '' Shen'' () means a god. Put together, Chenghuangshen was originally the name of a deity or type of deity believed to be able to provide divine pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai Sui
Tai Sui is a Chinese culture, Chinese term for the stars directly opposite the planet Jupiter ( ''Mùxīng'') during its roughly 12-year planetary cycles, orbital cycle. Personification, Personified as Chinese folk religion, deities, they are important features of Chinese astrology, Feng Shui, Taoism, and Chinese Buddhism to a lesser extent. The 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac are based on divisions of the Jovian orbital cycle, rather than—as with the western zodiac—the apparent motion of the sun relative to the celestial sphere. The star thought to oppose Jupiter during each year of the cycle was personified as a Heavenly General () or Cycle God. These were believed to assist the Jade Emperor in controlling the mortal world. In the Warring States period, Tai Sui had become gods in the popular astronomy, but there is no record of worshiping the Tai Sui in the documents before the Han dynasty, with the earliest record found in Wang Chong's Lunheng. There are several legends re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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