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Hmmmm........ must be a 'Chinese Ghost Story' where a female ghost seduced & fonding a young scholar going for Imperial Exam .... [sly]

Movies always like that and the female ghost is "Joey Wong Chu Sian" ... :wub:

The book i am reading is not those typical Chinese ghost story le. The storyline more like those thrilling kind of mystery death and killing, you never know who is the murder until the end! [sweatdrop]

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Dwee

Dwee

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Wow... Nowadays the paper cars look so real!!!

 

I finding out who is the manufacturer... Lol....

 

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Last Sunday (1st day of 7th mth) evening, I was washing my car with ppl praying n burning around the block. Those China construction workers once they saw nobody around will quickly take the fruits away. Some even come prepared with bags n on bicycles. An old uncle n aunty was burning their joss papers opposite and they saw 2 China men taking their rambutans n grapes. Uncle saw, shouted n scolded them n they quickly went off. Actually, this have been happening for few years and always see them loitering around the blocks during the evening n wkends looking for unwanted stuffs at the void decks/rubbish dumps.

 

But wat I dun understand is those fruits for praying they dared to take immediately even though they knew of this 7th mth thingy [dizzy]

 

nowadays 7th months offerings not so " happening" leow.....i remember my childhood days, 7th months roadside burning got whole chicken, kuey( cakes), fruits......my dog always grew fatter during this period [:p]

 

i think the 7th month culture is practice more in Taiwan/HK than in mainland china...asked afew prc they say they dont do this.

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nowadays 7th months offerings not so " happening" leow.....i remember my childhood days, 7th months roadside burning got whole chicken, kuey( cakes), fruits......my dog always grew fatter during this period [:p]

 

i think the 7th month culture is practice more in Taiwan/HK than in mainland china...asked afew prc they say they dont do this.

 

I heard Taiwan 7th month Ge Tai got strippers. Even more happening!!

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i think the 7th month culture is practice more in Taiwan/HK than in mainland china...asked afew prc they say they dont do this.

 

 

to them this is superstitions [rolleyes][rolleyes]

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i think the 7th month culture is practice more in Taiwan/HK than in mainland china...asked afew prc they say they dont do this.

 

the commie has cleaned up eveything including their traditional culture during the revolution. the current gen of PRCs are not as religious as the rest of asians in other parts of asia.

 

my PRC colleague said u dont see any elaborate religious celebrations in China compare to SG and Malaysia. all those traditional temples are more abundance elsewhere than in china.

 

we sld be grateful such traditional still exist here as a culture thing.

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Interesting ritual.. I think it's good if it gives some closure to the parent, even though I don't believe in such things.

 

http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/rituals-babies-who-didnt-make-it

 

Rituals for babies who didn't make it

 

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GETTING CLOSURE: At a special ceremony for miscarried pregnancies at a temple here, bottles of milk are placed in front of each urn, with biscuits, sweets and small toys scattered around them.

- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/rituals-babies-who-didnt-make-it#sthash.gZBu9Xr3.dpuf

 

 

SINGAPORE - She was in the shower when her mobile phone rang. When she went to the phone and saw the number flashing on the screen, she knew her worst fear had come true.

"I just stood (there), shivering. The shower was still running behind me as I froze, shampoo dripping down my hair and body," Pearlynn Yip, 31, recalled with a shudder.

"I knew then that my baby boy had died."

Ten months have passed since the death of Madam Yip's premature twins, a girl and a boy.

They were born two minutes apart last October, after four years of trying, following her first miscarriage.

The housewife told The New Paper last week: "The doctors told me not to be too optimistic because my babies were very weak."

The twins had been in the neo-natal intensive care unit for a week when her daughter stopped breathing.

"When my girl died, I was still holding on to hope that her elder brother would survive."

After a night's vigil, she went home for a change of clothes.

Then came the call from the hospital.

Madam Yip said: "Honestly, I don't remember how I made it out of the bathroom. My husband was at work and only the confinement nanny was at home with me."

She later found out she had let out "one blood-curdling scream".

The confinement nanny rushed to the bathroom to find Madam Yip hugging herself tightly and sobbing loudly.

The babies were cremated a day later in a simple ceremony attended by close family members.

"We didn't inform anyone. All the things we had prepared, like baby clothes, milk bottles and toys were cremated together in one coffin."

She kept only one baby romper for each child in a brown chest, along with photos of the ultrasound scans of her pregnancy, in a corner of their four-room flat.

To help her cope with the loss, Madam Yip has held two prayer sessions for the twins.

The first was during the Qing Ming Festival in April, when she travelled to a temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for a ceremony.

She paid RM500 (S$200) each for memorial tablets engraved with her children's names.

Another 20 parents took part in the three-hour ritual, performed by three priests, to liberate the spirits of aborted or miscarried foetuses or babies who died before their first year.

It is believed the ritual will allow the infant spirits to be laid to rest and give them a chance to be reincarnated.

The ceremony is not exclusive to the Qing Ming Festival.

Zue Zuen Ge, a four-storey temple in Kaki Bukit Crescent, will hold a similar ritual on Saturday.

Madam Yip went through a second round of prayers earlier this month, a week into the Hungry Ghost Month.

She said: "I was worried it would have been too early for my babies to be reincarnated and they could be left wandering around with no one to pray for them."

She is aware she could face criticism for her superstitious beliefs.

"Even my husband, our children's father, thinks the same. But I want to do all that I can to ensure I have no regrets."

Her husband, who wanted to be known as Jake, said: "I am a Christian and so I don't quite agree with what my wife is doing.

"But I can see that the sessions have done her good and I can understand the need for my wife to get some closure," the 35-year-old army officer said.

Madam Yip, who quit her job as a secretary in her third month of pregnancy, hopes she can now put the pain behind her and start on a new job.

She said: "I am hoping these rituals will help my babies. It's also a way for me to seek release from my pain."

This article by The New Paper was published in MyPaper, a free, bilingual newspaper published by Singapore Press Holdings.

- See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/rituals-babies-who-didnt-make-it#sthash.gZBu9Xr3.dpuf

 

 

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I came across 2 school of thoughts..........

 

one said must do it or the soul will be upset......

 

the other said sld not do it .....or they will refuse to leave.......sld send them off because they dont belong here anyone.........

 

also dont know listen to who........... [laugh] [laugh]

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the gate closing in another 1.5 hour

 

end of 7th month liao

 

2 weeks later will be mid-autumn festival

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