Pulau Ubin
East, Singapore
May 2010
East, Singapore
May 2010
Pulau Ubin’s Tua Pek Kong festival was held on 27 May - 02 June 2010. There were live opera shows on the first 5 days followed by 2 days of Getai shows in the evening. Bumboat rides were free from 7pm to midnight.
Merlion Wayfarer was there as part of the group of 108 "heroes" (108 条好汉) to do the clean-up at Chek Jawa last weekend. They were fortunate to be greeted by the scores of colourful flags at the jetty on arrival, which made the ardous task ahead easier.
Ubin Oil Spill
Tua Pek Kong (大伯公)
Tua Pek Kong (Chinese: 大伯公, Da Bo Gong) is one of the pantheon of Malayan Chinese Gods. It was believed the date Tua Pek Kong arrived in Penang was 40 years before Francis Light in 1746.
Tua Pek Kong was a man named Zhang Li (张理) from the Hakka clan. His Sumatra-bound boat was struck by wind and accidentally landed on Penang island of Malaysia, which at that time had only 50 inhabitants. After his death, the local people began worshipping him and built the Tua Pek Kong temple there. Today Tua Pek Kong is worshipped by Malayan Chinese throughout the country, including Singapore.
Doesn't this look like Cambodia or Vietnam?
More photos are available on Merlion Wayfarer's Picasa at :
Festivals - Tua Pek Kong Birthday Celebrations
