King Thi Kong Pray

A thousand years before Christ, the Chinese community are familiar with the existence of God. Yellow Emperor (Oey Tee / Huang Ti) in the year 4697SM teach people the value of high culture, such as praying to God, honor and glorify the Holy Spirit of the ancestors. Simple ancient society with obedient run. This ritual is enhanced by Prince Zhougong and subsequent prophets.

Each of the 9th month of the Chinese Lunar mainly a Hok Kian people, perform prayer ceremonies Tian Jing Gong Hok Kian, which means that worship to God Almighty. Among the Chinese in Indonesia, this prayer known as the Prayer Lord God made with great solemnity. Worship ceremony included a series of ceremonies at a party to welcome the Lunar New Year / Spring that lasted for 15 days


In the province of Fu Jian, Hok Kian term appears very popular, namely Chu Jiu Tian Gong Sheng, which means that at the Cia Gwe CWE Kao (first 9 months of the Lunar Date) is the anniversary of Thi Kong. So that people in the province Hok Kian & Taiwan held a special prayer in honor of Thi Kong (God Almighty). Ceremony Thi King Kong has also been spread in the countries of Southeast Asia including Indonesia.

King Kong Thi ceremony can be held in a simple or complete, the important thing is sincerity and holiness, not a luxury. Usually the running ritual Thi King Kong is a person who had abstinence-spirited or vegetarian food since a few days earlier. In this ritual, all equipment must be special or never used for other purposes, clean inwardly and outwardly.

Residents who are poor enough to put a Hiolo small hanging in the door and lit incense from morning till midnight continuously.

For the people are, this prayer event is the most magnificent & reverent. A large table with four legs placed on top of 2 pieces bench. Then on top of the table set 3 pieces Shen Wei (The Gods) are made of colorful paper attached to each other. Then Wei Shen arrayed in front of three small bowls of fruit that contains tea, fruit bowl & 3 which contains misoa tied with red paper. After that Wu Cai Guo Liu Hok Kian Chai Ko Lak arranged at the front. Liu Cai Guo Wu means five kinds of fruits & 6 kinds of vegetarian cuisine, this became the main base in the arrangement of goods serving the Chinese worship ceremony. At the very front mounted candles 1 pair.