{"id":26764,"date":"2022-10-01T15:10:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=26764"},"modified":"2022-10-01T15:29:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:29:42","slug":"giant-joss-sticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=26764","title":{"rendered":"Giant Joss Sticks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After Aric had heard that a temple near Kuala Pilah had built three giant joss sticks for an upcoming festival., he suggested that we should go there and have a look. Kuala Pilah, in Negeri Sembilan is quite far from KL and it took us almost two hours to reach the temple. The temple is located about 7 km sount of Kuala Pilah, along the road to Tampin. We were not the only visitors, there was a massive crowd. Well organised, we followed instructions to find a parking place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We started our visit with the giant joss sticks. And huge they are, almost 20 meter tall. Visible from far away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.The yellow ribbon left is a tape measure. Starting from 0 m at the top until almost 20 m at the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beautifully decorated with dragons. Here are details from the three sticks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Left the top part of the center joss stick. Notice the many supporting cables in the right picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is a lot more to see in this Si Thean Kong temple. It is a Taoist temple, dedicated to the Nine Emperor Gods. Originally it was located in the center of Kuala Pilah, but moved to this new location in 2015. Still not yet completely finished, there are plans to add a pagoda, but already quite spectacular. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nine Emperor Gods festival takes place in the beginning of the ninth lunar month, culminating on the ninth day. This year that will be on 4 October and that explains the huge crowd of devotees. On that day the crowd will be much larger. Usually the temple will be more quiet, see this YouTube video<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a drone video of the temple complex, taken by Aric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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