Cheng Wah Keong Temple Procession Sunday 11 August 2019

Impressive bold and colorful painted face masks from the Peking Opera are one of the most attractive features during China and Taiwan temple festival and these face masks appeared on the streets on Friday 9 August to Sunday 11 August 2019 in Fabulous Melaka.

Over the weekend, the Taiwan face masks art appeared in many parts of Melaka; and at this temple, during taoist street parade and and in cultural shows within Jonker Walk.

The art of these face masks differs in different parts of the huge terrains of China and this art dates back to the ancient tradition of face-painting among the warriors.

Because face masks was used in battle during imperial China, the war of the Chinese Dynaties paint color coded the spirit and personality of each character which you can observed on another form used by the military during the national day parade by the army contingent in Melaka on 31st August 2019.

White represent crafty, evil, dangerous, sinister, and suspicious behavior. Performer who wear a white painted face mask takes the role of a villain, the larger the white painted area, the more wicked he play the role.

Green denotes behavior of the thoughtless, violence and lack of self-restraint.

Red is ferocious and faithfulness.

Black means boldness, fierceness and impartiality.

Yellow symbolizes hopes and wishes, energetic and intelligence.

Blue implies steadfastness, for someone who is loyal and sticks to one side no matter what.

Pink typifies elegance and calmness without worries.

Gold and silver stand for egnima and remote.

When the rising sun cast an orange light with varying saturation projected to the bluish sky from the horizon of Merlimau to Kandang over waving pinnae of coconut trees , a friend of RELA man was briefing me, the routes the taoists are going to walk on.

Minutes later, YB Khoo Poay Tiong 邱培栋 , YB Tey Kok Kiew 鄭國球​ , YB Low Chee Leong 刘志良​ and YB Allex Seah 谢守钦​ are seen entering the temple compound. They flagged off the procession at 9.00 a.m. which journeyed a distance of 19 km.

Plenty of tourist spead over the walking zones, enjoyed this heritage of the UNESCO listed city currently oversee by a secondary schoolmate, Tuan Haji Mansor Bin Sudin as The Mayor and while the were surrounded by a seas of taoist, amazingly; smiles wear their faces. What would they do then ?

The Answer : Non-Stop Seizing of Moment with the camera.

Wish You Were There.

The joy did not stop there on Kampung Pantei when I observed the dazzling, deafening and decorative festival but even after I was invited to a float which takes me over the historic Chan Koon Cheng Bridge. The story of this procession continues here

The celebration is supported by Tourism Melaka​, 馬來西亞馬六甲干冬清華宫《朱府王爺》Cheng Wah Keong Temple​, 清華宮11/8「安邦興甲」繞境大典​, 清華宮朱府王爺代天巡狩 Cheng Wah Keong Temple​, 勇全殿 The Court Of Bravery,​ 保安宫 Poh Onn Kong Temple​ 青雲亭 The Cheng Hoon Teng Temple​ 马六甲兴安会馆暨兴安天后宮 Heng Ann Association Melaka​, Taiwan's 佳里吉和堂八家將​ and countless of arts and cultural troops, associations, clans, community leaders and so on.

I woke up at 6 a.m. and 
this is what it looks 
at about 7.00 a.m.
before I met 
YB Datuk Tey Kok Kiew
on this spot 
in Kandang, Melaka

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Taiwanese in blue and white
show their face masks heritage
in prestigeat at Poh Onn Kong 
on the cross-road
of Jalan Bunga Raya
and Jalan Munshi Abdullah in Melaka

After discovery of 
Teo Chew Cultural Walk
I am here timely to continue 
camcording the Cheng Wah Keong 
procession

This scene is a Live-Stage 
for the tourist
comparable to The World Of Disney

On stage though, they have to give way
to the Deities Sedan Chairs

Do you know why these three men
must whipped the ground
when the Deities arrive

Heng Ong Huat is what they shouted
when the Sedan Chair is in the air

An elderly invited me to board 
this lorry.
He told me I am a lucky person
becausethis new lorry is used
for the first time.
The number is 2709

Of the 17 millions tourist 
visited Melaka
last year (2018)
less than 2,000
of them notices this plaque

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