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Melaka Pak Thiam Keong Temple 马六甲北添宫(九皇大帝圣庙)

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I visited Pak Thiam Keong Temple in 2016 and recorded the above video. Today, Wednesday 6 October 2021, I visited again during the endemic of COVID-19. The Nine Emperor Gods  Jiǔ Huáng Xīng Jūn / Jiǔ Huáng Da Di  (九皇星君/九皇大帝) are the nine sons manifested by Father Emperor Zhou Yu  Dou Fu Yuan Jun  (斗父周御國王天尊) and Mother of the  Big Dipper   Dou Mu Yuan Jun  (斗母元君) who holds the Registrar of Life and Death. The worship of Dou Fu Yuan Jun has declined strongly as proper teachings of  Taoism  degenerate since being exported out of China. Today, most Nine Emperor God temples do not acknowledge the existence of Dou Fu Yuan Jun. However, Dou Fu Yuan Jun is invoked alongside  Dou Mu Yuan Jun  in Great Dipper Honouring known as  Li Dou  (禮斗) ceremonies. According To Priest Long Hua, the 35th Generation Leader of Long Shan Men Taoist Sect (Singapore), honouring the Northern Dipper stars prolongs one's life, eliminate calamities, and absolves  sins  and past  debts  of oneself and his family.

Malacca History

Malacca Sultanate history could be gathered from 3 or more catergories but the main ones are; 1 - Contemporary records of the Chinese government and the Chinese travellers, 2 - the 16th. or the 17th. centuries writings of the Portuguese historians, and 3 - the Malays who wrote the traditional histories.