IDNO

T.54773.ELT

Description

Ch'i-t'ien Ta-sheng (齊天大聖, qi tian da sheng, 'Great Saint Equal with Heaven' ceremony (commonly transcribed as the 'Monkey God' ceremony) at a Chinese temple in Singapore.

The temple is probably the former Soon Tian Keng (Shun Tian Gong) at Bukit Permei. [suggested by Taoism Singapore Facebook Group]


The dang-ki (spirit medium), an older man enacting the Ch'i-t'ien Ta-sheng, has his face painted and wears a headdress and siu to (繡肚, xiudu, stomacher, apron) and a tiger skin around his waist. Holding a black trigram flag, he stands outside the temple, a wooden building with thatch roof, leaning towards a man in a short-sleeved shirt and trousers.
A line of women stand behind the medium, each holding a metal bowl with incense sticks. [EB 11/01/2023]

Place

SE Asia; Singapore; Bukit Permei; Soon Tian Keng; Shun Tian Gong

Cultural Affliation

Chinese

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Elliott, Alan J.A.

Date

1950 - 1951

Collection Name

Elliott Collection

Source

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.54753.ELT to N.54790.ELT were found inside the envelope now numbered C469/1/ which came from the box C469/.