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Nine Emperors Festival:2008



Nine Emperors Festival: 2007


The Nine Emperor Gods Festival: Kow Ong Yah, (Cantonese: Kow Wong Yeh) is a Chinese festival to celebrate the return from heaven to earth of the Nine Emperor spirits, who are worshipped as one deity known as Ma Zu, Ma Tzu or Tian Hou, literally means Queen of Heaven who represent health, wealth and prosperity. The festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth moon in the Chinese lunar calendar. Devotees flock to the temples throughout the country for this religious festival.
Prayer 1
Prayer 1
Prayer 2
Prayer 2
Prayer 3
Prayer 3
Painted News
Painted News
The Emperor
The Emperor
The Artist
The Artist
Opera 1
Opera 1
Operar 2
Operar 2
Opera 3
Opera 3
Thy Reflection
Thy Reflection
Holy Smoke
Holy Smoke
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