In July few friends facebook me saying my hometown Lenggong is now declared a world heritage site by Unesco "Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley". I guess I should write more about Lenggong. Give me some time, I need to dig if I can find photo about the topic I wish to share, or else I will have to take some in future trip back home.
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Showing posts with label lenggong. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Lenggong is now a world heritage site
In July few friends facebook me saying my hometown Lenggong is now declared a world heritage site by Unesco "Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley". I guess I should write more about Lenggong. Give me some time, I need to dig if I can find photo about the topic I wish to share, or else I will have to take some in future trip back home.
Sunday, September 2, 2012
More on Luang Phor Thuad
Today there was one reader came to my blog using search keyword "why Luang Phor Thuad dies in Lenggong", so I think I hope to share what I have heard from the villagers. According to them, the location where he reaches nirvana belong to Thai in many years ago. Then gradually the border line moved up and up which no one know the reasons (maybe there will be historical writing about this but we are not passionate to find out :p ), then that place belong to Malaysia now. So I am a Malaysian, if not I will have to say Sawadee Ka or Sawadee Kap instead of 你好吗 or Apa Khabar ;)
Arhh, if you wish to know more about Luang Phor Thuad temple in Lenggong, you may be interested to read Luang Phor Thuad Temple, Lenggong, Perak 霹雳州玲珑龙普陀 :)
Enjoy.
Arhh, if you wish to know more about Luang Phor Thuad temple in Lenggong, you may be interested to read Luang Phor Thuad Temple, Lenggong, Perak 霹雳州玲珑龙普陀 :)
Enjoy.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Luang Phor Thuad Temple, Lenggong, Perak 霹雳州玲珑龙普陀
If you do wear Thailand Amulets, maybe you have seen this before.
I just google and looks like this is the legend about him.
Near my hometown, there is a temple build in recent years for Luang Phor Thuad. It's story time. This story was spread among the villagers, I am not sure if those are real. Few years ago, an Indonesia born Chinese man who diagnosed cancer had a dream. In his dream, a monk told him, "If you follow my guide, found my nirvana spot, build a small temple for me, I will cure your cancer". It sounds mysterious. The Indonesia man is rich and he decided to give it a try. Subsequently, he had few dreams and follow the tips and reached an estate near Air Kala, Lenggong, Perak, Malaysia. He then able to identify which rubber tree was Luang Phor Thuad sitting during the nirvana. He told the people there about his experience. Then few of them make a small temple for others to pray to Luang Phor Thuad.
After that, the Indonesian was cured. The small temple started to get famous. More and more people pray there. Some of them win the lottery after that, and thus more people from outstation visiting this temple. During holiday, I even saw buses there. I heard outstation are organizing trip to visit this temple, and also try out the river fish. I heard some didn't actually eat fish/meat immediately right after visit the temple, to show their respect to Luang Phor Thuad. As of I know, the most attractive part is to hope to win the lottery!
There was a day, someone rub on the rubber tree there, and saw some numbers. Then he win the lottery. Then others follow and rub the rubber tree. Until a day, someone had a dream and Long Phor Thuad tell him to tell the rest stop rub on the tree, it is like rub on his skin and it is very painful. In this story, there is another rubber tree where it was cut, use the tree to make few thousands of pendant and distribute to the prayers, and also to make a wood statute of Luang Phor Thuad. Unfortunately one day, the wood statute is stolen. There were rumors saying it was stolen by the illegal lottery company because they are loosing money. However, after few months, the wood statute is back to the temple again. But ever since then, less people win lottery and this place is not as popular as the last golden time.
This roughly is the story. Believe it or not :) Let's take a look at the temple. A few newspaper displaying the story.
Some people drove their car in, then the monk will chant and write some scripture on the car. This was believe to keep the car away from accident.
Next to the fence, there is the famous rubber tree.
If you were there, you might be wondering why is there a fence? Well, according to rumors, (yes, rumors, I have not verify the validity), the temple and the tree belongs to two different estate owner. There were some arguments on the donation collected, hence the fence :p
If you are going to the temple from Lenggong direction, after the temple, drove further up for around 100m, there is a well, which so called the Holistic well. From the story, this is the water source for Luang Phor Thuad. Again, the clean car service is provided here as well :p
I just google and looks like this is the legend about him.
Near my hometown, there is a temple build in recent years for Luang Phor Thuad. It's story time. This story was spread among the villagers, I am not sure if those are real. Few years ago, an Indonesia born Chinese man who diagnosed cancer had a dream. In his dream, a monk told him, "If you follow my guide, found my nirvana spot, build a small temple for me, I will cure your cancer". It sounds mysterious. The Indonesia man is rich and he decided to give it a try. Subsequently, he had few dreams and follow the tips and reached an estate near Air Kala, Lenggong, Perak, Malaysia. He then able to identify which rubber tree was Luang Phor Thuad sitting during the nirvana. He told the people there about his experience. Then few of them make a small temple for others to pray to Luang Phor Thuad.
After that, the Indonesian was cured. The small temple started to get famous. More and more people pray there. Some of them win the lottery after that, and thus more people from outstation visiting this temple. During holiday, I even saw buses there. I heard outstation are organizing trip to visit this temple, and also try out the river fish. I heard some didn't actually eat fish/meat immediately right after visit the temple, to show their respect to Luang Phor Thuad. As of I know, the most attractive part is to hope to win the lottery!
There was a day, someone rub on the rubber tree there, and saw some numbers. Then he win the lottery. Then others follow and rub the rubber tree. Until a day, someone had a dream and Long Phor Thuad tell him to tell the rest stop rub on the tree, it is like rub on his skin and it is very painful. In this story, there is another rubber tree where it was cut, use the tree to make few thousands of pendant and distribute to the prayers, and also to make a wood statute of Luang Phor Thuad. Unfortunately one day, the wood statute is stolen. There were rumors saying it was stolen by the illegal lottery company because they are loosing money. However, after few months, the wood statute is back to the temple again. But ever since then, less people win lottery and this place is not as popular as the last golden time.
This roughly is the story. Believe it or not :) Let's take a look at the temple. A few newspaper displaying the story.
Some people drove their car in, then the monk will chant and write some scripture on the car. This was believe to keep the car away from accident.
Next to the fence, there is the famous rubber tree.
If you were there, you might be wondering why is there a fence? Well, according to rumors, (yes, rumors, I have not verify the validity), the temple and the tree belongs to two different estate owner. There were some arguments on the donation collected, hence the fence :p
If you are going to the temple from Lenggong direction, after the temple, drove further up for around 100m, there is a well, which so called the Holistic well. From the story, this is the water source for Luang Phor Thuad. Again, the clean car service is provided here as well :p
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