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Jul 1, 2020 · Tangki spirit-medium worship has its origins in the people of the Minnan (闽南) region of Fujian province, located along China’s southeastern coast. The Minnan diaspora comprises the Hokkien, Hockchew, Henghua and Hainanese communities, which are well represented in Singapore.
Oct 27, 2023 · Chinese spirit mediums are more commonly known as tang-ki, which is the Hokkien translation of the Chinese word tong-ji. The practice of tang-ki originated from the Fujian province of China which consists of the Hokkien, Hainanese, and Hockchew communities. All of which make a part of Singapore’s society today.
Such rituals are part of the broader phenomenon of Chinese spirit-medium worship, a 5,000-year-old religious practice that is still actively upheld in Fujian province, as well as by the Hokkien diaspora across Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
Aug 16, 2021 · Her father is 58-year-old Yeo Chin Nam, a Taoist priest, Fengshui master, and spirit medium. The elder Yeo has been featured by numerous Chinese media outlets. Photo by Karen Lui.
Tongji ( Chinese: 童乩; pinyin: tóngjī; Wade–Giles: t'ung-chi; lit. 'youth diviner'; Tâi-lô: tâng-ki) or Jitong ( Chinese: 乩童; pinyin: jītóng; Wade–Giles: chi-t'ung; lit. 'divining youth') is a Chinese folk religious practitioner, usually translated as a "spirit medium", "oracle", or "shaman".
Jan 12, 2015 · Even though spirit-medium worship and its practices have endured thousands of years, Associate Prof Chan said that the academic community has only recently begun to notice that the real pulse of the Chinese people beats in popular religion, rather than in Buddhism, Confucianism or Daoism.
Sep 23, 2021 · The possessed spirit medium in a trance possession state is considered a deity incarnate, and through the spirit medium, devotees feel that they can communicate directly with their gods. In most temples in Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan, consultations are a weekly event, and long queues of devotees' patiently await their turn.
On 27 January 2010 Tan Ah Choon died at the age of 82. Born in the year of the dragon (1928), Tan was the most respected spirit-medium among his peers. He became a tangki ( 童乩tongji ‘child diviner’ or Chinese spirit-medium2) just before the 1950s, and by the 1960s was regarded as the wisest, most powerful spirit-medium in the Singapore ...
The concentration of this monograph on Chinese spirit mediumship in Singapore is chiefly a device for focussing attention upon the most typical, although rather extreme, manifestation of the major religious orientation of the overseas Chinese.
Jul 10, 2021 · An exclusive insight on the life story of a practitioner of a traditional ritual! Spirit Mediums, or better known as "Tang-Ki (跳童)", is a traditional Chinese-Taoist practice.
