tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14147979.post116109791868741489..comments2024-02-29T17:55:15.101+08:00Comments on bullockcartwater 牛车水: Wee Ma arrives for a visit to Po Chiak Kengchinatownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14152648023657411124noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14147979.post-1163243600109797412006-11-11T19:13:00.000+08:002006-11-11T19:13:00.000+08:00Actually the Po Chiak Keng building consists of tw...Actually the Po Chiak Keng building consists of two parts. There is the ancestral hall of the Hokkien Tan clan, and there is the temple dedicated to Kai Zhang Sheng Wang. The deity was a real person living during the Tang Dynasty in 7th century AD. He was an official, Chen Yuan Guang, who established and developed Zhangzhou, then an ulu place. Not only he but all his family members were deified, including his grandma, father and even his daughter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14147979.post-1161165274795059232006-10-18T17:54:00.000+08:002006-10-18T17:54:00.000+08:00I won't be surprised if it is only the Hokkiens as...I won't be surprised if it is only the Hokkiens as this temple is closely related to that one in Zhang Zhou. I am not too familiar with the history on the family roots of the "Tan" - the Chinese character being "Chen", but I guess that when they move from place to place over time, some could have adopted the local dialects. (^^) Will leave that to the experts to tell us.chinatownboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152648023657411124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14147979.post-1161139440048615082006-10-18T10:44:00.000+08:002006-10-18T10:44:00.000+08:00where did i get the impression that this temple is...where did i get the impression that this temple is only for the hokkien Tans<BR/>but i know my dad told me that even though we are also Tan, we are not from the same clan. They were from another ancestor who given the 'title' of Tan by the emperor or something. <BR/><BR/>As you might be able to tell, I didn't really understand my dad when he was explaining to meMonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656957598868734650noreply@blogger.com