Fu De Zheng Shen Manifestation Anniversary ()

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Fu De Zheng Shen () aka Deity of Earth, considered as the First

Deity of Earth that being Officially Bestowed to take care of the Mortals in
the Mortal Realm.
According to Records, Fu De Zheng Shen's full name was known as Zhang
Fu De (), a loyal servant of a richman. Due to Zhang Fu De was
willingly to sarcrisfy for his Master's daughter, Zhang Fu De was being
appointed by Jade Emperor of Heaven () as the Main Fu De
Zheng Shen in the Mortal Realm to take care of All the needys.
As recorded, the 2nd Day of Lunar 2 Month was known as the Birthday or
Manifestation Anniversary of Zhang Fu De. And so, in Taoist Culture,
Taoists & Chinese will needed to prepare the necessary Offerings for Fu De
Zheng Shen as a form of Gratitude and Respect.
On the 2nd Day of Lunar 2 Month, it is also known as Tou Ya () - The
First Feasting Day for Deity of Earth. On this Day, for those who Operates a
Company, as the Boss, oneself will needed to pay respect Fu De Zheng
Shen in-order to get the necessary Blessing for the smoothness of the
Business for the New Lunar Year (or the next 11 Months).
In the following, some Food & Paper Offerings that oneself needed to
prepare before the honouring:
Food Offerings

1) 1 or 3 Sets of Fruits ()
2) Fa Gao aka Huat Kueh ()
3) Hong Gui Guo aka Ang Ku Kueh ()
4) Shou Tao aka Longevity Peach Bun ()
5) Shou Mian aka Longevity Noodles ()
6) Rice Wine aka Bai Mi Jiu ()
7) Chinese Tea ()
8) 3 types of Meat Offerings () - Optional
Incenses & Paper Offerings
1) 1 Set of Good Quality Long Incenses ( about 48 cm)
2) 1 Pack of Good Quality Short Incenses ()
3) 1 Pair of Red Candles or Dou Zhu (/)
4) 3 Stacks of Shou Jin aka San Bao Jin (/ )
5) 3 Stacks/Packs Da Gui Ren aka Men Wai Gui Ren Lu Ma Zhi (/
)
6) 3 Stacks/Packs Gui Ren Zhi ( )
7) 3 Stacks/Packs of Tu Di Jin ()
10) Blue Paper Robes ( )
Once All the necessary Offerings are being prepared, on the 1st Night (
), you can actually lay them out onto the Altar.
When the timing strikes 0000 Hour, you can start to pay your respect to Fu
De Zheng Shen.
For those who prefer to pay respect on the 2nd Day Morning, you are
encouraged to do that too.
After 3 rounds of Tea & Wine are being Offered, send off the Paper-

offerings. After sending off of the Paper-offerings, retrieved the Food items
and distribute them out to Family Members and Friends. Allowed them to
get the necessary Blessings too.
Remain the Fa Gao and 1 set of Oranges on the Altar, only retrieved them
on the 3rd Day.
Posted by Jave Wu at 12:57
1. Hi Javewu, care to share why do we offer while we are praying to .
Can we offer joss paper which is pack in a box which is available in the
market.
Thanks and Regards
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2.
jave wu22 March 2009 at 17:11
Tu Di Jin usually is being packed in a Pack and then sold the whole Packet to the
Taoists or Chinese. Such Package are usually being used by the Cantonese or
Teochew Clan, whereas the Hokkien wont be using it.
In the Package, you will be the normal San Bao Jin aka Shou Jin (), Tu Di
Jin Zhi (), Gui Ren Paper (), 5 Directional Dragons (),
Small Petition (), Hell-note (), Kai Lu Qian () and Brown-Urn Paper
aka Ju Bao Pen ().
For Official Taoists, we will take out the Hell-note and burn separately, if not, we will
just throw it off.
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3.
ken neth24 March 2009 at 11:48
Thanks Javewu for your respond. So how do Hokkien Clan pray? I mean what type of
paper offerings are they using.
So those sold in a box is not necessary? I would like to learn more on
Joss paper usuage, as I can see more and more types of Joss paper is being sold on
the market. eg. Kuan Teh Kim, Ah Pek Kim etc. Hope you can write some articles on
Joss paper usuage and the meaning behind it.
Thanks and Regards
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4.

jave wu24 March 2009 at 11:59

For Hokkien Clan, we just used San Bao Jin aka Shou Jin & Da Xiao Gui Ren will do.
Those in Boxes are new products from Taiwan, some stuffs inside are not usable, so
usually for Taoism, we dont use them.
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5.
ken neth24 March 2009 at 12:00
Thanks for your quick respond. Cheers and Good day.
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6.
_____ _____24 March 2009 at 19:30
Master Jave, I think kenneth is right. Maybe you could write an article as a guide to
expose what products are genuine Taoist articles, and what are sold just for
commercial purposes. It would be a great guide to help the ignorant, and expose the
false. All will benefit, even non-Taoists, because they will know how to separate the
true from the false. Thank you Master Jave!
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7.
jave wu24 March 2009 at 21:00
Yup, will do some intro on that as soon as I can.
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8.
Jia Yang14 December 2009 at 01:42
Hi Shifu, I heard: getting one's hair cut on this day (2nd day of lunar 2nd month) is
supposed to bring good luck. Is it correct? any reason of this from daoist point of
view?
Thx in advance.
Warm regards,
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9.
jave wu14 December 2009 at 02:17

Can say so, this is an old belief. No harm trying.

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10.
lim pohchoo16 December 2009 at 14:23
Master Jave, i always thought is , i am wrong? Both look similar...
very confusing. Please enlighten. Thanks. :)
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11.
jave wu16 December 2009 at 17:56
Yup, this is the Deity that alot of people mistaken. Da Bo Gong can only known as the
Earth Deity of the Area. Whereas Fu De Zheng Shen, there are only 1, which is the
main one that being bestowed thousand yrs ago.
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12.
O D17 February 2010 at 19:51
Hi Jave,
If i want an altar dedicated to Fu De Zheng Shen in my house what are requirements
especially for someone in Europe?
I honour Heavenly Deities but have no real altar,then should i not have a real altar
before having an altar to Fu De Zheng Shen.?
Thanks.
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13.
jave wu17 February 2010 at 20:35
Thats ok for you to have an altar. just get a small one will do.
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14.
O D17 February 2010 at 21:48
Jave,if you don't mind or when you have the time,can you give some guidelines or
details on what and how to setup the altar and whats needed?
Can i just have a small table or furniture for FuDeZhengShen ?Should the altar of

FuDe face the frontdoor or diagonal facing the door?

Thanks.
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15.
jave wu18 February 2010 at 03:34
Cos I dont know how big is you statue for Fu De and who you are engaging for the
Dotting, etc, so I cant guide you much on this now.
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16.
O D18 February 2010 at 06:08
Jave,thanks again for taking the time to answer my questions.
At the moment i don't have a statue of Fu De,sorry to give you the impression that i
have,i was interested and wonder how setup an altar or table for Fu De.
Also i have no statue of Fu De or any other Deity yet because its difficult to find
someone here with a decent background to perform the dotting.

I cannot setup myself a simple table or altar inside my house dedicated to or for Fu
De with or without statue,because don't how to invite or do not know the right
procedures,right?
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17.
jave wu18 February 2010 at 06:29
For this case, you can write to me at my email javecxwu@gmail.com, from there, I
see how I can assist you in setting up the altar. for the moment, the most important is
to get the statue.
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18.
O D18 February 2010 at 22:48
Hi Jave,
I will email you when i got the statue of Fu De.
Thanks for helping.
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19.
jave wu18 February 2010 at 22:56
If you are getting the statue of Fu De, you shall also get the person to assist you in
the setting up of the Altar.
Cos different statues have different ways of setting up. For this, I cant help you much.
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20.
O D19 February 2010 at 03:38
Hi Jave,
[quote] if you are getting the statue of Fu De, you shall also get the person to assist
you in the setting up of the Altar.
Cos different statues have different ways of setting up. For this, I cant help you much.
[/quote]
Oh,i did not know that.I was thinking of looking at online shop for Fu De.
Sorry,i think i have misunderstood you when you said,
"I see how I can assist you in setting up the altar. for the moment, the most important
is to get the statue."
I thought that you only can help me when i have statue to setup the altar...

I will email you right away if its still possible to help me with setting up the altar.
Thanks.
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21.
jave wu19 February 2010 at 09:59
Yup, there are quite a number of things to look into, especially choosing a statue and
performing the dotting.
If you are keen, email to me.
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22.
Ng John Son18 March 2010 at 10:11

Hi Master Jave,
can i understand more bout da bo gong and fu de zheng shen? i've been to some
temple and they write there is fu de zheng shen, some say its also same as tu di
gong~
How do we offer wine and tea?
Thanks
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23.
jave wu18 March 2010 at 17:55
Here got some simple intro -> http://javewu.multiply.com/photos/album/108
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24.
kayden15 July 2013 at 18:57
Hi Jave, care to explain what's the difference between(/)and
()
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1.
Jave Wu15 July 2013 at 19:31
Hi Kayden,
You can find some intro from here:
http://javewutaoismplace.blogspot.sg/2008/08/introduction-on-using-ofgui-ren-paper.html