Chong Yang Day

Our annual jungle trekking and mountain climbing event is back again. It's Chong Yang day on the 7th Oct 2008. Chong Yang day falls on the 9th month of the 9th day of lunar calender. It is said that because of this, the day symbolised prosperity, longevity and good health (长长久久). For Taoist followers or believers, on Chong Yang day, they'll go mountain climbing resulting the extra edge in their career and business prospect. After the climb, they'll fest their thirst by drinking chrysanthemum tea to promote good health for the whole year!!

This year we choose to climb Mount Matang located at Kuching, Sarawak. We choose this site because we want to visit an ancient Hindu Temple located on top of this mountain. The temple was build in 1860 during the time when British ruled Borneo. There used to be a tea plantation and the temple was build to cater for the tea plantation workers that came from many parts of India. The temple today still exits but going through a major change. The local temple authorities who are in charge is constructing a new building to host the dieties there and had import in some workers from India to construct the new building for them. The new building when completed spreads over a beautiful hillside, commanding a breathtaking view of the surrounding hills and some parts of Kuching city. Many worshippers to the temple claimed they experienced some paranoid events at the temple site when they camp there during their visits. The stories they told, will be included in our book "The Mystic World of Feng Shui" which will be on sale soon. Look out for it!