Things might not be rosy for everyone all the time. Even the luckiest and most fortunate among us would suffer from bad luck once in a while. Right? Well, it seems that one can get rid of bad luck by sleeping in a coffin in the Looi Im Si Temple. If you were the one with the spate of bad luck, would you be willing to sleep in this coffin for better luck?
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Sleeping in coffin for better luck
Sleeping in coffins no longer brings bad luck as most Chinese are commonly believe.
A coffin at the Looi Im Si temple in Penang supposedly helps to get rid of bad luck to those who believe.
Located in Jelutong, the temple has five coffins but devotees are only allowed to sleep in one of them as the rest are too small.
The Looi Im Si temple
Devotees of the Taoist temple worship deities that 'oversee' hades, including Yu Xiao Xian Bo - also known as Bai Wu Chang, one of the two guards who are said to be responsible to bring the dead to the afterworld.
The temple is only open at night - from 8pm until around 2am.
Chu Soon Lock, the secretary of the temple committee, said his grandmother Lim Guat Looi founded the temple after receiving an instruction from 'hell deity' Di Fu Bao Zhang in her dream.
As years went by, the temple worships more and more deities including Ji Gong, Bullhead Horseface (two Hell soldiers), Si Da Jin Gang (Four major bodyguards), Di Zhang Wang Pusa and Mile Buddha.
However, its reasons were unclear, as the history of the century-old temple could not be traced.
In 2007, a spirit,Yu Xiao Xian Bo, commonly called Ah Pek (uncle) by the devotees, arrived at the temple.
The spirit speaks to devotees through the body of Chu's brother Soon Chye in a trance.
The medium, who claims that he does not understand Teochew, speaks the dialect when he is possessed by Ah Pek.
In 2008, Ah Pek instructed that the five coffins be placed in the temple. The spirit also told devotees that only those with serious problems caused by the bad luck should be allowed to sleep in one of the coffins.
Ah Pek performing prayer on a devotee Wong Kim Ming before he enters the coffin
Lim S.C., who has entered the coffin twice in the past two years, said his business and health had improved after that.
"My stomach was very uncomfortable and I had breathing difficulties while sleeping but the doctors could not find the problems.
"After sleeping in the coffin, my problems were gone," said the 31-year-old.
He said Ah Pek had also warned him of theft at his car accessories shop but he did not pay an attention to it.
Teo lying in the coffin while Ah Pek performing the ritual
And true enough, the theft happened days after.
Kelvin Teo, 19, was among two persons who underwent the coffin-sleeping ceremony last Friday.
Teo said he initially came out of curiosity but Ah Pek foresaw that something bad was to happen on him, and warned that it could cost his life.
So, he was told to sleep in the coffin to boost his luck.
After a brief prayer, Teo stepped into the coffin and lay down in it with a cloth covered up to his neck.
Ah Pek recited prayer again through the medium for a minute and the ritual was done.
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