Families selecting sugarcane and pineapples, key symbols in the Jade Emperor’s birthday or Thnee Kong Seh. The festival is celebrated by the Chinese community of Hokkien origin on the ninth day of the lunar calendar which falls today.
GEORGE TOWN: The Thnee Kong Seh (Jade Emperor’s birthday) will be celebrated with gusto here tonight, with sugarcane being high on the list of items sought on this day.
Sugarcane seller Lim Yew Boon, 46, said he expected to sell between 3,000 and 4,000 stalks to last-minute shoppers this year.
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