Jade Emperor's birthday set to be a grand affair

Lavish offerings: A customer lifting prayer paraphernalia sold at a shop in Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling in preparation for the birthday of the Jade Emperor. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: The birthday celebration of Thnee Kong Seh (the Jade Emperor) tomorrow is set to be a grand affair with families hoping that their offerings would usher in a prosperous year.

Car accessory shop owner Ng Chee Way, 36, from Padang Serai, Kedah, travelled two hours to Penang just to purchase a carload of prayer paraphernalia, including a giant pineapple and a “heavenly house” folded using gold joss paper.