The Philippines welcomed a delegation from the Malaysia Guandi Culture Promotion Center on May 4 for the arrival of the Guandi torch relay.
The chairman of the Philippine China Guandi Charity Foundation, Xu Mou Jing, hosted a luncheon for the delegation led by chairman Sun Lun Hua at the President Grand Palace Restaurant in Binondo, Manila
Sun outlined the torch relay’s itinerary, which has traversed mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and several Southeast Asian nations. He expressed plans to collaborate with Philippine Guandi Temples and their devotees to ensure a successful Philippine leg of the relay.
Manila City Vice Mayor John Marvin Nieto attended the event and lauded the torch relay as a valuable opportunity to strengthen cultural exchange and foster friendship between the Philippines and China.
Guandi, also known as Guangong, was a revered military leader during China’s Three Kingdoms period over 1,800 years ago.
He is admired for his virtues of loyalty, righteousness, benevolence, and courage. His legacy has spread worldwide, with over 300,000 Guandi Temples dedicated to him across the globe.