There are a lot of ceremony since the eve of the nine days of the Nine Emperor Gods festival. The temple in Penang usually will be crowded with a lot of devotess from day and night during this nine days. At the eve of festival, the temple will organise a parade to welcome the deities. It is believed that the deities are come from waterways. So the parade will start from temple and reach at the seashore. After welcoming the deties, the parade will back to the temple. With this, it marks the start of the nine day celebration of the Nine Emperor Gods festival.

During this nine days, a lot of devotess will come to the temple to pray to the deities. At the same time, most of the temples in Penang will offers vegetarian Food. The vegetarian Food are not sell for profit but as a donation to the temple. You can hear drums playing if you come close to the temple which mark the on going ceremony. At the night time, there are more ceremonies which definitely catch your eyes. These ceremonies include some extraordinary action such as walking over the fires. These ceremony is running by the temple with strict restriction and spiritually.

In the middle of the nine days festival, there will be a parade which start from the temple and circle through the area. The deities will join in the parade where it is believed that the deities will give blessing to the people which stay at the area nearby the temple. There will be lion dance and other interesting performance during the parade. In Penang, the parade is organised together by several Nine Emperor Gods temple. You can expect a delightful parade where there are a lot of beatiful and colorful parade vehicles.