Ciswak Ritual as a Ritual of Rejecting the Annual Bala of the Chinese

This article discussed the ciswak ritual at a temple in Chinatown area of ​​Semarang, namely Sinar Samudra Temple. Ciswak is rejecting reinforcements performed by Chinese every year to protect themselves from bad things. The research methodology and data collection technique are qualitative collecting through direct interviews field research. Field was carried out few days before until completed using descriptive analysis design. consider that if solemnly both reading prayers movements including repentance, which all day long, then this aims show sincerity humans want receive protection blessings gods avoid away evil danger. not only because one's birth sign Chiong( luck) year, it also belief carry repelling even though chiong. people Semarang still strongly believe values ​​of ancestral heritage teachings Taoism