The event held at the association’s office will be attended by Chinese-Thais as well as Chinese expatriates. It will begin on Saturday with an Abhidhamma prayer at 7pm followed by a Chinese Buddhist prayer, and then alms will be offered to 89 monks the next morning.
Some 4,000 black T-shirts will also be distributed to those mourning the late monarch.
Framing businesses in Chon Buri provinces are also doing a brisk business as people are having portraits of the King and banknotes framed during this period, a source said.
Teerapat Phermpoon, 45, brought the King’s portrait and a Bt70 commemorative banknote to a local framing shop, saying she wished to keep these as a souvenir so the younger generations can remember His Majesty and his hard work for Thailand and its people.