使头公的传说
霞阳、槟城、和仰光杨氏宗祠里都供奉着一个被尊称为使头公的神明，其来源有这样的传说。
在某个朝代，传说有一个姓楊人氏和国君长得很相似。某年，大臣们探听到有叛徒要在国君出访邻国途中暗杀他，于是招见这人封他为使头公，随同保驾并适时冒充国君。途中，杀手果然出击，使头公代替国君牺牲了。人们相信使头公其实是个守护神，便开始在神龛里供奉他。传说中他就是楊家将中楊业楊令公的长子。
The Legend of Sye Thow Kong/Shi Tou Gong
It is said that in a certain dynasty, there was a Yeo descendant who looked very similar to the Emperor. One year, the ministers learned that there would be an assassination attempt on the Emperor when he was on his way to visit a neighboring country. The Yeo person was summoned and made the Chief Envoy to escort the Emperor and to impersonate the Emperor when appropriate. True enough, the traitor took action, and the Chief Envoy died in place of the Emperor. So people believed that he was indeed a patron deity, and started to worship him in shrines. According to another legend, he was the eldest son of the head of the famous Yang family of generals, Yang Linggong.
槟城植德堂 使头公
霞阳植德堂 使头公
仰光植德堂 使头公神龛_
Source:
Oon Ee Seng, “Legends Surrounding the Yeoh Kongsi”, The Star (Penang) 25 06 1973, p. 19 Google Scholar.
(Also cited in: Genealogy of the “YEO” clan, by Yeo Tiam Siew, 1988.