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天地父母 | Pray to the Gods of Heaven ad Earth
「天地父母」是潮州人供奉的一個重要神靈，「天」為「天公」、「地」為「地母」，在潮州人心目中，萬事萬物都是由「天地父母」化育而來的。
Teochew tribe worships the Gods Of Heaven and Earth, the Father of Heaven and Mother of Earth, it is believed that the world was created by them.
Instead of statues, these temporary event that lasts for about 3 - 5 days, carried the copper incense burners from the temples as a symbolic representation of the Gods respectively:
- 天地父母 Gods of Heaven and Earth
- 南辰北斗 Gods of Spiritual Realm
- 諸位福神 Gods of Blessings
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The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, or Yu Lan is a traditional Chinese festival and holiday celebrated by Chinese in many countries. In the Chinese calendar (a lunisolar calendar), the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh month (14th in southern China).
In Chinese tradition, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and the seventh month in general is regarded as the Ghost Month (鬼月), in which ghosts and spirits, including those of the deceased ancestors, come out from the lower realm.
Distinct from both the Qingming Festival (in spring) and Chung Yeung Festival (in autumn) in which living descendants pay homage to their deceased ancestors, on Ghost Day, the deceased are believed to visit the living.
On the fifteenth day the realms of Heaven and Hell and the realm of the living are open and both Taoists and Buddhists would perform rituals to transmute and absolve the sufferings of the deceased. Intrinsic to the Ghost Month is ancestor worship, where traditionally the filial piety of descendants extends to their ancestors even after their deaths.
Activities during the month would include preparing ritualistic food offerings, burning incense, and burning joss paper, a papier-mâché form of material items such as clothes, gold and other fine goods for the visiting spirits of the ancestors
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Follow my rediscovery of the Hungry Ghosts "Yu Lan" Festival here:
For my past visits to the Hungry Ghosts "Yu Lan" Festival here:
Hungry Ghosts "Yu Lan" Festival
More Chinese Temples images here:
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天地父母 | Pray to the Gods of Heaven ad Earth
「天地父母」是潮州人供奉的一個重要神靈，「天」為「天公」、「地」為「地母」，在潮州人心目中，萬事萬物都是由「天地父母」化育而來的。
Teochew tribe worships the Gods Of Heaven and Earth, the Father of Heaven and Mother of Earth, it is believed that the world was created by them.
Instead of statues, these temporary event that lasts for about 3 - 5 days, carried the copper incense burners from the temples as a symbolic representation of the Gods respectively:
- 天地父母 Gods of Heaven and Earth
- 南辰北斗 Gods of Spiritual Realm
- 諸位福神 Gods of Blessings
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The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, or Yu Lan is a traditional Chinese festival and holiday celebrated by Chinese in many countries. In the Chinese calendar (a lunisolar calendar), the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh month (14th in southern China).
In Chinese tradition, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and the seventh month in general is regarded as the Ghost Month (鬼月), in which ghosts and spirits, including those of the deceased ancestors, come out from the lower realm.
Distinct from both the Qingming Festival (in spring) and Chung Yeung Festival (in autumn) in which living descendants pay homage to their deceased ancestors, on Ghost Day, the deceased are believed to visit the living.
On the fifteenth day the realms of Heaven and Hell and the realm of the living are open and both Taoists and Buddhists would perform rituals to transmute and absolve the sufferings of the deceased. Intrinsic to the Ghost Month is ancestor worship, where traditionally the filial piety of descendants extends to their ancestors even after their deaths.
Activities during the month would include preparing ritualistic food offerings, burning incense, and burning joss paper, a papier-mâché form of material items such as clothes, gold and other fine goods for the visiting spirits of the ancestors
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Follow my rediscovery of the Hungry Ghosts "Yu Lan" Festival here:
For my past visits to the Hungry Ghosts "Yu Lan" Festival here:
Hungry Ghosts "Yu Lan" Festival
More Chinese Temples images here:
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