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中元节英语_PPT课件Ghost Festival
The 14th and 15th of the seventh lunar month
The Ghost Festival, sometimes we say the Hungry Ghost Festival , also called Half July(七月半), is a popular occasion celebrated thoughtout China on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month. Because it is closely related to the Buddhism, it has an other name, the Ullambana (盂兰盆节).
The Origin
Much like Western culture's Halloween, some Eastern cultures celebrate a Fall festival where they believe the gates of hell are thrown open, releasing hungry ghosts to wander the earth in search of food and taking revenge upon those who wronged them in life. This month-long festival is known as the Hungry Ghost Festival and takes place during the 7th lunar month.
Story of the Origin
There is a monk named Mulian , his mother has fallen to Hungry Ghosts Tao, the food will be turned into a flame as soon as she swallowed , endure hunger all day and all night, Mulian was unable to save his mother, then turn to the Buddha for help, the Buddha gave him a Mulanpen scripture, turned him to Yulan Basin to save his mother on July fifteenth .
In order memorate the will have Hungry Ghost Festival that day
The development
In the early of 1950s zhongyuan festival is also e by people. But in ing day, it was consider as advertising the feudal thoughts. And its sponsor businessmen and the government didn’t pour money into it anymore. So the zhongyuan festival is ing marginalization. In the culture revolution period, all the traditional festival is canceled but the sweeping festival, zhongyuan festival cannot escape this disaster.
Celebration
Put “water lantern”
In the fujian, people put some “water lantern” into the river. The “water lantern” was made into the lotus and ship shape with the paper, putting a candle in the centre of it. It presents the memory of the clergy who call lotus.