What are the three traditional festivals in Chinese mainland and Taiwan Province Province?

Category: Region >> Taiwan Province Province, China

Analysis:

This is the same culture, how can there be only three? More than three. See below.

Sacrifice and drinking.

As an immigrant society, the concept of ancestor worship and root-seeking is owned by Taiwan Province people, and it is also an important aspect of China culture. In Taiwan Province Province, every family has a memorial tablet for their ancestors, and every major event or festival, they should pay homage to their ancestors first. Genealogy and traditional ancestor worship ceremonies in Taiwan Province Province are still handed down from generation to generation.

In Taiwan Province Province, folk festivals are usually held at the age of 20, and the number is really amazing. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 15 kinds of festivals every month, and there are as many as 47 kinds in the first month of the lunar calendar. The ritual activities in Taiwan Province folk customs mainly include the birthday ceremony of Confucius and Mazu, ancestor worship ceremony in Upper Bai Jiao, Huang Cheng's tour, Purdue Festival and Zheng Chenggong Festival in mid-January.

(1) Confucius' birthday ceremony

Confucius, the most sacred teacher, occupies a very special position in the folk beliefs in Taiwan Province Province. The early ceremony of offering sacrifices to Confucius was held in spring and autumn, and later it was held on the anniversary of Confucius' birthday on September 28 of the lunar calendar every year, and this day was designated as Teacher's Day. There are twelve Confucius temples in Taiwan Province Province, the largest of which is the Confucius Temple in Taipei, which is located in the west of Taipei Yuanshan Zoo. On the day of the ceremony, a grand ceremony will be held. Not only the teachers and students of the school will attend, but also officials at all levels will attend to show respect for teachers and education.

(2) Mazu birthday ceremony

March 23rd of the lunar calendar is Mazu's birthday, and Mazu is a water god believed by residents in the southeast coastal areas of China. According to legend, Mazu often goes to and from the sea to help the poor, so people who sail believe her and call her nanny. In the thirty-third year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, a monk from Screaming Trees Bi came to Taiwan Province from Meizhou, Putian County, Fujian Province, and set up a small temple in Beigang to worship Mazu. Since then, Mazu has "settled down" in Taiwan Province. Because Taiwan Province Province is surrounded by the sea, mainland residents feel sheltered by Mazu when they immigrate to Taiwan Province Province, and many people in Taiwan Province Province take fishing as their occupation, so many people believe in Mazu. At present, there are 383 Mazu Tempel in Taiwan Province, among which the incense in the Chaotian Palace in Beigang is the most vigorous. March 23rd of the lunar calendar is Mazu's birthday every year. Since the first month, good men and women who believe in Mazu have flocked to Beigang Chaotian Palace from all over Taiwan Province to hold a grand pilgrimage for Mazu's birthday.

The whole ceremony was solemn, grand and lively. Pilgrims are full of piety, not far from Wan Li to make a pilgrimage. Sacrifices piled up like mountains, cigarettes filled the air, firecrackers were heard endlessly, and the drama of enjoying the gods was dizzying. The most * * * is the day when Mazu traveled around the world in Beigang on March 19 and 20 of the lunar calendar. At 9 o'clock in the morning, people carried Mazu's holy land and began Mazu's annual grand celebration of traveling around the country amid deafening firecrackers. Mazu, escorted by General Clairvoyance and General Shun Fenger, traveled all over the streets and alleys of Beigang Town where God passed. Every household opened its doors, put up offerings and set off firecrackers to drive away evil spirits. Among the patrol teams, there are Lion Array, Songjiang Array, Drum Array and Eight Generals Array. Spread their heads and do their best. All kinds of art exhibition halls rented by commercial organizations and neighborhoods are also dazzling in the streets, including ancient costumes, fashion, static and various art exhibition halls. The street in front of the temple is crowded with pilgrims and spectators.

Mazu celebrates his birthday every year and prays for peace every year. This ancient ritual activity has become an indispensable part of the life of people who go to sea in Taiwan Province Province. There are more than 300 temples dedicated to Mazu in Taiwan Province Province, and the shrine is welcomed to Taiwan by Fujian's "doppelganger". The main temples are Chaotian Palace and Magong Tianhou Palace in Beigang Town, Yunlin County. Ordinary families and shippers have tributes. There is a folk proverb in Taiwan Province Province, "Worship Mazu and cherish the motherland".

(3) ancestor worship ceremony in Bai Jiao.

Bai Jiao refers to Bai Jiao Township, Tongan County, Quanchuan District, Fujian Province. Going to Bai Jiao means coming to Bai Jiao in mainland China, which means that the descendants of soldiers and civilians who followed Zheng Chenggong went to the Jigong Temple in Bai Jiao Township, Fujian Province to pay homage to the ancestors in mainland China.

Every year on March 2 1 of the lunar calendar, Tzu Chi Palace in Xuejia Town, Tainan will hold a large-scale ancestor worship ceremony at Shangbaijiao. On the one hand, I miss my ancestors in the mainland; On the other hand, he visited the ancestral hall of Tzu Chi Palace in Bai Jiao Township, Tongan County, Fujian Province. This festival has lasted for more than 300 years since Zheng Chenggong came to Taiwan, which fully embodies the spirit of the Chinese nation's thinking about drinking water and not forgetting its roots. At this time of year, many pilgrims, monks and tourists gather in this small town, with more than 200,000 people. It's really busy. Especially when a grand ancestor worship ceremony was held on March 2 1 year in the lunar calendar, 65,438+10,000 people attended.

On the day of the festival, people who are studying or working abroad try their best to get back to the town, and welcome the statue of Baosheng the Great in Tzu Chi Palace to the landing place beside the General's Creek, offering a remote sacrifice to the mainland homeland. Xue Jiaren regards this festival as an extremely important event, and followers of Emperor Baosheng from all over Taiwan Province also come to Xuejia Town to take part in the festival activities with sedan chairs and umbrellas.

Now, in order to tie in with this festival, preserve the folk skills of folk gods and attract tourists, the authorities of Taiwan Province Province have specially held a Taiwan-wide Art Array Competition, making this event even more grand and becoming one of the most striking and spectacular festivals in Taiwan Province.

(iv) Lord Wong Shing Tourism Festival

Sacrificing Huang Cheng is one of the traditional folk belief activities in China. Every year in the fifth lunar month 13, it is the birthday of Master Huang in Xiahai City, Taipei, and there is a grand tour of Master Huang, commonly known as Bye-bye on May 13th.

Huang, the mayor of Taipei, was the county magistrate of Danshuitang in Qing Dynasty. In the first year of Daoguang's reign, he was invited to Taiwan from Tongan, Fujian, with many followers and a particularly grand ceremony. When Lord Huang Cheng made a tour, he first held a ceremony to invite God, that is, invited Lord Huang Cheng and the gods to worship, placed them among the gods, and then set out. The first line of the tour includes North-South Wind Band, Lion Dance Team, Art Museum and believers, and hundreds of thousands of people visit it, which is superior to other festivals in Taiwan Province Province. So there is a proverb in Taiwan Province Province: "Look at people on May 13th".

People in Taiwan Province Province believe that the sacrifice of the city god, like other folk beliefs, has certain effects on stabilizing people's hearts, persuading people to do good deeds and promoting tourism, so this kind of folk activity, which gathers hundreds of thousands of people for entertainment, is still flourishing.

(5) Mid-Autumn Festival Purdue Festival

Lunar July 15, commonly known as "Mid-Autumn Festival", also known as "Orchid Festival" and "Ghost Festival", is a day for people to pay homage to their ancestors' souls and is also an extremely important festival for Taoist and Buddhist believers. In this big festival, every household in rural areas of Taiwan Province Province will kill pigs and sheep, prepare extremely rich wine and meat sacrifices, worship ancestors and ghosts in the underworld, and hope to "purdue" all sentient beings and the undead.

In Taiwan Province Province, the most common legend is that the gate of hell is opened in the early morning of June 5438 +0 of the lunar calendar every year, so that all ghosts suffering in the underworld can return to visit their hometown and future generations. On July 15, the deceased were unified, and a grand farewell ceremony was held for all ghosts to enjoy a feast. On July 30th, when the holiday was over, these ghosts returned to the underworld.

On this day, Purdue lit lanterns and hung them high to guide ghosts to gather in the dead. If you invite ghosts in the water, you have to "turn on the water lights." Water lanterns in Taiwan Province Province are usually pasted in the shape of huts, nailed to banana leaves and stems, and inserted with candles. In the past, the activities of water lanterns were very common in Taiwan Province Province, and the scale was also very grand. But now only Keelung, Hsinchu, Xinpu and Taoyuan have retained this custom, and its scale and momentum are even worse than before. In the past, every household slaughtered pigs and sheep, but now a large number of sacrificial ceremonies have been replaced by flowers and fruits. Today, only a few villages and towns can see a relatively complete sacrificial ceremony.

Villagers who still keep the Mid-Autumn Festival say that Purdue Festival will not disappear in their place. They believe that it is the tradition of China people to worship ghosts and gods first and ancestors first, and big worship can also give busy relatives and villagers a chance to get together. Therefore, Purdue in the Central Plains, with its unique folk custom of farmers in China, combined with religious activities of Buddhism and Taoism, continues to worship cigarettes, smoke and lanterns in Taiwan Province Province.

In addition, compatriots in Taiwan Province Province have many traditional festivals that are basically the same as those in the mainland. Some festivals that are still popular today, such as Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, grave-sweeping in Tomb-Sweeping Day, Duanyang Dragon Boat Race, eating zongzi in Mid-Autumn Festival and eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival, have never stopped, and still maintain the traditional habits of the Chinese nation.