The Performers of the Chinese Opera or Wayang ~ 7
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The Performers of the Chinese Opera or Wayang ~ 6
Mr Money Face Leave a comment
Mr Money Face
Looi Bin (Money Face in Hokkien) with many examples in Malaysia.
SP Lim
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The Performers of the Chinese Opera or Wayang ~ 5
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The Performers of the Chinese Opera or Wayang ~ 3
Hopefully back to normal internet speed after scanning, etc as from today – Saturday, August 26, 2017. Â I was listening to the “Test Transmission” radio with Beatles, Carlos Santana included and I was watching TV, DVD’s as no steady internet for the last 5 days.
SP Lim
My current outstanding Hotmail emails swell to 34, 163 in number. I shall come to your notification and click LIKE when I come across these. Promise.
First Day of the Hungry Ghost Festival in Penang Leave a comment
First Day of the Hungry Ghost Festival in Penang
The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, Zhongyuan Festival or Yulan Festival (traditional Chinese: 盂è˜ç¯€) is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Asian countries. According to the Chinese calendar (a lunisolar calendar), the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh month (14th in southern China).
In Chinese culture, 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 Double Ninth Festival(in autumn) in which living descendants pay homage to their deceased ancestors, during Ghost Festival, 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 Buddhistswould perform rituals to transmute and absolve the sufferings of the deceased. Intrinsic to the Ghost Month is veneration of the dead, 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. Elaborate meals (often vegetarian meals) would be served with empty seats for each of the deceased in the family treating the deceased as if they are still living. Ancestor worship is what distinguishes Qingming Festival from Ghost Festival because the latter includes paying respects to all deceased, including the same and younger generations, while the former only includes older generations. Other festivities may include, buying and releasing miniature paper boats and lanterns on water, which signifies giving directions to the lost ghosts and spirits of the ancestors and other deities.
From Wikipedia
The Performers of the Chinese Opera or Wayang ~ 2 Leave a comment
The Performers of the Chinese Opera or Wayang ~ 2
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The Performers of the Chinese Opera or Wayang