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精彩啊^^
各位朋友们，如果有兴趣看看较早前非常有趣的文章的话，又找不到？不必担心只需要点击古老的传说( 右手边第６个箱子就是了）就可以了。多多支持呢^^谢啦＜３
INTERESTING!!!
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润七月
润七月呢有如阳历的The Leap Years 每四年才会发生一次哦。
假如说今年是润七月的话，就代表者会有两个农历七月。为什么呢？让我们为你们解释吧！
农历之所以会出现闰年是因为农历一年有354天而阳历则有365天。在这两者之间相差了11天所以为了平衡之间的差距，每个四年会有一个润七月咯。
Fun Facts Leap Month
The lunar leap month occurs on seventh month and it will only occur once every 4 years.
This thing happens because in the lunar calendar there is only 354 days while the normal calendar we use has 365 days in between each there is a difference of 11 days. So in order to balance the difference. Thus every four years, a leap month will occur ;)Acknowleｄgement :
http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/10548925.html?fr=qrlLabels: fun facts 小趣闻
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喊标
喊标[ han biao ]活动
农历七月，随处[ sui chu ]可见的除了人们焚烧冥纸，歌台之外，最引人注目[ yin ren zhu mu ]的就是喊标活动了。喊标呢是在所有的祭拜仪式结束后中元宴席[ yan xi ]吃到一半的时候进行的。主办单位呢会尽量的找一些肯义务[ yi wu ]主持喊标活动的艺人来做司仪[ si yi ]。主要是为了做善事。用来喊标的福物多数是民间流传有好彩头的东西，拿去镀[ du ]成金色。最常见非黄梨模数[ mo shu ]了。福物原本是没有什么价值的。而投标者是为了一个好彩头，把标回来的福物白在家里就等于把好彩头带回家。表到的钱呢则会捐给福利基金[ fu li ji jin ]或机构[ ji gou ]。
Other than offerings and Getai, the other most popular thing you might see is “ auctioning ”. This programme will start after all the offerings are burnt for the ghosts. Organizers will try their best to find voluntarily host-to-host the auction for the sole purpose of doing charity acts. The things use for auction is usually things that are quite cheap but brings good luck to people. The most common auspicious ornament is the pineapple as in hokkien is “ wang lai ” meaning that prosperity coming towards your way.
The way to make them look m ore auspicious is to coat them with gold paint. By bringing home the things that has been auction, it is equivalent to bringing good luck home. The money that has been forked out by the people will be donated to charity organization.
Labels: auctioning 喊标了
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大家听到歌台这两个字是否觉得熟悉[ shu xi ]呢？
其实歌台是一种常年举办的现场舞台表演。但是通常会在农历七月中元节的时候出现。歌台大多数都是以临时的木制[ mu zhi ]舞台搭建[ da jian ]而成的。通常是建在空地或草场上要不然就是在神庙[ shen miao ]内。
据说早期的歌台是唱大戏,现在已改成唱歌，而且多数是流行歌曲。通常歌台表演者打扮得花枝招展[ hua zhi zhao zhan ]，并且会穿上亮丽的衣服。在现场伴奏[ ban zou ]下大展歌喉[ ge hou ]。每晚的节目都有一个主持人带领的对我来说我最熟悉的歌台主持人是林如萍了。哦还有最近兴起的年轻主持人，郑盈盈。通常主持人会用福建华交谈。
歌台是为了娱乐[ yu le ]往身者而主办[ zhu ban ]的。通常在歌台得最前方，会留下第一排12个位置[ wei zhi ]给“好兄弟”好好“享受”假如说是润七月[ run qi yue ]的话，就会留13个位置。
Getai... does it sound familiar?
Actually Getai is an annual live activity held during the lunar seventh month. It is often a temporary build up stage using wood. It is often built on open ground or in the temple.
Actually the early life of Getai, the singers will sing operas but now it is changed to pop songs to suit the teenagers and attract them to view getai. Normally the performers will dress themselves up in beautiful clothes and together with the live band, they will start “showing off ” their singing ^^. Well the only two-Getai host I know is Lin Ru Ping and the recent newbie in the industry Zheng Ying Ying. The host will normally host the show in Hokkien.
A Getai is build to entertain the ghosts who are out on Earth that month. And normally they will leave 12 spaces in the front row for the ghost to enjoy the show as a form of respect for them. And if there is a leap month meaning two lunar seventh month on that particular year, they will leave 13 seats ^^
acknowledgement : http://getai.stomp.com.sg/getai/historych.jsp
Labels: 农历七月歌台， Lunar Seventh Month Getai
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农历七月焚烧冥纸的传统----不会被遗忘的。。。
通常农历七月一到，信徒们会在家门前的草地上插两根蜡烛，把事先准备好的阴币，佛咒和糖茶之类的供品摆放在蜡烛的前方，然后点起三七二十一根香。过后拜三拜。祭拜后就把供品拿到焚烧桶去焚烧。在以前的时候呢这些焚烧桶其实是油桶，把它的顶盖去掉，然后再侧面打几个洞形成的。现在的焚烧桶的出现是因为政府觉得在自家前方插了蜡烛就直接焚烧影响卫生又很难清理。所以每年一到七月，政府就会在住宅区摆放焚烧桶以便剧民们使用。资料来源：
http://pachome2.pacific.net.sg/~sunying/zhongyj.htmThe tradition will never forgotten…
Usually when the lunar seventh month arrives, believers and followers will place two candles on any grass patch they can find in front of their house, and then they will place the offerings in front of the candles for the ghost. After every thing is done, they will light 21 joss sticks and pray 3 times as a form of respect. After every thing is done, they will then bring all the offerings to the bin as shown in the picture to burn the offerings for them.
In the olden times, the bin is made up of oil tins where the top part is removed and holes are punched at the side. Nowadays the government provides the bins as they think that by burning the offerings in front of your house is unhygienic and difficult to clean up thus the idea of providing bins =)
Acknowledgement :
http://pachome2.pacific.net.sg/~sunying/zhongyj.htmLabels: 农历七月传统， Lunar Seventh Month's tradition
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好现在在和你们分享多5个禁忌吧
1. 偷吃祭品
这些祭品是祭[Ji]拜好兄弟用的，也代表这是属于[ shu yu ]他们的东西。未经过他们的同意就擅自[ shan zi ]动用，只会为自己带来难以收拾的厄运[ e yun ]。。。
2. 叫/喊名字
夜间出游时，千万不要叫出对方的名字，尽量[ jin liang ]以代号相称[ xiang cheng ]，以免被好兄弟记住你所叫出来的名字。
3. 轻易回头
如果不幸，名字被叫的话，可千千万万不要回头Y 因为可能是好哦。。。
4. 晚上拍照
这个举动很容易把灵异界的朋友一起拍进来，然后带着他们回家哦。。。
5. 捡路边的钱 （不管是人间用的还是阴间用的）
这些撒在地上的钱是用来买通[mai tong ]牛头马面的。如果侵犯[qin fan ]了他们的东西，就很容易被他们教训哦。。。
禁忌就分享到这里记得在农历七月鬼门关打开时有非常多的禁忌的。所以祝大家在接下来的七月出入平安哦^^
Let us share 5 more taboos with you
1.Eat the offerings
The offerings set up by human beings are meant for the ghost to eat. If we touch or eat their food without their consent, we will only bring bad luck to ourselves…
2. Call/ shout names
It is best to call each other with codes when traveling with people outside at night. If we call out the real name, the ghost might remember the name…
3. Turning around unnecessarily at night
If suay suay your name kena called out at night, don’t ever turn back. Because the other that is calling you might not be human …
4. Taking pictures at night
By doing this, the pictures you have taken might have include ghost and you might bring them home with you…
5. Pick up money from the floor (human money or ghost money)
These money are use to buy the favor of the ghost guards. If you take their things without their permission, they might get angry and punish you …
After sharing all the taboos with you, we hope that you will learn something useful and apply them in the next seventh month. Cheerios
Labels: 迷信阿，supersitious beliefs
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上回说到第5 个禁忌现在让我们继续说下去吧！
6. 游泳...
尤其是在这个月，阴间的鬼门关打开，鬼魂可以四处游荡[ si chu you dang ]。此时如果你在游泳的话，好兄弟为了替自己找替身[ ti shen ]，会和你玩鬼抬脚[ gui tai jiao ]的游戏。一个不留神[bu liu shen ] ，命就会被抬走。。。
7.夜间晒衣服...
当正在飘荡[ piao dang ]的好兄弟觉得你的衣服好看的时候，它就会借来穿。顺便在你的衣服上面留下它的味道哦。所以最好在旁晚7点以前把衣服收起来哦
8.乱看...
好兄弟喜欢躲起来吓人。万一你乱看被它们吓倒，三魂七魄[ san hun qi po ]被吓得魂飞魄散[ hun fei po san ]时就是它们入侵[ ru qing ] 你的最佳时刻了。。。
9.熬夜...[ ao ye ]
相信很多朋友都喜欢熬夜玩电脑或看电视吧？但是。。。在深夜的时候人气是最虚的时候不过也正是鬼气最旺的时候了。相比之下你觉得谁会赢呢？
10. 把拖鞋[ tuo xie ]头朝床的方向...
好兄弟会看些鞋头的方向来判断[ pan duan ]人在哪里。如果鞋头朝床头摆，那么好兄弟就会上你的床和你一起睡哦。。。信不信由你！
看完这十大禁忌会否决的毛骨悚然[ mao gu song ran ]呢？如果是这样的话清留言哦！谢谢^^ 还有还有如果在今年的七月你们犯了这些禁忌的话，一定要切记明年不要再这样了！其实还有另外十个禁忌呢如果还想知道的话请留言我们会尽快上栽的！多谢了！
At our last post, we have stopped at the top 5 taboos now lets take a look at the next 5.
6. Swimming...
During this month, where the ghost are allowed to roam freely, they would try their best to find themselves a substitute so that they can be reincarnated. So when you are swimming, they would play a game of leg lifting with you. They would lift up your leg and if you were a little careless, your life might just get carried away…
7. Hanging your clothes out at night...
When your clothes are out at night, the ghosts that are floating around might find your clothes nice and decide to try it on and leave their scent behind…
8. Looking aimlessly...
Ghost tends to hide at a place and scare people. When you look aimlessly and get scared by them, it would be the best time for them to enter your body since your soul has been scared off…
9. Working through the night...
Well youngsters like you and me love to work through the night more for computer games and TV programmes but do you guys know that at the night time the Yang is the weakest and the Yin is at the highest peak doing a compare, which side do you think will win…
10. Placing your slippers’ head facing your bed...
Ghosts have to use the shoe heads to determine where a person is. Unless you want to share a bed with a ghost …
Well after reading all the Taboos does it make you feel scared ? If yes please tagg! Oh yeah if you have done anyone of these taboos during this year's Ghost festival, please remember not to do so for the next festival le ;) Well actually there are ten more taboos anybody interested please tagg we will post for you =)
Labels: 迷信阿 Supersitious beliefs
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在农历七月的时候呢是会有非常多的禁忌的。我们现在想要和大家分享在自月的十大禁忌。小心了。。。
１．在床头挂风铃... [ feng ling ]
凤玲的声音容易引来“好兄弟”而在我们睡觉的时候，阳气[ yang qi ]是最虚[ xu ]的时候，也是它们最容易“入侵”[ ru qing ] 人类的时候。。。你们说呢？
２．拔[ ba]脚毛...
俗话[ su hua ]说：“一只脚毛管三个鬼”所以越多脚毛的人，鬼越不敢靠近。信不信由你。。。
３．不能随地勾肩搭背...[ gou jian da bei ]
人的身上是有３把火的。一把在头顶，左右肩膀个一把。只要把其中一把灭掉[ mie diao ]，好兄弟就很容易上你的身。。。勾肩搭背时可能会灭掉其中一把火哦。所以凡是[fan shi ]小心微妙。[ xiao xin wei miao ]
４．把筷子[ kuai zi ]夹在饭中央...[ zhong yang ]
如果我们把筷子夹在饭中央，有如在祭[ji]拜的模式[mo shi ]，好像把香插在香炉[xiang lu ]上。这样的举动会把好兄弟引来和你一起分享食物哦...
５．靠墙 ...
有这么一个说法：鬼是平面的，而我们的世界是立体[ li ti ]的。也意味[ yi wei ]着鬼是在平面上走路的。它们平时也喜欢依附[ yi fu ]在冰凉的墙上休息。如果我们也靠在墙上，我们很容易被鬼附身[ fu shen ]哦
先和大家分享5大禁忌。如果还想知道另外5个禁忌的话，敬请期待哦！！ 在期待的同时请留言吧！ 以上所有的讯息是来自：http://ks.cn.yahoo.com/question/1406120701422.html
Well when there is a festival, there is bound to have some supersitious beliefs. Right now we would like to share the top ten taboos during the lunar seventh month. Be careful...
1.Hanging wind chimes above one’s bed... The sounds of the wind chimes attract the attention of the ghost. And when we are sleeping, yang qi is the weakest so it is the best time for them to enter our body… what do you think?2. Shaving leg hair ...
There is a saying: One ghost is under one strand of leg hair. So if you have more leg hairs on you, no ghost would dare to come near you. What do you think?3. Putting your hand over people’s shoulder ...
It is believed that everyone has three sets of “ fire ” on us one on the top of our heads the other two each on the shoulders. So if one of the fires is extinguished, ghost will spot us easily and they can possess us more easily especially on the lunar seventh month…
4. Sticking you chopsticks in the middle of your rice….
This looks like sticking the joss stick into the joss stick holder. When the ghosts see this, they would think that you are inviting them to share the food with you … Unless...5. Leaning against the wall …
There is a saying that ghost and everything in the other world is flat and the things and people in our world is 3 dimensional (3D) meaning that ghosts walk on walls and on normal times they like to rest on the cool wall to rest. So if we rest ourselves on the walls, they might possess us easily … Well we will share up till here first if not this post will become very de long so if you are still interested , please stay tuned... more coming up meanwhile please tagg okays ?Acknowledgement for all the taboos :
http://ks.cn.yahoo.com/question/1406120701422.html Labels: supersitious beliefs, 迷信阿
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中元节（盂兰盆节( yu lan pen jie )）
大家对刚过的中元节或者俗称(su cheng)的“鬼节”有多少的认识呢？让我们来告诉你吧！
原来中元节是道教( dao jiao )节日和佛教( fo jiao )的节日。可是佛教和道教对这个节日的意义和解释有不同的见解哦。佛教强调( qiang diao )的是孝道， 道教则注重于为这些“好兄弟”做普渡( pu du )。也就是尊重。
目连的故事：其实他的故事是从《大藏经》( da zang jing )（由印度传入的佛理）。根据这本书的记载( zai )，这位伟大的目连在阴间地府( yin jian di fu )经历千辛万苦( qian xin wan ku )就是为了见他死去的母亲，刘氏四娘一面。当他看到他的母亲被一群饿鬼折磨( zhe mo )，他就用钵盆( bo pen )装菜饭给她吃。屺料(qi liao )到饭菜被饿鬼夺走。目连见此状(ci zhuang)就向佛祖求助。佛祖被他那真诚( zhen cheng )的孝心感动，授予( shou yu )盂兰盆经。目连就照着指示在农历七月十五用盂兰盆盛珍果素斋( zhen guo su zhai )供奉( gong feng )母亲。终于挨俄( ai e )的母亲得到了食物。所以为了纪念这位超有孝心的目连，佛教徒每年都有盛大的“盂兰盆会”。
来点小趣闻吧：原来旧日历称七月初一为上元，七月十五为中元，七月三十为下元。大家是不是都吓了一跳呢？
英文版来咯！！！
This is the English Version =)
7th Lunar month (Zhong Yuan Jie) The 7th lunar month had just passed but how much do you know about this special festival celebrated mainly by the Taoist and Buddhist? Let us tell you more about it ^^
Actually it started off as a festival celebrated by the Taoist and Buddhist. But these two religions have different definition towards this festival. Taoism focus on respect towards elders and ancestors while Buddhism focus on Filial piety.
There is a story to it.
It all starts off with a guy call Mu Lian (目连) His story …. The story is actually taken from a Buddhist religion book known as 《大藏经》( da zang jing ). In the book it states that this guy Mu Lian went through all the pains and trouble just to travel to hell to meet his mother (刘氏四娘 ) for a moment. ( *sob* I know very touching ) when he sees that other ghosts bully his mother, he uses a plate to serve the food for his mother, but alas the ghost snatch it. He felt sad and sorry thus went to seek help from Buddha. Buddha is touched by his filial piety and decided to give him some instructions and he must follow them. So on the 15th of the Lunar 7 month, he followed the instructions and gave his offerings to his mother. At last his poor mother get to enjoy the offerings. Thus in remembrance of this filial guy.
The Buddhist and Taoist celebrate this day yearly.
Fun fact: In the olden times the first day of the 7th month is known as “ shang Yuan 上元” the 15th of the month is known as “ zhong Yuan ” And the 30th of the month is known as “ Xia Yuan ”. Surprising isn’t it?
After reading this touching story ( * crying* ) please don’t forget to tag hor ;] your comments are greatly appreciated ^^
Labels: 农历七月 Lunar seventh month
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农历七月
从农历七月初一开始，民间就开始进入「鬼月」了。这个月对华族同胞[ hua zu tong bao]们来说是带着神秘[ shen mi ]与鬼神色彩[ gui shen se cai ]的一个月哦。每年的这个月，民间的人们会准备丰盛[ feng sheng ]的佳肴要来招待这些“好兄弟”以表示对它们的尊敬。敬请期待下一篇文章哦^^ 请留言哦<3Lunar Seventh month
[Ghost Month] starts on the first day of the lunar seventh month. This month’s atmosphere is filled with ghostly and mysterious feelings in it.
Every year on this month, believers or followers will prepare sumptuous meals for them and burn them offerings as a form of respect. Please wait for the next entry hehe thanks ^^ tagg please <3Labels: 农历七月， Lunar Seventh Month
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大家好^^现在我正式宣布这个文化仓库正式营业！！！ 大家请多多支持哦：）
Hello peeps ! now i officially declare that this culture store open feel free to stay and tag :) please give us your support ^^Labels: 开幕了！！！
