Dia De Muertos En China
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Publicado: 29 de enero de 2013
亡靈節
Jorge Aguilar Romo Mandarín
ProyectGrupo: 201
Contents
The Festival of Ching Ming
The Festival of the hungry ghosts
The day of the deaths
in Mexico
ConclusionsBibliography
清明節
In China, there is a festival very similar to The Day of the Dead. This feast is called Ching Ming Festival, also called 'Day of the Dead' in other countries.
Ching Ming festival iscelebrated the day after the solstice 104 inviernoEn Hong Kong, is a legal holiday and can not work or go to school on this day.
Ching Ming is an ancient festival, has a tradition that goes backmore than 2,500 years. Like Day of the Dead, Ching Ming is an opportunity to remember and pray for ancestors and friends who have dead however, most people now prefer a simple ceremony.
DuringChing Ming, usually young and old family pray to the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, wine and chopsticks.
However the two holidays are about remembering the dead, the environments are verydifferent. People are very happy on the Day of the Dead in Mexico. It is celebrated in the streets, singing and playing guitars, sometimes to go to party too.
But in Ching Ming, people are very sad.Sometimes, cry in front of the graves. I think this is because the Mexican and Chinese have very different concepts about death.
餓鬼節
The seventh lunar month is the Month of the Spirits or GhostMonth as it is also known. This is the opposite of the Qing Ming Festival in which we are still alive, we honor the dead. In the Month of the Hungry Ghosts, the doors of the world beyond open, andspirits come to pay a visit to the world of the living.The spirits are said to be powerful and treats people with respect. To keep them happy, they make offerings of food and incense burning.Sometimes yousee the deals off the streets. These offerings are for the spirits orphans who have no one to care for them. You do not want to walk by angry spirits around your house ... Discontented spirits can...
Jorge Aguilar Romo Mandarín
ProyectGrupo: 201
Contents
The Festival of Ching Ming
The Festival of the hungry ghosts
The day of the deaths
in Mexico
ConclusionsBibliography
清明節
In China, there is a festival very similar to The Day of the Dead. This feast is called Ching Ming Festival, also called 'Day of the Dead' in other countries.
Ching Ming festival iscelebrated the day after the solstice 104 inviernoEn Hong Kong, is a legal holiday and can not work or go to school on this day.
Ching Ming is an ancient festival, has a tradition that goes backmore than 2,500 years. Like Day of the Dead, Ching Ming is an opportunity to remember and pray for ancestors and friends who have dead however, most people now prefer a simple ceremony.
DuringChing Ming, usually young and old family pray to the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, wine and chopsticks.
However the two holidays are about remembering the dead, the environments are verydifferent. People are very happy on the Day of the Dead in Mexico. It is celebrated in the streets, singing and playing guitars, sometimes to go to party too.
But in Ching Ming, people are very sad.Sometimes, cry in front of the graves. I think this is because the Mexican and Chinese have very different concepts about death.
餓鬼節
The seventh lunar month is the Month of the Spirits or GhostMonth as it is also known. This is the opposite of the Qing Ming Festival in which we are still alive, we honor the dead. In the Month of the Hungry Ghosts, the doors of the world beyond open, andspirits come to pay a visit to the world of the living.The spirits are said to be powerful and treats people with respect. To keep them happy, they make offerings of food and incense burning.Sometimes yousee the deals off the streets. These offerings are for the spirits orphans who have no one to care for them. You do not want to walk by angry spirits around your house ... Discontented spirits can...
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