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The Nine Emperor Gods Festival (Min Nan Chinese: 九皇爺誕; Malay: Perayaan Sembilan Maharaja Dewa; Thai: เทศกาลกินเจ, เทศกาลกินผัก (ภาคใต้ประเทศไทย)) or Vegetarian Festival or Jay Festival is a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, celebrated primarily in ...
Eve of the 9th month (九月); goes on for nine days October 16–25, 2020 Nine Emperor Gods Festival: 9 (九月) 9th October 25, 2020 Double Ninth Festival (Chongyang Festival) 重陽節 / 重阳节 Autumn outing and mountain climbing, some Chinese also visit the graves of their ancestors to pay their respects. 10 (十月) 15th November 29 ...
Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival; Hong Kong Arts Festival; Lantern Festival; Litang Horse Festival; Longtaitou Festival; Lunar New Year Fair; Lychee and Dog Meat Festival; Miao Flower Mountain Festival; Mid-Autumn Festival; Monkey King Festival; Nadun; Nian Li; Nine Emperor Gods Festival; Qingdao International Beer Festival ...
Volleying a firecracker at the wooden god effigies paraded at Phuket’s deceptively named Vegetarian Festival – in fact, everyone goes vegan – is deemed good luck by the thousands that gather ...
The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, also known as the Vegetarian Festival, is a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, celebrated primarily in Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand by the Peranakans (not the entire Overseas Chinese community). The ...
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As a Taoist festival: Taoism has the "Three Yuan" theory (representing the Three Great Emperor-Officials), which the name "Zhong Yuan" comes from. [9]: 195–196 The festival flourished during the Tang dynasty, whose rulers were partial to Taoism; and "Zhongyuan" became well established as the holiday's name. [10]
She is the feminine aspect of the cosmic God of Heaven. [1] The seven stars of the Big Dipper, in addition to two not visible to the naked eye, are conceived as her sons, the Jiǔhuángshén ( 九皇神 "Nine God-Kings"), themselves regarded as the ninefold manifestation of Jiǔhuángdàdì ( 九皇大帝 , "Great Deity of the Nine Kings") or ...