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端午節 Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival falls on May 5th on the Chinese lunar calendar, usually in June on the Western calendar.  It is one of the most important Chinese festivals, the other two being the Autumn Moon Festival and Chinese New Year.

The origin of this summer festival centers around a scholarly government official named Chu Yuan. He was a poet and respected man, but because of the misdeeds of jealous rivals he eventually fell into disfavor in the emperor's court. Unable to regain the respect of the emperor, in his sorrow Chu Yuan threw himself into the river. In order to find Chu Yuan, the local people living adjacent to the that River rushed into their boats to search for him while throwing rice into the waters to appease the river dragons, or someone said to feed the fishes to protect the poet's body. Although they were unable to find Chu Yuan, their efforts are still commemorated today during the Dragon Boat Festival.    

The celebration is done so by different practices such as hanging moxa(艾草), a kind of healthy herb, on the front door, drinking Hsiung Huang Wine (雄黃酒) and so on. If one manages to stand an egg on it's end (立蛋) at exactly 12:00 noon, the following year will be a lucky one.

關於粽子

The rice in the story is what we called Sticky rice buns/dumplings(粽子). People put sticky rice, pork belly, salted egg yolk (蛋黃), boiled peanusts and other ingredients inside bamboo leaves, and wrap up with a string.

The dragon boat is simply a big boat designed to look like a dragon. Several boats will start from a same point, and the first boat that gets the flag put in the end wins the race. In recent years, the race become more international. Competitors from all over the world come here just for the race.

元宵節 The Latntern Festival

The Lantern Festival takes place on the 15th day the Chinese New Year, ofen regarded as a mark of the end of Chinese New Year season.
 

During the festival. people make elaborate, beautiful lanterns. The lanterns can symbolize the people letting go of their past selves and getting new ones, which they will let go of the next year. The lanterns in the past were almost  red to symbolize good fortune. But as time goes by, some lanterns now are shaped like animals, fruits and people, and some even made as a set, including houses with residents inside. It's not exaggerated to say they're kinds of art pieces. In old days, only rich people were able to make delicate lanterns. In modern society, everyone can enjoy them.  

Now, there is an representitve event called "TAIWAN LANTERN FESTIVAL" (台灣燈會) hosted by the Tourism Bureau in Taiwan. One city will be chosen to hold this annual event. There will be a main lantern with specail topic, and the scale is the largest among the activies at this time.

其他活動:

Except for enjoy watching the lantern and letting go the sky lanterns, people in Taiwan traditionally eat sweet glutinous rice balls. (湯圓) They are made of glutinous rice, sometimes with sweet stuffing, red bean paste or peanut paste for example, and served in syrup. Answering riddles is also another traditional activity.

Lion dance (舞獅), walk on stilts (踩高蹺), riddle games (猜燈謎), are very popular during lantern festival.

北天燈

For travelers who has no plan to cities other than Taipei. Taipei Lantern Festival or Pingxi Sky Lantern festival are also two brilliant events that you cannot miss. The Taipei Pingxi Sky Lanterns were released originally to let others know that the town was safe.

南蜂炮 Yanshui Beehive Firework festival

There are many activities all over Taiwan during Taiwan Lantern Festival.  In Yanshui District (鹽水區), Tainan, the firecrackers ceremony of the Wumiao(武廟) Temple is also one of the important activities.The Tainan Yanshuei Fireworks Display ("beehive of fireworks") was originally meant to ward off evil spirits and disease from the town, and bring good luck to those who are in the path of firecrackers. By the way, Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival is listed as one of the world's three major folk festivals.

These lanterns are decorated with wishes and images relating to the owner. These two events are known together as "Fireworks in the South, Sky Lanterns in the North.

中秋節 The mid-Autumn Festival

Moon Festival, which is also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar.  It is one of the most 3 important festivals in Taiwan, because It is a time for family members and loved ones to congregate and enjoy the full moon - an auspicious symbol of abundance, harmony and luck. 

The Moon Festival probably began as a harvest festival, but it was later given a mythological flavour with legends of Chang-E (嫦娥), the beautiful lady in the moon. According to Chinese mythology, the earth once had 10 suns circling over it. One day, all 10 suns appeared together, scorching the earth with their heat. The earth was saved when a strong archer, Hou Yi (后羿), succeeded in shooting down 9 of the suns. Yi stole the elixir (長生不老藥) to save the people from his tyrannical rule, but his wife, Chang-E drank it. Thus started the legend of the lady in the moon to whom young Chinese girls would pray at the Mid-Autumn Festival. 

The other story is a history in the late Yuan Dynasty (around 14th century). At that time China was ruled by the Mongolian people. A man called 朱元璋, the first emperor of Ming Dynasty, wanted to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty, and so he contacted with other rebels by hidding their messages and plans in the moon cakes. He succeeded and so people eat the moon cakes to commenmorate this revolution.

中元節 Ghost Festival

The seventh lunar month is traditionally regarded as Ghost Month, the result of two major festivals, one Taoist and one Buddhist, both honoring the dearly departed.

It is a time when respect for one’s ancestors is greatly emphasized and filial piety gets lots of attention. One of the reasons for this is that during this month, popular superstition has it that the gates of hell are opened and the souls of the dead wander among the living. 

Offering the food- The Pudu (普渡) rite can be split up into the following parts: inviting the ghosts, offering them food, reciting sutras, then driving the ghosts away again.

資料來源:

hi-tutor : https://www.hitutor.com.tw/moon-festival.php

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