Sharing sacrificial food refers to the behavior that believers share the food that has been used as sacrificial oblations This is one of the links of sacrificial rituals and has religious significance. This ritualisti...Sharing sacrificial food refers to the behavior that believers share the food that has been used as sacrificial oblations This is one of the links of sacrificial rituals and has religious significance. This ritualistic behavior can be traced back to the era when people make a living by hunting. Nowadays, such a behavior still exists in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and is also regarded as one of the ways to get blessings.展开更多
The Sea Sacrifice Festival in Tianheng town, Qingdao, China starts from Ming dynasty and enjoys a history ofmore than 500 years. As the largest and most famous festival of offering sacrifice to the sea in China, it de...The Sea Sacrifice Festival in Tianheng town, Qingdao, China starts from Ming dynasty and enjoys a history ofmore than 500 years. As the largest and most famous festival of offering sacrifice to the sea in China, it developsfrom the traditional ritual performed by fishermen, who intended to pray for blessing and safety from the God ofthe Sea into a huge carnival attending by thousands of people to express their aspiration for a wonderful life andbright future. This day, the sea sacrifice festival has the new social values and cultural connotations due to thechange of life style, the rise of intangible cultural heritage protection activities, and the integration of many otherculture elements, such as Yanko, drum, and Peking opera performance.展开更多
文摘Sharing sacrificial food refers to the behavior that believers share the food that has been used as sacrificial oblations This is one of the links of sacrificial rituals and has religious significance. This ritualistic behavior can be traced back to the era when people make a living by hunting. Nowadays, such a behavior still exists in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and is also regarded as one of the ways to get blessings.
文摘The Sea Sacrifice Festival in Tianheng town, Qingdao, China starts from Ming dynasty and enjoys a history ofmore than 500 years. As the largest and most famous festival of offering sacrifice to the sea in China, it developsfrom the traditional ritual performed by fishermen, who intended to pray for blessing and safety from the God ofthe Sea into a huge carnival attending by thousands of people to express their aspiration for a wonderful life andbright future. This day, the sea sacrifice festival has the new social values and cultural connotations due to thechange of life style, the rise of intangible cultural heritage protection activities, and the integration of many otherculture elements, such as Yanko, drum, and Peking opera performance.
