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Doorway Worship
Doorway worship refers to a ritual of worship at the entrance of a home, company, or institution, where various types of Ghosts and Gods can be, it is prominent in East Asian culture. It can involve giving offerings such as wine, or Soft drinks. It is a prominent element of Taiwanese folk beliefs. It can also be a festival where incense is set up at the entrance to worship the spirits passing through the area during the local welcome tournament or Miaohui.《臺灣歲時小百科第2卷》.劉還月.臺原出版社 Among the daily rituals of Taiwanese folk beliefs, "doorway worship" is very common, and varies considerably by ethnic group. Minnan people often perform door worship for Tudigong, the foundation owner, and Goryō, while Hakka people also worship Goryō, but not all Goryō, but Goryō who have passed away in this community and have no descendants to worship them. See also * Liminal deity * Mezuzah * Yin miao In Taiwan, Taiwanese Chinese folk religion, folk relig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost
In folklore, a ghost is the soul or Spirit (supernatural entity), spirit of a dead Human, person or non-human animal that is believed by some people to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes to realistic, lifelike forms. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in Kardecist spiritism, spiritism as a ''séance''. Other terms associated with it are apparition, haunt, haint, phantom, poltergeist, Shade (mythology), shade, specter, spirit, spook, wraith, demon, and ghoul. The belief in the existence of an afterlife, as well as manifestations of the spirits of the dead, is widespread, dating back to animism or ancestor worship in pre-literate cultures. Certain religious practices—funeral rites, exorcisms, and some practices of Spiritualism (beliefs), spiritualism and ritual magic—are specifically designed to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deity
A deity or god is a supernatural being considered to be sacred and worthy of worship due to having authority over some aspect of the universe and/or life. The ''Oxford Dictionary of English'' defines ''deity'' as a God (male deity), god or goddess, or anything revered as divine. C. Scott Littleton defines a deity as "a being with powers greater than those of ordinary humans, but who interacts with humans, positively or negatively, in ways that carry humans to new Higher consciousness, levels of consciousness, beyond the grounded preoccupations of ordinary life". Religions can be categorized by how many deities they worship. Monotheism, Monotheistic religions accept only one deity (predominantly referred to as "God"), whereas Polytheism, polytheistic religions accept multiple deities. Henotheism, Henotheistic religions accept one God, supreme deity without denying other deities, considering them as aspects of the same divine principle. Nontheistic religions deny any supreme eter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink made from Fermentation in winemaking, fermented fruit. Yeast in winemaking, Yeast consumes the sugar in the fruit and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Wine is most often made from grapes, and the term "wine" generally refers to grape wine when used without any qualification. Even so, wine can be made fruit wine, from a variety of fruit crops, including plum, cherry, pomegranate, blueberry, Ribes, currant, and Sambucus, elderberry. Different varieties of grapes and Strain (biology), strains of yeasts are major factors in different styles of wine. These differences result from the complex interactions between the Biochemistry, biochemical development of the grape, the reactions involved in fermentation, the grape's growing environment (terroir), and the wine production process. Many countries enact legal appellations intended to define styles and qualities of wine. These typically restrict the geographical origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soft Drink
A soft drink (see #Terminology, § Terminology for other names) is a class of non-alcoholic drink, usually (but not necessarily) Carbonated water, carbonated, and typically including added Sweetness, sweetener. Flavors used to be Natural flavor, natural, but now can also be Artificial Flavoring, artificial. The sweetener may be a sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, fruit juice, a sugar substitute (in the case of diet sodas), or some combination of these. Soft drinks may also contain caffeine, Food coloring, colorings, preservatives and other ingredients. Coffee, tea, milk, cocoa, and unaltered fruit and vegetable juices are not considered soft drinks. Soft drinks are called "soft" in contrast with "hard" alcoholic beverages, alcoholic drinks. Small amounts of alcohol (drug), alcohol may be present in a soft drink, but the Alcohol by volume, alcohol content must be less than 0.5% of the total volume of the drink in many countries and localities See §7.71, paragraphs (e) and (f). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwanese Folk Beliefs
Taiwanese folk beliefs are traditional beliefs widely circulated in Taiwan, including Chinese folk beliefs that combine Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. These also include the deification of local heroes and celebrities, Wang Ye worship, and Taiwanese aboriginal Ancestors. Along with immigrants from the Minnan and Guangdong regions of South China, ancestral spirituality crossed the Taiwan Strait and took root in Taiwan. Gradually, folk beliefs with local styles emerged, but by and large, the original Chinese folk gods are still worshipped. The second shows that Taiwanese people are full of feelings of tolerance and knowledge, such as worshipping the Japanese soldiers who sacrificed their lives to save the people; the second, such as Ying Gong and Wan Shan Yi in various places, and some are even more spirit, such as Nan Kunshen Dai Some of the latter still retain their original characteristics, while some beliefs (such as Ali-zu beliefs) have been sinicized. Taiwan is also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weiya
Weiya () is a traditional annual celebration for Tu Di Gong (the earth god, also known as Fude Zhengshen (), the god of wealth and merit) on the 16th of the 12th lunar month in Chinese society, especially in Taiwan. Weiya is the last of the bimonthly Ya festivals honoring the earth god in the Chinese lunar calendar. In Taiwan, Weiya is also an occasion for employers to treat their employees to a banquet to thank them for their hard work throughout the year. Origin Ya (), originally means the agent who is trading in the market. In ancient times, the Chinese used the character ‘hu’ () to describe the action of trading. In the Tang dynasty, ‘hu’ and ‘ya’ became similar in writing, so people started to use ‘Ya’ to describe the action of trading instead of ‘hu’ ever since then. The Ya-festival was first started to celebrate and show people's respect to Tu Di Gong, believing that Tu Di Gong was the god who could protect their business and bring more customers. Tai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tudigong
A Tudigong ( zh, s=土地公, l=Lord of the Land) is a kind of Chinese tutelary deity of a specific location. There are several Tudigongs corresponding to different geographical locations and sometimes multiple ones will be venerated together in certain regions. They are tutelary (i.e. guardian or patron) deities of locations and the human communities who inhabit it in Chinese folk religion, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.The Encyclopedia of Malaysia, vol. Religions & Beliefs, edited by Prof. Dr M. Kamal Hassan & Dr. Ghazali bin Basri. They are portrayed as old men with long beards. The definitive characteristic of Tudigongs is that they are limited to their specific geographical locations. The Tudigong of one location is not the Tudigong of another location. They are considered to be among the lowest ranked divinities, just below City Gods ("God of Local City"), and above landlord gods. Often, a specific person who did a great service to their local community will be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miaohui
Miaohui ( zh, t=廟會, s=庙会, l=temple gatherings, tr=temple fairs), also called , are China, Chinese religion, religious gatherings held by Miao shrines for the worship of the Chinese folk religion, Chinese gods and immortals. Large-scale ''miaohui'' are usually held around the time of the Chinese New Year, or in specific temples at the birthday of the god enshrined in the temple itself. Since the development of society with importation of different cultures, the characteristic of miaohui for each dynasty also vary from time to time. For instance, in the Han dynasty, as Buddhism and Taoism has gradually formed, temple fair became a way to attract more newcomers to their community by adding performances. Activities usually include rituals celebrated in the temple, opera on a stage facing the temple, processions of the gods' images on carts throughout villages and cities, performance of musical and ritual troupes (of Taoists, Chinese salvationist religions, sects and Confucian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoklo People
The Hoklo people () are a Han Chinese subgroup who speak Hokkien, a Southern Min language, or trace their ancestry to southeastern Fujian in China, and known by various related terms such as Banlam people (), Minnan people, Fujianese people or more commonly in Southeast Asia as the Hokkien people (). The Hokkien people are found in significant numbers in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, Myanmar, and the United States. The Hokkien people have a distinct culture and architecture, including Hokkien shrines and temples with tilted sharp eaves, high and slanted top roofs, and finely detailed decorative inlays of wood and porcelain. The Hokkien language, which includes Taiwanese Hokkien, is the mainstream Southern Min, which is partially mutually intelligible to other Southern Min varieties such as Teochew, Zhongshan, Haklau, and Zhenan. Etymology In Southern Fujian, the Hokkien speakers refer to themselves as Banlam peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goryō
In a broad sense, is an honorific for a spirit, especially one that causes hauntings, and the term is used as a synonym for . In a narrower sense, it refers to a person who was a noble or accomplished person in his or her lifetime, but who lost a political power struggle or died prematurely from an epidemic or other disease, becoming an that brings pestilence or famine and is later enshrined as a in Shinto shrines. For example, the " Sandai Jitsuroku" (a historical Japanese document) mentions that six Shinto shrines were dedicated to the worship of , which were the spirits of those who died from non-natural causes. Later on, two more shrines were added, bringing the total to eight. refers to the belief that the of people who have died unfortunate deaths cause hauntings and disasters, and the belief that they are enshrined as to appease them. Description The name consists of two kanji, 御 (go) meaning honorable and 霊 (ryō) meaning soul or spirit. The belief that the spi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakka People
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China and who speak a language that is closely related to Gan Chinese, Gan, a Han Chinese dialect spoken in Jiangxi province. They are differentiated from other southern Han Chinese by their dispersed nature and tendency to occupy marginal lands and remote hilly areas. The Chinese characters for ''Hakka'' () literally mean "guest families". The Hakka have settled in Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhejiang, Hainan, and Guizhou in China, as well as in Taoyuan City, Hsinchu County, Miaoli County, Pingtung County, and Kaohsiung City in Taiwan. Their presence is especially prominent in the Lingnan or Liangguang area, comprising the Cantonese-speaking provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi. Despite being partly assimilated to the Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liminal Deity
A liminal deity is a god or goddess in mythology who presides over thresholds, gates, or doorways; "a crosser of boundaries". These gods are believed to oversee a state of transition of some kind; such as, the old to the new, the unconscious to the conscious state, the familiar to the unknown. Types of liminal deities include dying-and-rising deities, various agricultural deities, psychopomps and those who descend into the underworld: crossing the threshold between life and death. Vegetation deities mimic the annual dying and returning of plant life, making them seasonally cyclical liminal deities in contrast to the one-time journey typical of the dying-and-rising myth. Etymology The word ''liminal'', first attested to in English in 1884, comes from the Latin word , meaning 'threshold'. ''Liminality'' is a term given currency in the twentieth century by British cultural anthropologist Victor Turner. It is used to describe a state of transition; such as from the old to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
