潮汕风俗之出花园英文.pptVIP

潮汕出花园(清晰)：/us/4053335shtml;Speakers：;An adult ceremony in Chaoshan area; Everyone knows that the seventh day of the seventh lunar month is a traditional festival of China which is called QiXi festival or QiQiao festival. However, do you know this day have its special significance to the people of ChaoShan area?; At the ChaoShan area, the QiXi festival is the day that the children who reach 15 years old turn into an adult. ; People believed that children under 15 years old is grow up in an unseen garden and is protected by the supernatural being called “Flower Grandparents”.;When the children reach 15 years old ,they should not live in the garden anymore and the fairy will not protect them so they should go out of the garden which shows they are no longer kids.;On that day, the child’s mum should gather 3 kinds of meats and fruits in the number of 4, 8 or 12. After putting themon a shallow basket，; the child should worships(祭拜)the censer(香炉) of “Flower Grandparents”. （公婆神），and after that, they don’t need to do it any more.;;The child who goes out of the garden should wear new clothes and red wooden shoes(红皮屐). ;As for boys, they have to eat the head of a rooster ,while girls have to eat the head of a hen or a duck. This is because people here believed that children wear such clothes and eat those food can bring lucky to them. ;The food of the lunch is really rich ！·Meat three kinds of eggs ；·a kind of local vegetable calls ‘Houhe’（厚合）； ·green garlic(青蒜）---means that they hope their children can calculate well（能除会算） after eating it ；·celery（芹菜）---means they will study and work hard. ;;In addition, the head of the chicken have to face to him or her, and others can’t eat the chicken. This means him or her will become outstanding and prosperous(兴旺发达） when he or she grows up.;At that noon, in some families, especially whose elder child or their son are to go out of the garden, they will invite many guests to have a big lunch. Because th