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The Origin of the Christmas
• Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated generally on December 25,as a religious and cultural holiday by billions of people around the world.
Similarities
• 1. Using red . • 2. Indicating the beginning of the new year. • 3. Gathering and celebrating. • 4. Expressing good wishs.
The Double Seventh Festival vs
The Custom of The Spring Festival
1. Staying up late to see the new year. (熬年守岁) 2. Having a family reunion dinner. 3. Giving lucky money to children. 4.Putting up spring festival scrolls and shootting
The Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred(模糊) as the dead searched for the afterlife(来世).Thus, on the night of October 31st, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to Earth to cause mischief(恶作剧) and trouble.
“中元” is the birthday of “清虚大帝”。 Every July 15, QingXu come to earth, forgive the crime and release spirits who have atoned for their sins.
The story about Bon（目连救母）
The Origin of Halloween
Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (萨温节). The Celtic peoples(凯尔特人) lived over 2,000 years ago. In the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Northern France.
• Two festival connect with the ghost. • The light appears in two fesitival. The light
always means hope and பைடு நூலகம்ourage.
The Spring Festival vs Christmas
The different 1. origin 2. custom
1. origin 2. custom
The Origin of Ghost Festival
There is a saying in a scripture of Taoism. That is “天官赐福，地官赦罪， 水官解厄”. We call them the three great emperors,”三官大帝 or 三元大帝” in Chinese. The immortal of sky is “紫微大帝” . The immortal of land is “清虚大帝” . The immortal of river is “洞阴大帝” . We always say “一元复始，万象更新”. “中元” is the birthday of “清虚大帝” “元” means the beginning. Here “元” relatively means birth.
The Origin of the Spring Festival
It is said that Shun, an emperor, lead his people to pray to the god for good weather for the crops, and they would held a memorial ceremony for good harvest. From then on, people take this day as the beginning of the year. It is said that this is the origin of the Chinese New Year, later called the Spring Festival.
Culture
CONTENTS
Ghost Festival
vs Halloween
The Spring Festival vs
Christmas
The Double Seventh Festival
vs
Valentine's day
Ghost Festival vs Halloween
The differences
To commemorate(纪念) the event, people built huge sacred bonfires(篝火) where animals and crops were sacrificed to the God for protection and to help scare ghosts away.
off firecrackers.
The Custom of The Christmas
1. Dressing up as Santa Clause to send a gift to their child.
2.Sending cards to express blessings. 3.Making christmas trees and singing christmas song. 4.Linking socks in the bed and waiting for gifts.
According to the “Tripitaka” (《大藏经》)，MuLian went through untold hardships in the underworld, and saw his mother’s soul suffering from hungry ghosts. He gave a jar with full of food to his mother, but the food was burning by the fire in his mother’s mouth. MuLian asked the Buddha for help. The Buddha was moved by his filial piety(孝), and gave the Bon(盂兰盆经) to MuLian. Then Mulian,on the 15th of July, used a jar filled with fruit to worship Buddha and eliminate her mother sins finnally.
The Custom of Halloween
• dressing as monster • Pumpkin lanterns • Trick or treat • Bobbing for apples
Similarities
• People can miss the one who go to heaven.
For the Celtic peoples, the New Year was celebrated on November 1st of every year. This date marked the end of Summer and the beginning of Winter.This time of year was often associated with human death.
• People also pray for a good harvest andspread the supplies into the fields. People, after burning paper, cut colored paper into pieces ,and then wrapped in the crops.
• It's a feast(盛宴) to the Christian liturgical (礼拜仪 式 ) . It's the reason of the twelve days of Christmastide. Christmas is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians.
The Celts also wore costumes to disguise themselves, in an attempt to confuse the spirits roaming the Earth.
The Custom of Ghost Festival
• on July 15, people float River Lanterns to Pay homage ( 致 敬 )to the dead . People used to make lanterns which made of wood colored paper. Then put a candle in the lanterns. Let the candle light guide dead souls.
Valentine's day
The differences
1. origin
2. custom
Double Seventh Festival
ZhiNv, the youngest daughter of the Queen of Heaven,loved a poor orphan cowherd called NiuLang.They spend beatiful times with each other. But Queen of Heaven knew that and ordered them break up. She taked ZhiNv back to Heaven. Fearing that the young man would catch up, she took out her hair spin and drew a big river across the sky, known to the Chinese as the Silvery River. She wanted to separate the family forever. However, all the magpies in the world, deeply touched by the story, came to their rescue. Each year, on the seventh day of the seventh month, they would flock together to form a bridge so that the family may enjoy a brief reunion. The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. Hence their meeting date has been called "Qi Xi" (Double Seventh).
