Dajiao
{{Short description|Taoist festival}}
{{Infobox Chinese
|t=打醮
|j=Da3 ziu3
|y=Da jiu
|p=Dǎ jiào
|l=Worshipping the gods
|altname=Taai ping ching jiu
|t2=太平清醮
|j2=Taai3 ping4 cing1 ziu3
|y2=Taai pìhng chīng jiu
|l2=The Purest Sacrifice Celebrated for Great Peace
|image = Da Jiu Festival (141229895).jpg
|caption = Cheung Chau Bun Festival
}}
Dajiao, ({{zh|c=打醮}})New Journey Through History 1A. Kan, Nelson Y. Y. and Tang, Miranda K. L. Published by Aristo Education Press LTD. called the Taiping Qingjiao or Taai ping ching jiu in Hong Kong, ({{zh|c=太平清醮|labels=no}}) is a Taoist ritual and festival which is performed every year.
The ritual is to pray and request the Taoist Deities to bestow peace and harmony in the particular neighborhood or location. Pak Tai is the most popular Chinese Deity for this religious service and rituals. Believers have to abstain from meat and eat vegetarian food at the festival. It is performed across Greater China: Sichuan, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong and Hong Kong.
Hong Kong
The festival name is transliterated as Tai Ping Ching Chiu from Cantonese. Some of these festivals are called Da Jiu Festival, a famous one of which is the Cheung Chau Bun Festival. This festival is also practiced in Hong Kong in Sheung Shui Wai, New Territories, Yuen Long and Kam Sheung Road.
References
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Further reading
- {{cite journal|last=Choi |first=C.C.|author-link1=|year=1990|title=Studies on Hong Kong Jiao Festivals |journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch|volume=30|pages=26–43 |url=https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/6961e3917fbbd2702e62721f4604d7d8.pdf |issn=1991-7295|accessdate=}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Chan |first1=Wing-Hoi |authorlink= |year= 1986|title=Observations at the Jiu festival of Shek O and Tai Long Wan,1986 |journal= Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch|volume= 26 |pages= 78–101|doi= |url= https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/0925de9a4d55733e2cedc09f188675fc.pdf |issn= 1991-7295|accessdate= }}
- {{cite journal|last=Chan |first=Wing-hoi |author-link= |year=1989|title=The Dangs of Kam Tin and Their Jiu Festival |journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch|volume=29 |pages=302–375 |url=http://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/c084c39fe9137f5068aa899db19b9d7c.pdf|issn=1991-7295|accessdate=}}
External links
{{Commons category|Da Jiu Festivals}}
- [http://www.thaiworldview.com/hongkong/feast/taiping.htm thaiworldview.com - Tai Ping Ching Chiu]
Category:Festivals in Hong Kong
Category:Religion in Hong Kong
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