Treasure, Orientation and the Ancestors
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Duration: 01:22:01
Country/Region:
Mainland China
Release Year: 2021
Release Year: 2021
Publish Date: 09 June 2023 00:00:00 UTC
Story:
The Four-Day Taiping Qing Jiao is celebrated from the second to the fifth day of the ninth month on the Chinese lunar calendar each year in the Laifang village, West Fujian. The ritual includes blessings, sacrifice ancestors, divination, exorcism, and many other processes. The climax of those is the Bai-wu-fang ritual on the fifth day of the ninth Lunar month. Lai lineage in the village performed this ritual also to sacrifice their ancestors. Before the traditional stage , villages put tables in five directions（East, West, South, North and Middle）, setting on the heirlooms of all ethnic groups on the tables, to show their wealth and power.
The Four-Day Taiping Qing Jiao is celebrated from the second to the fifth day of the ninth month on the Chinese lunar calendar each year in the Laifang village, West Fujian. The ritual includes blessings, sacrifice ancestors, divination, exorcism, and many other processes. The climax of those is the Bai-wu-fang ritual on the fifth day of the ninth Lunar month. Lai lineage in the village performed this ritual also to sacrifice their ancestors. Before the traditional stage , villages put tables in five directions（East, West, South, North and Middle）, setting on the heirlooms of all ethnic groups on the tables, to show their wealth and power.
Cast
Guishuzhong
Directors
Runtime :
83
minutes
Language :
Minsi Hakka
Subtitles :
Chinese, English
Tags :
#Hakka-Culture, #Traditional-Festival, #Visual-Anthropology
Director‘s Statement
This film records the whole process of this festival, interpreting the meanings of all rituals, especially how the field expresses the Wu-Ying Army, Feng-shui and other symbolic symbols through treasures, Taoist beliefs and ancestor faith in this Hakka village.
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Cast
Guishuzhong
Director
