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中国鬼节

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ID: 0959 Advanced
你相信世上有鬼吗？你怕鬼吗？在中国一年有很多鬼节。每到鬼节这一天，鬼门关大开，大鬼小鬼都跑出来啦。这时候，人们该怎么办呢？是紧闭门户还是与鬼共舞？还有哪些奇特的习俗呢？让中文播客带你一起去了解中国丰富的鬼文化吧。
Tue Aug 05 2008 | Jenny , Connie
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烧纸 shāozhǐ to burn paper
念叨 niàndao to mumble
祭祀 jìsì worship ancestors
鬼节 guǐjié ghost festival
哎，我昨天晚上看见一个人在十字路口画了个圈烧纸，嘴巴里还念念叨叨的，他在干吗呀？
āi ，wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang kànjiàn yī gè rén zài shízì lùkǒu huà le ge quān shāozhǐ ，zuǐbā li hái niànniandāodāo de ，tā zài gànmá ya ？
Last night I saw a guy at an intersection who had painted a little circle and was burning money inside. He was also chanting or muttering something. What in the world was he doing?
哦，七月十五快到了，他想祭祀一下去世的亲人吧！这在中国挺平常的。
ò ，qīyuèshíwǔ kuài dào le ，tā xiǎng jìsì yīxià qùshì de qīnrén ba ！zhè zài Zhōngguó tǐng píngcháng de 。
Ah, the fifteenth day of the seventh month is coming soon. I bet he was making offerings to a dead relative. It's very common in China.
七月十五是什么日子？
qīyuèshíwǔ shì shénme rìzi ？
What is the fifteenth day of the seventh month ?
是鬼节，其实中国有三大鬼节。除了农历七月十五，还有清明节和寒衣节。寒衣节就是农历十月初一。
shì guǐjié ，qíshí Zhōngguó yǒu sān dà guǐjié 。chúle nónglì qīyuèshíwǔ ，hái yǒu qīngmíngjié hé hányījié 。hányījié jiùshì nónglì shíyuèchūyī 。
It's the Ghost Festival. Actually in China there are three Ghost Festivals. Other than the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, there is also Tomb-Sweeping Day and Winter Clothing Day. Winter clothing day is the first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar.
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