农历正月初九玉皇大帝诞辰!!
edward1123
February 23, 2010, 12:15 PM posted in General DiscussionMaybe you don't know about 玉皇大帝(1).he is one of the greatest gods in Chinese curlture.And yesterday,农历正月初九(2) was his birthday.Lucky enough I was traveling in 兴城(3) there is a temple 供奉(4) 玉皇大帝.I had the honor to worship him at his birthday,with my best wishes.and I will be lucky all this year.so do you~my firends!
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(1)玉皇大帝:the god in the legendry sky palace.the leader of the god in the palace.goven heaven land sea and hell.
(2)农历正月初九:It says,there is another counting methed of date called 农历.and the first month is called 正月.and the 9th day is called 初九.
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the 1-10 is called 初+num ,after 11 we say the number directly.
(3)a beautiful town in northeast of china.you can google it.I puted a tip on this word just want to suggest a place you can go after beijing shanghai etc.
(4)a movement in ceremony to show the esteem of god or dead relations.
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thanks for read my article...I want to tell you more but I have limited standard of English.wish I will be better in the next time.
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I will show you a picture of this tour in the next post.
changye
February 24, 2010, 01:09 AMHi edward1123
Many thanks for the nice post. "玉皇大帝" was completely new to me. According to 百度百科,the God's name “玉皇大帝” is short for “昊天金阙无上至尊自然妙有弥罗至真玉皇上帝”. How long it is!