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Post by galvatron prime on Jan 29, 2023 16:03:01 GMT
Happy Hokkien New Year 2023 To All Friends.
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Post by Admin on Jan 30, 2023 4:27:47 GMT
Wait...so there's a Chinese new year, and then also Hokkien new year?
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Post by chefying on Jan 31, 2023 2:33:35 GMT
Wait...so there's a Chinese new year, and then also Hokkien new year? The 9th day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar is the Festival of the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor 玉皇大帝 is the supreme deity in the Taoist belief. The belief is that the Jade Emperor once helped save the people in the FuJian Province from their persecutors. The people hid in the sugar cane fields, and survived on the sugar canes. On the 9th day of the First Lunar Month, the FuJianese emerged from the sugar cane fields to find that their persecutors had left. This led to the belief that the Jade Emperor saved the FuJianese, which lead to the FuJianese celebrating this day in a more exuberant manner than the first day of Chinese New Year itself. Due to this massive scale of celebration by the FuJianese on the 9th day, it is a common misconception that the 9th day of the First Month is the FuJianese New Year. "FuJian" in the FuJian dialect is pronounced "Hokkien", hence FuJian and Hokkien is used interchangeably in South East Asia.
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Post by Admin on Jan 31, 2023 2:47:11 GMT
Wait...so there's a Chinese new year, and then also Hokkien new year? The 9th day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar is the Festival of the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor 玉皇大帝 is the supreme deity in the Taoist belief. The belief is that the Jade Emperor once helped save the people in the FuJian Province from their persecutors. The people hid in the sugar cane fields, and survived on the sugar canes. On the 9th day of the First Lunar Month, the FuJianese emerged from the sugar cane fields to find that their persecutors had left. This led to the belief that the Jade Emperor saved the FuJianese, which lead to the FuJianese celebrating this day in a more exuberant manner than the first day of Chinese New Year itself. Due to this massive scale of celebration by the FuJianese on the 9th day, it is a common misconception that the 9th day of the First Month is the FuJianese New Year. "FuJian" in the FuJian dialect is pronounced "Hokkien", hence FuJian and Hokkien is used interchangeably in South East Asia. Thanks for the explanation. I lived in Fujian and celebrated CNY once there, but never heard of it before. It's really an eye-opening!
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Post by chefying on Jan 31, 2023 7:01:46 GMT
Thanks for the explanation. I lived in Fujian and celebrated CNY once there, but never heard of it before. It's really an eye-opening![/quote] I wonder if this practice is more popular in South East Asia than in China. If it is not heard of in China, I wonder if the FuJianese were persecuted in South East Asia as opposed to China, so this 9th day major celebration is practiced only in South East Asia. I am just guessing here.
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Post by yenchin on Feb 3, 2023 8:30:21 GMT
Among the Hokkien people here in Taiwan (mainly from Southern Fujian), most of the people just observe the Jade Emperor's birthday (by more firecrackers and worshipping). Regarding the New Year, in recent years, there has been some (limited) revival of the "Lamp Monkey God" story, where the Lamp Monkey (god of Fujian traditional oil lamp frames) was furious that humans forgot about him and falsely accused humans of being evil when making his annual report to the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor ordered an earthquake (or deluge) to destroy the lands. When the other house gods learned of this they appealed to the Jade Emperor and informed the humans, hence all the New Year's Eve observance. Eventually the Jade Emperor sent gods to confirm the Monkey's accusations and found them all false, so he cancelled the doomsday. The humans celebrated their survival. Understanding that the Lamp Monkey was the cause behind this, since that day the humans would burn their lamp monkeys annually. (The purpose of this story might be some tale used to renew the lamp monkeys since they're usually made of bamboo and wear down easily resulting in fire hazards.) Picture of a Lantern Monkey, the oil is put in a small dish and supported by it.
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