• 
    

    
    

      99热精品在线国产_美女午夜性视频免费_国产精品国产高清国产av_av欧美777_自拍偷自拍亚洲精品老妇_亚洲熟女精品中文字幕_www日本黄色视频网_国产精品野战在线观看 ?

      FAMILY MATTERS

      2015-12-28 11:05:20
      漢語世界 2015年1期
      關(guān)鍵詞:劉玨慶春家庭聚會(huì)

      FAMILY MATTERS

      A family reunion you don’t want to miss

      冬至這天,有黃家人的年度家庭聚會(huì),也有平地村黃氏大宗祠里最熱鬧的祭祖儀式

      PHOTOGRAPHS BY MENG QINGCHUN (孟慶春) ,

      TEXT BY LIU JUE (劉玨)

      Winter solstice marks the shortest day in the northern hemisphere; perhaps this was the reason for the Huang family’s annual reunion—celebrating being halfway out of the dark. Given the fact that there are over one thousand extended family members coming over, the shortest day possible is certainly a blessing for anyone forced to put on a smile for the arduous duty of maintaining family spirit.

      Joking aside, the Huang family of Pingdi Village in Foshan City, Guangdong Province, have been there for almost a century. Originally from the Yangtze River

      Delta, their ancestors decided to move south to escape the constant war and upheaval. Over the past century, the family became successful in Guangzhou, as its members spread all over the country and abroad.

      Like all large clans with wealth and reputation, the Huangs have kept a grand ancestral hall at their home base. A sacred place for the spirit of the ancestors to rest and guard the family, it also serves as the venue for local festive occasions such as weddings and birthdays. First built in the Ming Dynasty (1368 –1644), the ancestral hall, though “protected” by the spirits, has gone through a number of tribulations, including being vandalized during the Cultural Revolution and used by the local government as a conference hall, teahouse, and later a warehouse. In the 1990s, donations from the Huangs restored their ancestral hall to its former glory, having been given the status of a historic relic site and continuing to serve as a spiritual symbol to unite the family.

      Winter solstice worship is one of the two major Chinese ancestral worship events throughout the year, the other being the Qingming Festival in the spring. On this day, seniors over 60 in the Huang family pray in a group in front of the shrine and later, as with every family reunion, pose for a photo together. Everyone is treated to a grand feast while they chatter on into the night—the Chinese family experience.

      THE FESTIVE OCCASION BLENDS THE OLD AND THE NEW, APPARENTLY CALLING FOR BOTH TRADITIONAL DRESS AND SELFIES

      BEFORE THE MORNING RITUAL TAKES PLACE, AN ELDERLY FAMILY MEMBER POSES FOR A PICTURE IN THE NEWLY-DECORATED COURTYARD OF THE ANCESTRAL HALL

      THE SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY, TIRED FROM THE DAY’S GRAND EVENT, TAKE A BIT OF TIME FOR A MIDDAY NAP

      THIS WINTER EVENT IS A PERFECT OCCASION FOR YOUNG BOYS TO LEARN THE HISTORY OF THE FAMILY

      FORBIDDEN FROM ENTERING THE ANCESTRAL HALL, BUT TODAY A SELECT FEW CAN JOIN THE WORSHIP. HOWEVER, IT’S STILL NOT THE NORM FOR WOMEN TO ATTEND AT ALL.

      A GROUP PHOTO OF THE ELDERS AND THE YOUNGSTERS IN FRONT OF THE MAIN HALL

      A GRAND FEAST TO FEED THE ENTIRE FAMILY CARRIES ON INTO THE NIGHT

      猜你喜歡
      劉玨慶春家庭聚會(huì)
      廚房的桌面
      Paint the Town
      MUST-SEE MOVIES AND SERIES
      漢語世界(2020年6期)2020-12-06 04:06:36
      A FIRST FAREWELL
      漢語世界(2020年5期)2020-10-23 07:20:36
      Share And Happy
      家庭聚會(huì)增強(qiáng)父母幸福感
      MUST-SEE MOVIES AND SERIES
      漢語世界(2020年3期)2020-06-19 08:51:54
      MUST-SEE MOVIES AND SERIES
      漢語世界(2020年2期)2020-04-29 09:53:56
      開漁后的博賀漁港總是忙碌而又充滿生機(jī)
      熊貓?zhí)募彝ゾ蹠?huì)
      幼兒畫刊(2017年7期)2017-07-25 09:32:47
      盐山县| 木里| 三亚市| 盐山县| 大同市| 来安县| 宝丰县| 大埔区| 威宁| 乌什县| 松桃| 那坡县| 娱乐| 绥棱县| 高陵县| 社旗县| 剑川县| 泾阳县| 丹棱县| 龙州县| 蓬安县| 荥经县| 榕江县| 浏阳市| 五指山市| 侯马市| 桃园县| 奉节县| 漳州市| 阿巴嘎旗| 玛多县| 汝南县| 长宁区| 子长县| 九江县| 云林县| 南乐县| 镶黄旗| 富顺县| 吉水县| 当雄县|