=[L]ing 的无聊日记=

正月初八is the 拜天公day rite？？
think so.. coz yesterday night i went to my grandma house to 拜天公..
as i become older, i find these 拜拜 stuffs very interesting..

yesterday night is probably my first time to 拜天公 and i think it was very grand..




原来拜天公need so many many stuffs..

yup.. besides doing the usual using 香to 拜拜, we still need to 敬酒..
the most 壮观is the part when we 送 the god up to heaven.. this is when we burnt all the 冥纸元宝..


you will need to surround the house with lots and lots of the 冥纸元宝 so that everything will be burnt smoothly..
the two sticks at the side of the house are bamboo sticks.. the unprocessed bamboo sticks (that's why u can see the shoots)..
anyway, my uncle told me that bamboo shoots are needed coz when the god is being 追杀by the bad guys, it is the 竹林 that saved him..

after everything is ready, it is time to send the god off.. i.e burn the 冥纸and the house..


oo... very 壮观leh.. starting still got the "piak piak" sound which comes from the burning of the bamboo shoots.. den the whole thing juz burnt so fiercely..
there are also small little "typhoon" of ashes..
according to the chinese mythology explanation, it is the 天兵天将that have come to fetch the god..
but according to science, it is coz cold air rushes in when the hot air rises.. causing the little "typhoon"..

at that time, the chinese explanation seems to make sense.. ha..


P/s: can anyone tell me if it is possible to upload video clips to my blog?