【Penang Event】The Burning Ritual Of The Biggest God Of Hades Statue | Hungry Ghost Festival

Hungry Ghost Festival at Bukit Mertajam

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At the beginning of the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival, the urn masters will bring the urns to the celebrated location and then a ritual will be performed to invite the God of Hades to that place. And during the end of the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival, the God of Hades will be sent back to where he came from. This is done by burning the paper statue of the God of Hades. In some case where there are no paper statue of God of Hades, they will just simply burn the joss papers.

【槟城活动】火化大山脚埠众盂兰胜会大士爷 | 鬼节

大山脚埠众盂兰胜会

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在盂兰胜会开始的时候，炉主们将会把炉请到盂兰盛会的地点然后为大士爷点眼开光。大士爷被开光后就意味着大士爷已被请到普渡的场地了。当然，在盂兰盛会结束时，大士爷将会通过火化大士爷纸扎金身被送回地府。没有纸扎金身的盂兰盛会则将会以焚烧金银纸欢送大士爷。

海墘码头区盂兰盛会之请火仪式

山海阴阳殿的请火仪式

在华人的民间信仰文化里，请火是一个相当重要的仪式。长年间，被安奉在庙里的神明的力量会不断地减弱，所以必须请火再次把神明的力量从新充满。庙方会回到神明的原始地把神明再一次的请到庙里去。