My group project idea is to portray the superstitions and tradition to be done during the 7th month of the Chinese calendar system. To be exact, it is called the Ghost Festival and usually the strongest at 14th.
Usually, during that time, the current living family members have to pay respect to their ancestor by visiting their graves, cleaning the tombstones, give offerings (ex: fruits, their favourite foods, and sometimes chinese wine), also burning some incense and some paper money. This paper money is intended for them to use in their afterlife. Because what the Chinese believe of afterlife is hell, not heaven. And when you die, you did not have anything. So, this kind burning paper money tradition is necessary.
Why my group chose this topic as a project is that because it is quite interesting and we always thought doing these thing is normal. But to non-chinese, it is quite thing to grasp. Furthermore, to the British who do no believe in ghost and believe in science, this Ghost Festival could give them another insight of what is happening on other culture.
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