Shen Dzu
Shen Dzu or God Pig (Traditional Chinese: 神豬, Simplified Chinese: 神猪; Mandarin Pinyin: shénzhū, Wade-Giles: shen-chu, Hokkien POJ: sîn-tu) are pigs fattened for use in Hakka religious and cultural ceremonies, particularly the Yimin Festival popular in northern Taiwan. Pigs are fattened in a process similar to (and as controversial as) gavage to make them as large as possible in preparation for contests and awards at the festival. Many pigs end up weighing over 800 kilograms and some pigs even weigh more than 900 kilograms, though some growers cheat by force feeding the pigs lead or sand before the weighing. The pig is then ritually killed as a sacrifice to a city god or a local deity, the most popular of these deities being Qingshui Zushi, ironically a deified Buddhist monk.
Shen Dzu
Shen Dzu or God Pig (Traditional Chinese: 神豬, Simplified Chinese: 神猪; Mandarin Pinyin: shénzhū, Wade-Giles: shen-chu, Hokkien POJ: sîn-tu) are pigs fattened for use in Hakka religious and cultural ceremonies, particularly the Yimin Festival popular in northern Taiwan. Pigs are fattened in a process similar to (and as controversial as) gavage to make them as large as possible in preparation for contests and awards at the festival. Many pigs end up weighing over 800 kilograms and some pigs even weigh more than 900 kilograms, though some growers cheat by force feeding the pigs lead or sand before the weighing. The pig is then ritually killed as a sacrifice to a city god or a local deity, the most popular of these deities being Qingshui Zushi, ironically a deified Buddhist monk.
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Lo Shen Dzu o Shenzhu (Cinese ...... osti durante i festeggiamenti.
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Shen Dzu or God Pig (Tradition ...... create decorated pig statues.
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神豬(神のブタ シェンチュー)は、台湾で旧暦の1月6日(新暦 ...... 、市中に展示することをメインイベントに開催される祭りである。
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神豬(闽南语:豬公,白話字:ti-kong)為道教或民間信仰祭典中,所用牲禮之一,一般指經過刻意增肥豢養的家豬。特別盛行於台灣。
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Lo Shen Dzu o Shenzhu (Cinese ...... osti durante i festeggiamenti.
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Shen Dzu or God Pig (Tradition ...... cally a deified Buddhist monk.
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神豬(神のブタ シェンチュー)は、台湾で旧暦の1月6日(新暦 ...... 、市中に展示することをメインイベントに開催される祭りである。
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神豬(闽南语:豬公,白話字:ti-kong)為道教或民間信仰祭典中,所用牲禮之一,一般指經過刻意增肥豢養的家豬。特別盛行於台灣。
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Shen Dzu
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Shen Dzu
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神豬
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神豬
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