BY APPOINTMENT
DIAGRAM SHEWING
THE PHENOMENAL INCREASE
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
1036
IN HONGKONG ·
OF
FINDLATER'S
GIN
1035
FOR THE YEARS ENDED
31st December 1933-1937
YET ANOTHER TRIBUTE TO THE QUALITY OF
FINDLATER'S PRODUCTS
1934
1987
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1038.
T. Paul Gregory Writes On
The Festival of The Childless
Chinese
ать
Mother
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M
ono
of
mothers bo In the course of the... year just begun!
The 17th is the last day for the despatch of auch tributes to the
of the most distinc-on the 15th of the 10th moon. vote the evenings when the moon or "protecting deity of the land,” ONE
tive and colourful of Of this triune series, the first is was in full to the pursuit of ples whose nitar may be found in prac all Chinese festivals is that by far the most significant and sure-feasting, gaming and en- tically every rural hamist..
the one which is observed with Joyment.
Consequently, on the 15th observed in certain portions the greatest display of fervour companied by the ladies of his the first moon, or indeed say day
Even the emperor, himself, vie- of Kwangtung on the by the Chinese masses through court, would venture out in regal Immediate to this date which is fifteenth of the first moon. out the vast hinterland of the splendour, riding in chariots incidentally determined by perus
It is the culminating event South.
along the roads, whoso alden woro ng the fung-shing or “Chinese to nacertain in the sequence of popular Like the host of other pictures lined by thousands of lighted lan- almanac in order ceremonial rites marking que and highly interesting feati- torns. In fact, says an old Chi- whether it is auspicious or other vale which grace the Chinese nese book, "so numorous were the wise the Chinese masses buy lan- the season which heralds junar year, this one, in particular, garlands of hanging lanterna terns of various sizes and colours for presentation as offerings to ovory where that glowing the beginning of the year. is of uncertain antiquity. It is night, and amidst their delectable the She-kung.
To the Chinese, the occa-alated on somewhat dubious his radianco could be heard the sound It is reasoned that tho moro
torical authority that the event sion is especially significant had its origin in the balmy days of mirth driving away the cares of lanterns hung above the shrine, as it is the first public of the Tang dynasty (A.D. 01 the present and drowning the sor the more focund will: Chinese observance since the com- 000), when it was customary for rows of bygone years.”
official known
tho mencement of spring-
Chap-kamng to be stationed in which, according to the the streets of Chinese cities for lunar calendar, falls on the the purpose of enforcing an im- fifth-and is therefore a perial prohibition designed to prevent the populace from wander period of especial rejoicing. Ing abroad after dark. However, The fifteenth of the first moon whilst this regulation was strictly occurred this year on Monday of enforced, there was a relaxation: this week (February 14) and the of the ban on the evening of the event is one of the three in the first full moon in the first mouth course of the lunar year which of the year, and as the lugar body was generally at its full about the the Chinese denote as a puen or 15th, this period became the one "beginning." The first is the seized upon by popular imagina-HERE is a strange element of other altora to the She-kung erect-- sheung-yuen or the "upper begin- tion for the observances of espe superstitious PAYO pervading ed in neighbouring villages, and ning," i.c., the 15th of the first cial ceremonies, which have be- the occasion; for in popular cus- will even endeavour to steal ona. moon which is the subject of como exceedingly picturesque and tom ns observed in country dis-of the lanterns hanging thoro this article; the second is the colourful with the passing of the tricts It is incumbent upon fami- (hoping to replace it next year); lles whose households have been for popular belief affirms that chung-yuen, or "middle begin- centuries.
At this epoch in Chinese, his blessed with the birth of a child should a woman be auccessful in ning," which falls on the 16th tory, the occasion was regarded during the past twelve months to her surreptitious attempt to rob of the seventh moon, and the by the masses as an excuse for a signify their expression of grati- the shrine, the chances are that third is the ha-yuen, or "latter general outing, and it became tudo by presenting a lantern to Neung-neung the "Goddess of Ma- beginning," which is celebrated customary for all classes to de-the local shrine of the She-kung,
THE original significance of the
deity, and at this time is hold a
event has been lost, and the curious kind of nuction, when the occasion as observed to-day has villagers assemble at the variou more or less a religious sanctity, shrines although there still existe somo-coloured objects.
to bid for the brightly thing that is suggestive of tho
The underlying motive for their Inarticulato fanfare which seems to delight all who are Sons and Daughters of purchase is In the
hope that the successful bidder T'ang.
win be visited in due season by old Doc Stork. Childless women will even go, so far us to visit
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