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香港盂蘭勝會

Hongkong · People's Republic of China

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盂蘭勝會中的“盂蘭”由梵文「Ullambana」譯來的,意為“救倒懸”,即救度亡魂倒懸之苦,是來自民間《目蓮救母》的故事;“勝會”是指一大群人舉行活動的意思。相傳陰司地府在七月初一大開鬼門關,直到七月三十日才再次關閉,七月十四日佛教定為「盂蘭盆會」,而道教則稱為「中元普渡」(詳見中元節與盂蘭盆節)。

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article „香港盂蘭勝會“ (zh.wikipedia.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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