Tianheng Sea Sacrifice Festival： The Chinese-Style Carnival

• 作者: Hongjuan Zhao
• 来源期刊: 哲学研究：英文版
• 学科: 政治法律
• 关键词: Tianheng SEA SACRIFICE festival ritual SEA gods CARNIVAL
• 年，卷（期）: zxyjywb_2017,（6）
• 页码范围: 298-304
• 页数: 7页
• 分类号: D80

摘要

The Sea Sacrifice Festival in Tianheng town, Qingdao, China starts from Ming dynasty and enjoys a history ofmore than 500 years. As the largest and most famous festival of offering sacrifice to the sea in China, it developsfrom the traditional ritual performed by fishermen, who intended to pray for blessing and safety from the God ofthe Sea into a huge carnival attending by thousands of people to express their aspiration for a wonderful life andbright future. This day, the sea sacrifice festival has the new social values and cultural connotations due to thechange of life style, the rise of intangible cultural heritage protection activities, and the integration of many otherculture elements, such as Yanko, drum, and Peking opera performance.