{"id":1916,"date":"2021-08-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/?p=1916"},"modified":"2022-07-29T09:55:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T09:55:05","slug":"spirit-festivals-japan-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/teaching-conversation\/spirit-festivals-japan-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Spirit Festivals in Japan and Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The spirits of the dead are back in the world of the living, or so it\u2019s believed in many parts of East Asia. And Japan and Taiwan \u2013 where many of our students are from \u2013 will have festivals in their honor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So what does this mean for our students? You\u2019ll find some relevant questions below as well as words and phrases (bolded) worth teaching when discussing this topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"obon-in-japan\">Obon in Japan \ud83e\udea6<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Japan, it\u2019s time for \u201cObon.\u201d Celebrated in mid-August, Obon is one of the country\u2019s biggest holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How many days off do you get for Obon?<\/li><li>What\u2019s your favorite holiday? What about your least favorite?<\/li><li>How important would you say Obon is to you?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival is traditionally about <strong>paying respect to<\/strong> <strong>ancestors<\/strong>. As <a href=\"https:\/\/ruor.uottawa.ca\/handle\/10393\/41705\">an anthropologist explains<\/a>, the traditional Japanese family \u201cis not only about the living members but it also extends into the past and future, with everyone working towards a common goal of ensuring the families\u2019 success both in the present and future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These days, ancestors play a much smaller role in the family than before. However many traditions relating to them are very much alive, and the holiday remains largely centered on the family. For example, many Japanese people return to their hometowns and visit family<strong> graves<\/strong>, where they pray to their ancestors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What do you normally do for Obon? Do you have any family traditions?&nbsp;<\/li><li>How often do people pray to their ancestors? What do people typically say to their ancestors?&nbsp;<\/li><li>Do you believe it\u2019s important to pay respects to your ancestors?&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" datatext=\"\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/17110312\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1918\" width=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/17110312\/image.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/17110312\/image-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>They\u2019ll also put <strong>offerings<\/strong> in front of their <strong>family shrine<\/strong> at home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do you or anyone you know have a shrine at home? What do you\/they put there? What offerings do you\/they make?<\/li><li>Would you like to have a shrine at home? Why? Why not?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" datatext=\"\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/17110430\/image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1919\" width=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/17110430\/image-1.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/17110430\/image-1-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you look closely, you\u2019ll see a cucumber and eggplant at the top of the photo. Many families make little horses out of cucumbers and cows out of eggplants. These are <strong>traditionally believed to <\/strong>transport the ancestors between the <strong>world of the living<\/strong> and the <strong>world of the dead<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" datatext=\"\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/17110437\/image-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1920\" width=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/17110437\/image-2.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/17110437\/image-2-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The cucumber horses will bring the ancestors to their loved ones quickly while the eggplant cows will take them back to the world of the dead slowly. In recent years, people have gotten creative with their cucumbers and eggplants, making airplanes, ships, and other creative forms of transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I heard that Japanese people make cucumber horses and eggplant cows for Obon. What do they represent? Have you ever made them?<\/li><li>In your culture, how are spirits or <strong>souls<\/strong> transported between the world of the living and the world of the dead? And how is the <strong>afterlife<\/strong> usually portrayed?<\/li><li>What childhood memories do you have of Obon?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the festival, people do a special <strong>send off<\/strong> for the ancestral spirits. This usually involves some traditional dancing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e7SoUIKWkqc\">around a drummer<\/a>. Most famously, in Kyoto, people light <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gozan_no_Okuribi\">giant bonfires<\/a> on the surrounding mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Have you ever participated in an Obon festival dance or danced with your friends or family? If so, what kind of dancing did you do?<\/li><li>When was the last time you went to an Obon festival? What did you do there?<\/li><li>Is there a special way your town or city celebrates Obon?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ghost-month-in-taiwan\">Ghost Month in Taiwan \ud83d\ude4f<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Taiwan, the entire seventh month of the lunar calendar is considered \u201c<strong>Ghost Month<\/strong>\u201d or \u201c<strong>Ghost Season<\/strong>.\u201d While in Japan, the focus is on the spirits of the ancestors, in Taiwan the festival focuses on spirits in general.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For starters, the gates of the <strong>underworld<\/strong> are believed to open on the first day of the month, releasing all spirits back into the world of the living. This <strong>spooky <\/strong>day happens to be today, August 8th!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I heard that the gates of the underworld open on the first day of Ghost Month. Have you done anything in preparation?<\/li><li>What do you think about the spirits who come out? Are they good or bad?&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of these spirits are hungry, so families, shops, and businesses all make offerings of food. There are many reasons people choose to feed the hungry spirits. For example, some believe these offerings help <strong>appease<\/strong> them so they don\u2019t make <strong>mischief<\/strong>, while others believe it\u2019s simply common courtesy to help out a \u201cgood brother\u201d (a euphemism for the spirits).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do you or anyone you know offer any food to the hungry spirits? If so, what are the main <strong>motivations<\/strong> for making these offerings?<\/li><li>I heard people refer to these spirits as \u201cgood brothers.\u201d Why is this?&nbsp;<\/li><li>How come the spirits are hungry? Do they not have food in the underworld?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>An interesting fact is that while offerings to gods and ancestors are placed inside homes and temples, offerings to spirits are often left outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" datatext=\"\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/17110454\/image-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1921\" width=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/17110454\/image-3.jpeg 663w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/17110454\/image-3-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><figcaption>Spirit offerings outside a temple<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is done with all the food after the spirits are done eating?<\/li><li>How do the spirits eat physical food?<\/li><li>Do temples perform any ceremonies to appease the spirits as well?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Fruit and dried foods such as cookies and instant noodles are popular offerings to spirits. A stick of <strong>incense<\/strong> is often also put into the offerings as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I read that instant noodles are often offered to the spirits. Why are these a popular choice? And how would they cook them?<\/li><li>How do people choose what to offer to the spirits? Do people offer any other things like money or clothes?<\/li><li>Why is incense placed into the offerings? Do the spirits eat that too?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of all the <strong>restless<\/strong> spirits <strong>wandering around<\/strong>, there are a lot of <strong>taboos<\/strong> during this month. For example, most people avoid getting married or buying a house this time of year. 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