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Every year, during the 3rd lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Vegetarian Food Festival takes place in Thailand. There is the extreme version in Phuket, but there is also a peaceful one here in Bangkok. In this video, we will tell you all about the origins of this festival, and when and where it is celebrated. If you want to see our other video, where we show you what to eat during this festival, click the link in the description below.
The yearly “Tesagan Gin Che”, the Vegetarian Food Festival derives from the Taoism, an ancient religion from China. Because many Chinese people have moved throughout Asia, this event is adapted in Thailand, and surrounding countries. The practicers of the festival devote themselves to not eat meat for nine days. Many amongst them do not consume animal products at all.
In Bangkok, the festival takes place in the famous Chinatown, home to around 200,000 residents with many of them having Chinese ancestry. The Festival takes place in the 3rd Lunar month of the Chinese calendar. In roman calendar, dates vary, but mostly takes place in October. This year, the festival is celebrated from 8 of October till 17 of October.
The food festival derives from ancient beliefs. The festival is to honor the Nine Emperor Gods that control the movements of planets and decide over Life and Death. In popular Folklore, they were imaged as pirates plotting to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. However, religion objects this and honors them as high-ranking star lords.
In the 19th century, Chinese opera performers visited phuket at a time the island fell victim to a malaria plague. The ill-fallen artists began praying to the Nine Emperor Gods, begged for a purified body and mind, and restricted themselves to eating vegetarian. Amazed by what they saw, the Thai locals celebrated this phenomenon to honor the Nine Gods. Grateful for this holy intervention, the Thai people have started the adaptation of what we know as of today as Tesagan Gin Che.
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