This time Purdue is located in Yilan County, Jiaoxi Township, Taiwan, and the temple of the Marshal Third Prince in Deyang Palace.
During the ghost month of the Chinese lunar calendar, to honor the spirits of the deceased!!!
這次普度的地點是台灣的宜蘭縣、礁溪鄉、德陽宮中壇元帥三太子的廟宇；在華人的農曆鬼月期間內，都可以祭拜鬼魂!!!
Some people will be in their homes on the 15th of the lunar calendar Worship at the house door out, some people will follow the worship time of the temple to worship.
有些人家會在農曆15日在自己家門口祭拜，有些人會跟著廟宇的祭拜時間，來祭拜。
On the square of the temple, the temple staff will prepare a lot of tables for nearby residents to place their offerings!!
在廟宇的廣場上，廟方人員會準備很多桌子，給付近的住戶，前來擺放自己的供品!!
Because many nearby residents will participate in this custom, the staff of the temple may expand the site and set up temporary spaces for residents to use.
因為附近很多的居民都會參與這向習俗，所以廟方的工作人員還或擴大場地，搭設臨時的空間，給居民使用。
The nearby businesses that do business have better financial capabilities, so they will making food offerings to honor the spirits of the deceased,like in the photo, there are a few dozen boxes of sodas.
附近作生意的商家，經濟能力比較好，所以他們擺放的供品，數量也會比較大量；像照片中，就有店家擺放了10幾20幾箱的汽水。
There are also many people who will order cakes together and worship together; after the worship, they will be distributed to nearby residents!!!
也有許多人會共同的訂製糕點，一同祭拜；祭拜後再分給付近的居民!!!
Introduce to everyone, the traditional Chinese festival!!So what’s the story of the day?
The Hell Gate opens once a year in September and all of those ghosts will rush to our world.
跟大家介紹，華人的傳統節日!!這個節日的緣由是啥？每年的九月這個時候，地府的鬼門會開啟，成千上萬的鬼魂會在這時候蜂擁到我們的世界來。
Have you seen Taiwanese people burn praying cash and place food by the grave? We believe our ancients need those cash and food in hell.
Everyone buys a lot of things for the Midyear Festival. It is one of our representative festival, and Kids love the day because there will be extra snacks and drink for Kids or everyone.
你有看過台灣人在墳墓前燒紙錢和放食物吧！？因為我們相信我們的祖先在地府會很需要這些錢和吃的。
大家都準備很多中元節祭拜物品。中元節是我們具有指標性的節日其中一個，小朋友很愛這天因為到時候有很多零食和飲料可以吃。
The seventh lunar month is traditionally regarded as Ghost Month, which is why The Ghost Festival is celebrated on its 15th day. It’s a blend of Taoist and Buddhist beliefs and rituals.
Since ancient times, Chinese people have believed that the gates of hell open up on the day of the festival, so people do things like releasing water lanterns, burning incense and joss paper, and making food offerings to honor the spirits of the deceased.
農曆七月傳統上被視為鬼月，也是為什麼中元節會在該月十五日的原因，它融合了道教和佛教的思想與儀式，自古以來，中國人一直相信鬼門在當天打開，所以人們透過放水燈、燒香和紙錢以及供奉食物等活動祭祀亡靈。
In addition to offering sacrifices to the undead through activities such as releasing water lanterns, burning incense, paper money, and offering food, there will also be performances of “Taiwanese Opera” for ghosts to watch and make them happy!!!
除了透過放水燈、燒香和紙錢以及供奉食物等活動祭祀亡靈外，也會有”歌仔戲”的演出，表演給鬼魂看，讓鬼魂開心!!!
Now, some ghost are not that lucky, most of them didn’t have family when they were alive, don’ t even mention about food or money, that is why we feed them on The Chungyuan Festival, to show respect and do the Pu Tu for them. So basically, it is kind of memorial Day for the spirits.
回到中元節主題，有些鬼就不是那麼幸運了，因為他們大多數在世間時無親無故的，更不用說錢和食物了。這就是為什麼我們在中元節要給祂們吃的，以表示我們的敬意和替祂們做普渡。所以，基本上這是一個紀念先靈的日子。
It’s a bit like Halloween, “trick or treat” means very similar to wanting to eat candy!!
就有點像萬聖節，” trick or treat”想要糖果吃的意思很相近!!
