In a post introducing Tianya forum, Lyn Jeffery of Virtal China Blog translated a news story about a custom – Great Pig Contest – in Chaoshan area, which draws some different comments from netizens:
Guanlong, Denghai [in Guangdong province] has the custom of an annual “Great Pig Contest.” This contest is a folk ceremony for celebrating an abundant year, similar to praying for a bumper harvest and prosperity….
…All one can see is over 500 flayed-open fat pigs, each spread on a wooden frame about 1 meter in height…These porcine offerings have their heads held high and their mouths stuffed with tangerines….[Full Text]
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