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    Golden Mountain for the deaths: the merit making in the ninth Chinese Lunar month


    The first week or so in October, when the first day of the ninth Chinese lunar month has descended, many Thais with Chinese roots nationwide would start refraining from consuming meat and other animal products as a means to observe the precepts and make a merit.



    Among famous venues for this Chinese Vegetarian Festival is Phuket where there is a long-time tradition of a spectacular street procession of body piercing and fire walking as a means to worship Gods.


    But in Ban Bueng district in Chonburi province, a number of Chinese descendants gathered quietly at their aged Shrine and Vegetarian House, Buan Hok Tua, to make a merit to their predecessors as well as family members who passed away.


    Since the first day of the ninth Chinese Lunar month, Ban Bueng Chinese descendants dressed in white like other Chinese and observed the precepts by refraining from meat and animal products consumption.


    Food shops in the district were decorated with yellow flags suggesting that vetgetarian food was available. People also went to the Shrine to worship Gods and make a merit.


    Normally Chinese descendants would burn joss papers or the “ghost or spirit money” in front of their houses as part of their worshipping to Gods or their predecessors. However during the Vegetarian Festival, Ban Bueng Chinese descendants brought their joss papers to the Shrine, piled them up together to build the “Golden Mountain for the deaths”, and burnt it together at once, suggesting their joint intention and community ties to send the orange flames to the sky as if trying to communicate with Gods and ghosts that the Vegetarian Festival has been observed with merit making for them by their decendants here once again.

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    Cool pic and info. Cheers.

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    Literally just came back from a weekend away in Pattaya and stopped half=way at a restaurant called Chonburi Mountain.

    Whilst driving up we saw a few Chinese graves and met a mate at the restaurant who told me if you keep going up you will see a load more and a hiking trail which is free for Thais and 200 baht for the round eyes.

    Anyhoo. The restaurant is worth a go if around the area...https://www.facebook.com/chonburimountain/

    Nothing too fancy, but set on a lake with a few boats and a nice view.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bogon View Post
    Whilst driving up we saw a few Chinese graves and met a mate at the restaurant who told me if you keep going up you will see a load more
    Interesting enough wee tidbit.

    The graves have their names in red and green writing.

    The green names are the family members that are still alive (and presumably visiting their own grave once a year or so)

    Then they're painted in red after they die and are buried.


    Must be a bit weird, visiting your own grave and seeing your name already on it.

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    ^ Wow, you're not just a pretty face.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bogon View Post
    Wow, you're not just a pretty face.
    Just keep it hush hush bud.

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