Attend Traditional Dance Class in School 2020.03.06
我今天和昕霖(Vincent )一起上了新的課程，一個從來沒見過的陳老師來介紹十二婆姐，那是一種傳統的表演，老師說以後還要介紹婆姐的故事，希望下個星期趕快來！我還想繼續聽故事！
Vincent and I attended a new traditional Chinese dance class today. Today is the first day of our traditional dance class. Mr. Chen, who works in an opera troupe came to our class. He introduced a special traditional Chinese dance, called "twelve pochie folk art performance." Mr. Chen talked about the origin of the traditional dance story. Let me shared it with you guys.
In the folk
legend, pochie are subordinates or maids of Madam Lin Shui who is a goddess
believed by people in Taiwan and southern Fujian Province, China. She takes
charge of miscarriage prevention and smooth delivery, and she is considered the
protector goddess of women and young children. Legend has it that Madam Lin
Shui lived in Fujian Province in the Tang Dynasty and that her name was Chen
Jing-Gu. She learned about magic and helped her hometown kill monsters and
expel devils. Later, Fujian Province was stricken by a serious drought, and
although Chen Jing-Gu was pregnant at that time, she still set up an altar to
pray for rain. Finally, there was timely rainfall after a long drought.
However, she died from a miscarriage at the age of 24. After Chen Jing-Gu
passed away, her village people built a temple to enshrine her, and she became
a goddess who protects women and children. She is called Madam Lin Shui and
Goddess of Childbirth. If a pregnant woman wants to have a smooth delivery or a
child cries and is frightened, people can pray to Chen Jing-Gu for protection. It is worth mentioning that in folk customs, women are forbidden to
enter a temple when they are on their menstrual periods. However, as Madam Lin
Shui is the protector goddess of women and children, the rules are bent here
and women can still worship the goddess in her temple during their menstrual
periods.
Mr. Chen told us he will continue the story in the next class. We
are looking forward to listening to the story next week.
