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Dajiao
Sign in to savethumb|Tai Ping Ching Chiu in Hong Kong Dajiao, () called the Taiping Qingjiao or Taai ping ching jiu in Hong Kong, () is a Taoist ritual and festival which is performed every year.
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thumb|Tai Ping Ching Chiu in Hong Kong Dajiao, () called the Taiping Qingjiao or Taai ping ching jiu in Hong Kong, () is a Taoist ritual and festival which is performed every year.
The ritual is to pray and request the Taoist Deities to bestow peace and harmony in the particular neighborhood or location. Pak Tai is the most popular Chinese Deity for this religious service and rituals. Believers have to abstain from meat and eat vegetarian food at the festival. It is performed across Greater China: Sichuan, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong and Hong Kong.
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