historical folk pilgrimage association
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
folk association organized for pilgrimages to burn incense at temples (historical)
archaicRefers to traditional folk religious organizations in old China, where groups of pilgrims would travel together to famous mountains or temples to burn incense. These associations often had organized leadership (会首) and regular seasonal activities.
Yé爷
ye爷
nián年
qīng轻
shí时
cān参
jiā加
guo过
Miào妙
fēng峰
shān山
de的
xiāng香
huì会
。
Grandpa participated in the Miaofeng Mountain pilgrimage association when he was young.
Xiāng香
huì会
tōng通
cháng常
yǒu有
huì会
shǒu首
fù负
zé责
zǔ组
zhī织
xìn信
tú徒
yī一
qǐ起
jìn进
xiāng香
。
Pilgrimage associations usually had a leader responsible for organizing believers to burn incense together.
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Jiù旧
Běi北
jīng京
de的
xiāng香
huì会
huó活
dòng动
fēi非
cháng常
shèng盛
xíng行
。
Pilgrimage association activities were extremely popular in old Beijing.
Tā他
men们
zǔ组
chéng成
le了
xiāng香
huì会
，
dìng定
qī期
qù去
Tài泰
shān山
cháo朝
bài拜
。
They formed an incense association and regularly went to Mount Tai to worship.