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祭祖吃山頭
Original Chinese synopsis: 元朗屏山鄧氏若虛祖的後人仍然保留春、秋二祭「吃山頭」的習俗。
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0:00新界啲圍村一到春秋二祭,就好多子孫去掛山頭,有啲山頭係「吃山頭」嘅。
0:09吃山頭即係攞隻豬去拜,拜完神就喺度煮,加埋啲配料噉樣。
0:17又要帶埋煮盆菜嗰啲架生啊、材料啊上山,用嘅人手都好大。
0:25煮山頭又容易引起山火,所以而家好多條村冇煮山頭㗎喇,
0:31改用拜金豬或者白豬噉拜神。
0:36但係屏山鄧氏若虛祖,即係維新堂,都有保留吃山頭呢個習俗。
0:44每春秋二祭都去拜一次,係吃山頭嘅。
0:50譬如農曆九月初五,定咗嗰日若虛祖啲子孫都去到屯門龍鼓灘嗰頭
0:59拜祭鄧若虛,然後就吃山頭。
1:03吃山頭要好多預備工夫。啲工人帶埋嗰啲架生啊、嗰啲食材噉。
1:13去到最先就拎隻豬去拜祖先,另外一啲人就喺度搭灶頭,
1:23即係喺個地下度挖個窿嚟燒柴煮。
1:26拜完神嗰隻豬,隔籬就斬開一嚿嚿,喺嗰兩個大鍋嗰度炆。
1:30炆完之後,另外又煮啲配料,有腐竹啊、魷魚啊、筍蝦噉樣囉,
1:38都煮成兩三個鐘頭。
1:42拜呢啲山頭有時去到成兩、三百人,
1:47分勻之後每一盆六個人,通常都有成三、四十盆。
1:52六人一盆,噉就分好,啲人排隊攞咗之後就喺地下嗰度自己揾個位喺度吃。
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- w0007
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- Waitau
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- Customs
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Lau, Chaak-Ming, and Yee Kai Gary Tang (2024). “祭祖吃山頭.” Waitau and Hakka: Hong Kong Indigenous Language Story Collection. https://chaaklau.github.io/hki-stories/en/stories/w0007/
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