異鄉魂的餐桌 A Spirits’ Dinner Party
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由於風櫃的蛇頭山和埋葬外國人的墳塚相近，而有「死番仔城」的稱呼。傳說此處每晚會有以外國語練兵與馬匹走動的聲音。風櫃溫王殿的神明指示，需要在每年的中元普渡祭祀這些鬼魂，方能平息騷動。
客死異鄉的荷蘭、法國和日本的將士，祂們的靈魂留在了澎湖。一年一度的普渡，風櫃人邀請不同時代的異國人同坐一桌。那是人與神與靈魂長治久安的守恆定律。
The area around Snakehead Hill was nicknamed “Haunted Town of Foreigners” owing to the French Soldiers’ graveyard nearby. Rumors said one can hear military commands in unfamiliar languages and horses galloping there every night. To pacify these turbulences, the deity at Fenggui’s Weng Wang Temple instructed that a table of feast must be prepared for these spirits in the annual Ghost Festival.
The Dutch, the French, and the Japanese, whichever the sacrificed people used to be, they were forever left in Penghu, a remote archipelago. Luckily, in the seventh lunar month every year, Fenggui villagers invite these spirits of various countries and ages to the ghost festival. This table of feast is an agreement of peace and empathy between the live, the death, and the deity.
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客死異鄉的荷蘭、法國和日本的將士，祂們的靈魂留在了澎湖。一年一度的普渡，風櫃人邀請不同時代的異國人同坐一桌。那是人與神與靈魂長治久安的守恆定律。
The area around Snakehead Hill was nicknamed “Haunted Town of Foreigners” owing to the French Soldiers’ graveyard nearby. Rumors said one can hear military commands in unfamiliar languages and horses galloping there every night. To pacify these turbulences, the deity at Fenggui’s Weng Wang Temple instructed that a table of feast must be prepared for these spirits in the annual Ghost Festival.
The Dutch, the French, and the Japanese, whichever the sacrificed people used to be, they were forever left in Penghu, a remote archipelago. Luckily, in the seventh lunar month every year, Fenggui villagers invite these spirits of various countries and ages to the ghost festival. This table of feast is an agreement of peace and empathy between the live, the death, and the deity.
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