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祈雨，实为一种文化手段，通过对平时、旱时祈雨； The rain-seeking ritual actually is a kind of culture method. | ||
祈雨仪式的一个最大特点是其全民性。 Mass participation is a prominent feature in the ceremony of spraying for rain. | ||
祈雨不仅是民间旱时禳灾的一种手段，并逐渐成为一种文化。 Rain-seeking is not only one of the methods defending against disasters in drought time, but it becomes a kind of culture gradually. | ||
其前身是由围桌说唱祈雨演变而来的海神戏，形成于明洪武、永乐年间。 It was formerly the Sea God Opera derived from the rain-praying chant and recital around the table that took shape during the reigns of Hongwu and Yongle of Ming Dynasty. | ||
参加者有数百人，大家虔诚念〈祈雨灵咒〉，法会庄严而隆重，这是美国有史以来，破天荒第一次。 The several hundred participants sincerely recited the Spiritual Rain Mantra in a solemn ceremony. It would be the first time in this country that a drought would be ended by Buddhist recitation. | ||
中国古代的桑林不仅是蚕桑生产的场所，而且也是进行祈雨求子等重大巫术活动的场所。 The mulberry forest in ancient China was the place not only for sericulture but also for the Shamanistic ritual for rain or reproduction. | ||
江南地区的祈雨一般选择在龙王庙、观音庙、城隍庙以及其他神灵和已故乡贤名宦的祠庙中进行。 People in this region always selected such gods as Dragon, Guanyin, Chenghuang and other deities to pray the rain. | ||
