Flowers at side of road.....

[Lyn]

Sorry I can't find the thread relating to this thread but anyway there was a bad accident near here last week a Chinese bloke was killed, a lorry fell on hiim in his car as they were going around a roundabout, anyway, some flowers have been left, I saw some chinese people at the accident spot the other day leaving........ a catering size drum of cooking oil, and some fruit and veg !!!! can anyone shed any light on this.
I did want to take a picture but thought it a little disrespectful.

[Rhythm Addict]

Sorry can't really help on that but my first thought was it's to enable stir frying the truck driver!

[eigerton]

it will be the drum of beanshoots next - when the deep fat fryer moves in you will have a chinky chippy memorial

[gothtec]

Might be something to do with this:

Those who died unnaturally or violently met with a different fate. "Hungry ghosts" or guei were the souls of those who died violently or at an unnatural time of life. Due to the means or location of death, these souls were not cared for and became wandering, semi-conscious entities. These "orphan souls" were resentful and confused and attempted to injure and possess other living beings. They were doomed to this fate unless freed by an adept at exorcism or by the annual ceremony of the Universal Salvation. Until then they wandered the Earth making trouble for the living.

The Ceremony of Universal Salvation is performed in the Seventh Moon period (Oct.) to honor and free the "hungry ghosts" who wander the Earth. With wars and all of the other calamities the planet begins to accumulate too many troublesome souls. In order to preserve the living and avoid calamity they need to be released to the underworld. The ritual involves a large ceremonial feast and ritual that is performed to both Taoist and Buddhist priests. The souls are invited to the feast and then each family or person lights a candle, which is then floated on a river, lake or ocean.

[Lyn]

Thanks for that gothtec, sounds plausible.
Actually the place where it happened was on the corner of a trailer shop I had to visit today, never been there before, anyway we were loking for wheels to build a go kart ! so I went to this place on this roundabout on A57, he sells push bikes trailers etc. After he told me he had nothing suitable we got talking and he told me they had a ceremony the other day very similar to what you have said.

Thankyou :)

[John Hopkins]

I saw some chinese people at the accident spot the other day leaving........ a catering size drum of cooking oil, .

It all sounds a bit fishy to me... :eek: John




I can hear my wife calling me...

[kitkatman]

Might be something to do with this:

Those who died unnaturally or violently met with a different fate. "Hungry ghosts" or guei were the souls of those who died violently or at an unnatural time of life. Due to the means or location of death, these souls were not cared for and became wandering, semi-conscious entities. These "orphan souls" were resentful and confused and attempted to injure and possess other living beings. They were doomed to this fate unless freed by an adept at exorcism or by the annual ceremony of the Universal Salvation. Until then they wandered the Earth making trouble for the living.

The Ceremony of Universal Salvation is performed in the Seventh Moon period (Oct.) to honor and free the "hungry ghosts" who wander the Earth. With wars and all of the other calamities the planet begins to accumulate too many troublesome souls. In order to preserve the living and avoid calamity they need to be released to the underworld. The ritual involves a large ceremonial feast and ritual that is performed to both Taoist and Buddhist priests. The souls are invited to the feast and then each family or person lights a candle, which is then floated on a river, lake or ocean.
i would'nt do that on the A6 around here, if you did'nt get squashed, the gypo's would nick your wheels off the car :D

[bunbag]

eh you sure it wasnt an assault maybe she was getting battered :confused:

[gothtec]

Thanks for that gothtec, sounds plausible.
Actually the place where it happened was on the corner of a trailer shop I had to visit today, never been there before, anyway we were loking for wheels to build a go kart ! so I went to this place on this roundabout on A57, he sells push bikes trailers etc. After he told me he had nothing suitable we got talking and he told me they had a ceremony the other day very similar to what you have said.

Thankyou :)


Its a Yaoist kind of ritual, I do know that some chinese beliefs are rather groovy. My particular favourite is burning paper replicas of things you want to take with you when you die.