The origin of Gin Che

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00:00Ginjie or the Vegetarian Festival is widely celebrated among Thai-Chinese in October

00:05but did you know that this festival is not as popular in mainland China?

00:09Ginjie Festival or known in English as the 9th Emperor God's Festival

00:14has varied theories about its origin but the mostly believed one is that the 9th date of

00:18avoid eating meat and self-politicization is to honor the 9th Emperor God. However,

00:23this Chinese festival is only celebrated in some areas of China, mainly in Southeast Asia.

00:28In Thailand, it is believed that the grand celebration starts between 1827 to 1857 in

00:34Phuket as people practiced during the epidemic time hoping the situation to get better. It

00:40actually got better and that is why the tradition has continued to be widely observed to this day.