Invitation to SSC Research Seminar: GhostPa’s Kitchen

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This is the second season of Hong Kong Legends. With the same theme of Hong Kong Legends, this book continues to talk about ghost and death. There two main themes in this book are “Death” and “Eating”. Reflecting upon our own experiences, we have only very few channels to know more about topics like dead, ghost, hell etc. When we are still little children, if we asked our parents about those topics, it is very likely that we will be scolded for our questions. It seems that dead, ghost and hell are something which are very bad and will bring us bad fortune even when we talk about them. We have accumulated lots of questions about such topics and we do not know the answers till now. We want to know the meaning behind the rituals in the funerals; we want to know why we can’t use some food for sacrifice when we worship our ancestors; we want to know why people will put food into the coffin and what is the meaning behind. If you asked such questions, you will probably get an answer like this: “Little child should not ask such questions, knock on wood.” In order to satisfy your curiosity, this book talks about the legends and heritage behind “Meals for the dead”. This book will introduce to the readers stories behind the rituals and their modern development. Common misunderstandings towards the rituals and the meaning behind will also be clarified. By tracing back the historical roots, this book will show the readers the cultural, psychological and historical knowledge about all these issues.

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社會科學系現誠邀閣下出席由潘啟聰博士主講之新書分享：

主題：鬼王廚房─舌尖上的地獄飲食文化
日期：2020年10月8日（星期四）
時間：下午1時30分至下午2時30分
會議連結：按此
講者： 潘啟聰博士 （社會科學系講師）
*是次活動以廣東話進行

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講座簡介

本書以「死」與「食」為主題，圍繞着死後有關的「食」的各種各樣風俗與傳說。這些習俗和由來為何？形式若何？多年下來又經過怎樣的發展？有哪些改變？有哪些我們現在視作理所當然，但知其然不知其所以然的風俗，其實是各種天大的誤解嗎？此書為讀者追源溯流，揭示這些問題背後與文化、心理、歷史因素及社會現狀有關的知識。

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有關潘啟聰博士

香港城市大學社區服務管理副學士，香港城市大學心理學（榮譽）學士，香港中文大學哲學文學碩士，私立珠海大學中國文學及歷史研究所博士，英國愛丁堡大學健康和社會科學學院博士生。畢業後致力研究文藝心理學，近年論著多以心理學知識分析文學作品，專書包括《當文學遇上心理學——文藝心理學概論》、《東亞地區佛教心理學發展探析》、《香港都市傳說全攻略》、《鬼王廚房：舌尖上的地獄飲食文化》等，近年論文包括〈閱讀治療與佛經故事〉、〈文藝心理學之傳承及未來展望〉、〈恐懼蔓延──香港鬼故事的格式塔心理學分析〉、〈論勒熱訥的《自傳契約》對自傳研究的啟發〉等。

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