斋天
斋天-
斋天即祭天，是大规模的祭祀仪式，祈求上天给予风调雨顺、五谷丰登的活动。
Vegetarian day of worship of Heaven , is a large-scale sacrificial ceremony to pray for God to give good weather , bumper grain harvest activities .
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如今，很少有人会受斋40天。
Few people nowadays fast for 40 days .
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每年狂欢节的时间都根据圣灰星期三来定，即四旬斋的第一天。
The dates of the carnival vary year depending on the date of Ash Wednesday , the first day of Lent .
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四旬斋前的几天彻底打破了德国人毫无幽默感的成见。
In the few days before Lent the stereotype of Germans as a people without humour takes a thorough pasting .