Few weeks ago, I have briefly described the story behind the 中元普渡, a Taiwanese version of Halloween. It turns out that Taiwanese is very serious about this holiday. There are 大拜拜 and burning paper money everywhere in Taiwan. On this holiday, Taiwanese will buy a lot of food and prepare them for 大拜拜. It is good for food sales. Even universities which are the highest educational institutions cannot stay away from the traditional 大拜拜 on this day. There are formal memos written by the departmental chairs advising their faculty, stuff, and students on the places where they can burn their paper money.
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Once I heard about 中元普渡 in IT computer lab. They need to prepare "乖乖" on that day.
Here is the story all about:
據說「乖乖」除了是小朋友愛吃的零食之外，也是IT界保平安的聖品，連顏色都要指定，非綠色不可（因為綠燈才是機器正常的燈號呀）。而且「乖乖」還不能放過期，否則就會機器就會出問題。
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