圣母升天节

Traditional form:

聖母升天節

Pinyin (reading):

Shèngmǔshēngtiānjié

Definitions:

• Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August)

Characters:

• 圣 - holy, sacred; sage, saint
• 母 - mother; female elders; female
• 升 - to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 节 - festival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to save

Traditional characters:

• 聖 - holy, sacred; sage, saint
• 母 - mother; female elders; female
• 升 - to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 節 - festival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to save