If you have chance to talk to foreigners , you surely have to introduce the most important celebration in Kinmen ,the City God Reception Parade.
如果您有機會和阿豆啊接觸，當然要跟他介紹最夯的熱鬧大事啦！那就是迎城隍！

Do you know how to say something about the City God Reception Parade in English since it's the most popular activity that everyone loves? Come on. Follow me. Let's learn together.
嘿嘿提到大家都歡喜的鬧熱(台語)，您知道要怎麼說有關迎城隍活動的英語嗎？你來，來，來！阿婆甲阿公，樓下招樓頂，大家作夥來尬陰溝裡去，英語啦！

那迎城隍要怎麼說呢？ The City God Reception Parade
農曆4月12日 April 12th of the lunar calendar
民俗活動 folk activity
宗教 religion
儀式 ritual
蜈蚣陣 centipede seats
藝閣 festival car
妝人Zenglan( in local language)
遊行 parade
乩童 psychic
七爺八爺 the Seventh Lord and the Eighth Lord
電音三太子 Techno Prince Nezha
打花草 Seven ring or chest slapping dance
陣頭 Parade Formation
廟宇 temple
旗 flag 鼓 drum 鈸 cymbal 鑼gong
神輦 God's palanquin
民俗技藝 folk art
公揹婆 husband carrying wife dance
十二婆姐藝陣 twelve pochie folk art performance
鑼鼓陣 cymbal and drum parade
跳鼓陣Tiaokuchen
跑旱船land boat dance
舞蛤精clam water sprite dance
神將 a holy general (or leader), the immortal or the big body
布馬陣 Buh-maajenn

Do you know how to introduce the most attractive folk activity to the foreign friends？ Maybe telling stories is an amazing way to start.
這個迎城隍鬧熱活動要怎麼跟阿豆啊來介紹呢？也許說故事是個粉棒的開場喔。

The most important part I assume is the role of the City God or Chenghuang Ye (城隍爺) . In ancient China , the Chinese character 城 Cheng means city walls and the Chinese character 隍huang , means moats.
最重要的部份我想應是主角-那就是城隍爺囉。城隍爺用英文說一種是國語的音直接翻過去Chenghuang Ye 直接唸城隍爺，另一個也很簡單啦，就是City God 城市的神。話說在遠古時候中國字 (城 )意思是城市的高牆。而 (隍 )這個字是護城河。

High walls and moats surroundeda city , so they could protect one under attack . Emperors worshipped them as nature gods. Later nature gods gradually became anthropomorphic gods.
高高的城牆加上護城河圍繞著城市，這樣就可保護裡頭的老百姓不受城外敵人的攻擊囉！所以古代的天子把城和隍當作神來祭拜,而慢慢的隨著時間的腳步，這個自然的神變成人格神，那就是城隍爺。

There are five levels of City gods ,according to their districts. The deities own their authority ,just like government officers. And the City God has the highest authority.
城隍爺依據祂們的區域，分為五種。祂們掌管陰間的政府，和人間的政府機構的架構一樣。以城隍爺為首，帶領底下的神將。

The city god in Kinmen is like the magistrate of Kinmen county. The city god in every city is the deity of justice in the underworld. They can guard the peace and safety of people. So city god is a traditional belief for locals.？
我們金門的城隍爺就像是縣長的地位。每個地方的城隍爺是陰間的正義守護者，保衛世間的和平和安全。所以對地方百姓來說呢，城隍爺是傳統的民間信仰。

The city god in Jincheng was from the City God temple of Jinmencheng in 1682 .Chenglon , the commander of Kinmen at that time ,moved from Jinmencheng to Houpu (Jincheng township )on April 12th of the lunar calendar.
金城鎮的城隍爺是在1682年，來自金門城(現在舊金城)的城隍廟。當時的行政長官陳龍在農曆四月十二日，把辦公室從金門城搬家，搬到了後浦(現在的金城鎮)。

Jincheng has become the center of military and politics . People in Jincheng celebrate on April 12th every year .
金城從此就成為了軍事和政治中心。後浦人每年在四月十二日這天辦慶祝活動。

This year is 335 times. The city god parade is the biggest temple fair and a hustle and bustle in Kinmen. The City God and his gods inspect and bless the town and villages when they pass through.
今年是第335年。後浦迎城隍活動是金門最盛大，最鬧熱的廟會呦。熱鬧滾滾，充滿民間活潑力量的慶典。城隍爺和祂的鬼神兵將當天出巡，四處差看追捕邪魔。在巡視路上保佑地方的平安。有保佑大家喔。

On April 12th of the lunar calendar , people in Kinmen especially in Jincheng will start a busy and exciting day.
在農曆的四月十二日，金門人特別是金城鎮的人開始了充滿興奮又忙碌的一天。

The market is full of people who are busy shopping for the feast in the evening . People in Jincheng always invite their friends and relatives for a big dinner by asking the home delivery of the restaurants or caterings.
菜市場到處都是熱鬧紛紛的買賣，為的是晚上的豐盛好料大餐。金城鎮的人會請親朋好友晚上到家辦桌請客，叫餐廳或流水席業者把菜餚送到家。