"Purdue" was originally a Buddhist term, meaning the extensive application of Buddhism and the liberation of all beings. As early as before the Han Dynasty, there were three festivals in China: Shangyuan Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Xiayuan Festival. July 15 is the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a festival to worship ancestors. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Buddhism was introduced to China, which developed rapidly during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the story of "Mu Lian saved the mother" in Buddhism spread.
During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the local squire wrote a letter and drew lots to decide the date of alternate Purdue in Shop 36 of the City Hall, while each family still worshipped their ancestors in the first half of July. Since then, Licheng District and some related villages have taken turns to do Purdue on the basis of paving roads. Quanzhou, on the other hand, has several corners to do Purdue almost every day throughout July, but residents in any corner will not do Purdue on July 15th, but worship their ancestors first.
No matter where the store is, the basic structure of Pudu is mainly composed of trilogy-vertical flag, vertical lamp, Pudu, Chongpu, and "tail edge". The first ceremony began in June of the lunar calendar. The last ceremony is between August and October of the lunar calendar. Paving the road by the water, people who live by the water also need to do "water popularization".