Christmas of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas (Lunar Calendar)
First day of the first month of the lunar calendar: Christmas of Maitreya Buddha
Sixth day of the first month of the lunar calendar: Christmas of the Tingkuang Buddha
First day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar: Siddhartha Gautama Buddha's birth
First day of the fifteenth month of the lunar calendar: Nirvana of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha
Nineteenth day of the lunar calendar: Christmas of the Guan Shiyin Bodhisattva
February February 21: Christmas of Pratyekabuddha
March 16: Christmas of Paramitabha
April 4: Christmas of Manjushri
April 8: Christmas of Siddhartha Gautama
April 15: Auspicious Day of the Buddha - the same celebration of Siddhartha Gautama's birth, attainment of enlightenment, and nirvana ( Vesak Day in Southern Buddhism)
May 13th: Jataka Bodhisattva's Christmas
June 3rd: Guardian of the Dharma, Vairocana Bodhisattva's Christmas
June 19th: Goddess of Mercy Bodhisattva's Enlightenment - releasing life and reciting the Buddha's name on this day is of great merit
July 13th: Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva's Christmas
July 15th: Buddha's Auspicious Day Christmas
July 24th: Dragon Tree Bodhisattva's Christmas
July 30th: Earth Store Bodhisattva's Christmas
August 22nd: Burning Lamp Buddha's Christmas
September 19th: Guan Shiyin Bodhisattva's anniversary of his birth
September 30th: Medicine Master's glazed light Rulai's Christmas
October 5th: Dharma Master's Christmas
Winter Month 17th: Amitabha's Christmas
This day is a great opportunity to pray to the Buddha. The 17th day of the winter month: Amitabha Buddha's Christmas
The 8th day of the first month of Lunar New Year: Sakyamuni Buddha's birthday
The 29th day of Lunar New Year: Huayan Bodhisattva's Christmas
Wu Zhaihui (无遮会
) Meaning a puja in which sages, saints, Taoist and commoners, up and down, without any coverings of nobility or inferiority, perform financial and legal almsgiving on an equal basis. In the seventh century, the preceptor invited Xuanzang to participate in the Wujiahui, which was held every five years in India, where the treasury was emptied to benefit the masses. General Assembly for 75 days, respectively, to Buddhism, Brahminism, Jainism and other believers, as well as beggars. China's no cover assembly began in the first year of datong (529), emperor wudi of liang wu in the heavy cloud hall for the people to set up relief fast, to body for prayer. Resumed the honor of Tongtai Temple, set up four parts (four congregations) of the ground cover General Assembly, Phi vestments line purity Assembly, vegetarian beds and tiles on a small car, personally ascended to the Dharma seat for the crowd to open the Nirvana Sutra questions, the emperor set up the road of the common people of the Lent 50,000 people.Tibetan Buddhist festivals
Transmission of the great call
is a ritual of Tibetan Buddhism, meaning "big prayers" puja. From the first three to 24 days of the first month of the Tibetan calendar, the monks of the three temples in Lhasa and Weizang, Amdo and Kham all over the believers (as many as tens of thousands of people) gathered in the Dazhao Temple to carry out a variety of religious activities. On the night of the fifteenth day and night of the first month Lhasa Bajiao Street display ghee lamps, ghee flowers, songs and dances to celebrate, known as the Festival of Lights. Dharma will be held on the debate, the highest degree of Tibetan Buddhism - Geshe. The puja ends with a ceremony to send ghosts.Transmission of small call
Tibetan calendar in late February each year, for a period of ten days, to carry out the relevant religious activities. During the puja monks of the three major temples in the Dazhao Temple to participate in the debate, the selection of the second-class Geshe, due to the scale is smaller than the passing of the big call puja, so the name.Bathing Buddha Festival
Bathing Buddha Festival, the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar each year, is an important festival of our country's Buddhists to commemorate the birth of Lord Shakyamuni Buddha, also known as the Buddha's Birthday. Legend has it that more than 2,600 years ago, Siddhartha Gautama descended from the rib of Mrs. Moyer, a finger to the sky, a finger to the ground, said "the sky and the world, but I am the only one." Then the earth shook and the nine dragons spat out water to bathe in it. Therefore, Buddhists of various countries and nationalities usually commemorate the Buddha's birth anniversary by bathing in the Buddha's bath. Before the festival, the Buddhists have long cleaned the temple, and the temple statues are wiped clean. Generally on the seventh day of the fourth month, many good men and women have gathered in the temple ready to participate in the early morning of the next day to commemorate the puja. The temple courtyard is filled with streamers, incense, candles, lamps and offerings of various colors. The incense and flowers in a few cases placed on a copper basin, basin filled with sandalwood, rosewood, tulip, lobster, incense, musk, cloves and other preparations into the incense soup, soup in the center of a bronze child statue, a finger in the sky, a finger on the ground, that is, Prince Sakya statue. Before the start of the bath, the abbot of the temple led the whole temple monks chanting sutras, followed by incense kneeling, singing the bathing gatha or read Namo Benji Shakyamuni Buddha, monks and priests read while taking a small spoon in order to scoop up the soup bathing Buddha. After bathing the statue of Buddha and then use a little incense to bathe themselves, indicating a clean slate, eliminating disasters and difficulties. If too many people to participate, the monk holding a Yang Zhi Jiao bath Buddha's clean water for the believers in the way of point bath. The whole ceremony is solemn and solemn, overflowing with an auspicious and festive atmosphere. On this day, the monks in the morning fast or lunch fast before the Buddha's ancestor rituals. Good men and women are willing to come to the temple on this day to burn incense and wishing, or ritual Buddha chanting, or giving money, or playing fasting for the crowd, or burning auspicious sparse, recommended the death of the sparse, or listen to the priests preaching, or monks to do Buddha and so on; and outside the temple, a variety of trade and cultural and recreational activities are also rich and colorful. Because around the bathing Buddha Festival of such activities often last for many days, participate in a large number of people, so that year after year, in many monasteries formed a traditional temple fair.Bon Festival
The Bon Festival on the 15th day of the 7th month of the lunar calendar is one of the two biggest festivals in Buddhism in China, also known as the Monk's Self-expression Day, the Buddha rejoices in the day, is the Buddhist held to worship the monks and the ceremony of the death of the first super...Bon Festival
Bon Festival is one of the two biggest festivals in Buddhism in China.
According to the requirements of the precepts, monks and nuns in the lunar calendar every year from April 15 to July 15 must end the summer residence, that is, in this plant and animal growth and reproduction, settled in a place, one can avoid injuries to insects and ants, and the other can concentrate on chanting or meditation. On the 15th of July, each monk is required to make self-criticisms or present his experience in practice, which is called "monk self-criticism". After three months of dedicated practice, the monks are bound to improve greatly, so that the Buddha is happy, so this day is called "Buddha happy day". So how did this day become the Bon Festival? This is also from the Western Jin Dynasty Zhu Falu translation of the "Buddha said Bon Sutra" to say. The sutra said: to the first known as the first of the magical powers of the venerable Megalopolis in meditation to see his deceased mother born in the hungry ghosts, although the use of all the magical powers can not relieve his mother's hunger and the suffering of the hanging, and then cried to the Buddha. The Buddha said to him, "The 15th day of the 7th month is the day on which the monks complete their practice of summer rest, so you should make a great bon offering on that day, and offer all kinds of food and drinks to the self-willed monks of the ten directions, so that you can rely on the mighty gods and Taoist powers of the monks in the ten directions to save your mother. Meganula did as he was told, and his mother was indeed freed from the suffering of the hungry ghosts. When Meghalayan asked the Buddha if in the future Buddhist disciples could also save their parents through the Bon Offering, the Buddha said, "From now on, all Buddhist disciples who practise filial piety can prepare delicious food and drink on the 15th day of the 7th month, on the day of the Buddha's rejoicing, and make offerings of the Bon Offering to the monks, in order to make their parents of the present life more blessed and prolonged, and to free their parents of the past from their evil paths. The word "bon" here is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word "救倒悬", which means to save the souls of the dead from the pain of being hanged upside down, and "盆" is a Chinese word for a vessel for making offerings to the monks. As soon as the sutra was translated, it was immediately loved by the Chinese who honored their ancestors and practiced filial piety. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Emperor Wu of Liang founded the Bon Festival for the first time in Han. As Yichu in the Six Posts of the Shihshi forty-five clouds: "Hongming" cloud: Liang Wu every July 15 Pu temple to send pot offerings to the car day, following the Meilian and so on." Due to the strong advocacy of Emperor Wu of Liang, all classes of people followed the example. Since then, successive emperors and the people are also more enthusiastic about this Buddhist activities, and constantly enrich its content, thus forming a Chinese characteristics of the Bon Festival, may be called "filial piety festival". For example, in the Tang Dynasty, the Bon Festival was extremely extravagant, often decorated with gold and jade. At that time, the city of Chang'an temples on July 15 for flower wax, vases, fake flowers and fruit trees, etc., each competing with the marvelous. Standing orders are laid in front of the temple offerings, and accompanied by music and honor guards, pouring the city to tour the temple to follow the joy, very spectacular; into the Song Dynasty, the Bon will gradually from the basin for monks to pots for ghosts, put the fireworks to superdeath of the Buddha's activities, from filial piety into the sacrifice of the ghosts, the monks of the temple, so the day of the collection of money and rice giver, for the recommendation of the dead, the later generation even more river lamps, burn the law of the boat, and gradually turned into a folkloric customs; Yuan and Ming dynasties, such customs are still very popular, the Bon is also very popular. During the Yuan and Ming dynasties, this kind of custom was still very popular, and the Bon Festival also became one of the important activities of the temple every year. For example, the Yuan-Ming version of the Jishuanan Qing rules says: "On July 15, the personnel of the system is dissolved. On the 15th day of the 7th lunar month, a Bon Festival is held to help the souls of the people and to repay them for their hard work. For this event, a list of scriptures must be issued in advance, and the public is invited to peruse them at will. There is an altar for opening the Manna Gate at this meeting, so please follow it." Ming Jihong, "correcting the collection of errors" has been corrected in the cloud: "the world to July 15 for the gods and ghosts for the Bon Lent, this is wrong also. Orchid basin originated from Meilian, said the 15th of July, the monks to solve the summer since the abandonment, ninety years of participation in the study of more than one person, this day to repair the offerings, the blessings of a hundred times, not Shi Shi ghosts and gods food. The food is not limited to the fifteenth day of the seventh month. The equipment used is the Mogu country dendrobium, not orchid basin. Cover one is to worship the wise and holy, one is to help the hungry ghosts, strict can be mixed!" It can be seen that after the Ming Dynasty and the former said that there is a difference, the content and form of the ceremony is also somewhat different. In this regard, the Qing Dynasty Yirun had wanted to do both, said the day to dedicate the orchid basin, respect the Three Jewels; night Shi Dendrobium food, universal ghosts and gods. However, for a variety of reasons, Jie Xia Anju system in our country failed to get the full and effective implementation of the activities of the monk since the abandonment of the rarer. With the decline in the quality and status of the monks, the Taoist wind is not vibrant, Bon will be in vain form, from the respect of monks into the sacrifice of ghosts of the Buddhist event has also become a natural thing. At present, a very few monasteries have begun to restore and implement the old system of the Jiexia Anju, and some monasteries have resumed the preaching of the "Bon Sutra" in the Bon Festival. As for the majority of believers are always willing to fast on this day to provide congregation, and in accordance with local customs and traditions, or to give alms to return the wish, or release the life, or seek to receive the three converts and five precepts, to listen to the master of the sutra, or to ask the monks to play the Pufo, fireworks, and so on.It is worth mentioning that, because the story of Megane's rescue of his mother is very touching, Wenshi Wall?
Lapa Festival
Since long ago, the people of our country have had the custom of eating "Lapa congee" on the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, which is a custom formed by Chinese Buddhists to commemorate the attainment of Buddha by Sakyamuni. This is a custom formed by Chinese Buddhists to commemorate Siddhartha Gautama's attainment of enlightenment. Legend has it that when Shakyamuni in search of the true meaning of life and the liberation of life and death, resolutely give up the throne, monasticism, in the snowy mountains of six years of austerity, often eating a wheat and a hemp. Later, he found that austerity is not the way to liberation, so he gave up austerity down the mountain. At that time, a shepherdess saw his weakness, so she boiled milk to feed him. Shakyamuni's strength was restored, and he then meditated under the Bodhi tree for seven days, and on the eighth day of the first month of the Lunar New Year, he was enlightened by seeing a star in the night and became a Buddha. According to this legend, every year on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Buddhist temples in the Chinese tradition would commemorate it in various forms. Such as "hundred abbot clear rules" volume 2 said "the eighth day of the waxing moon, respectfully meet the master Shakya Rulai monk became the day, rate of bhikkhu congregation, strict preparation of incense, flowers, candles and candles, tea, fruits and delicacies, in order to apply for offerings." Among them, congee for the Buddha has become a common ritual. Buddhism believes that porridge has many benefits, so monasteries generally have the habit of eating porridge in the morning. As for the eighth day of the eighth month of the Lunar New Year to cook Lapa congee is more elaborate, usually with lotus seeds, jujubes, Job's tears, cloud beans, white fruit, corn, sugar peanuts and other eight things to cook together, known as the "eight treasures porridge". Not only porridge cooked well, and cooked especially more to meet the needs of the good men and women who came to the temple to participate in the commemorative ceremony. Some believers specifically run "congee" to come, that Lahai for the Buddha's porridge is particularly auspicious, not only for their own consumption, and sometimes also brought home for family members to enjoy. Thus, year after year, the temple to do Laha porridge tradition has been widely spread to the people. It is worth mentioning that the southern Buddhist countries generally believe that the birth of Sakyamuni Buddha, became Taoist, nirvana are in the full moon in May and held on this day to bathe the Buddha and other grand commemorative activities. Therefore, Lapa congee on Lapa Festival can be said to be a holiday custom formed in China. Birth of Qiu Zhenren, ChangchunFirst day of February, the Holy Birth of the God of Yu Chen
The Holy Birth of Liu Zhenren
Early 2nd day of February, the Birth of the God of Earth and Earthly Justice
The Holy Birth of Jiang Taigong
First day of February, the Holy Birth of Zitong Di Jun (Emperor) of Wen Chang
First day of February, the Holy Birth of Donghuadi Jun (Emperor of the East China Sea)
Third day of February, the Holy Birth of Ge Zhen Jun (Emperor of the East China Sea)
Eight days of March, the Holy Birth of Taishang Laojun (Lord of the Gods)
16th Birth of Niang Niang, the Heavenly Fairy
18th Birth of Yu Yang Wang Zhen Jun
19th Birth of Ci Heng Guan Yin
25th Birth of Ming Zhen Di, the Father of the Xuan Heavenly Kingdom
1st March, Birth of Tarn Zu Chang Zhen Zhen Zhen, the True Father of Heavenly Kingdom
3rd March, Birth of Xuan Heavenly Emperor
Start of the Year of the Queen Mother
5th March, Birth of Xuan Heavenly Emperor
Supreme Emperor of Heavenly Kingdom
Supreme Emperor of the Xuan Heavenly Kingdom
Supreme Emperor of the Xuan Heavenly Kingdom, the True Father of Heavenly Kingdom
On the 6th day of the month, the Holy Birth of Mother Eyeslight
On the 15th day of the month, the Holy Birth of the God of Wealth, Mr. Zhao Gong Yuan Shuai
On the 16th day of the year of the attainment of Taoism by the Goddess of Fortune, Mr. Sanmao Zhenjun
On the 18th day of the year, the Holy Birth of King Grandfather, Mr. Yueyang Zhenjin
The Holy Birth of Queen Mother Houtou
On the 19th day of the year, the Holy Birth of the Goddess of the Star of the Sun, Taiyang Xingjun
On the 20th day of the year, the Holy Birth of Bride Zi Sun
23rd Birth of Mother Goddess Tin Hau26th Birth of Master Guigu
28th Birth of Emperor Dongyue
1st day of the 4th lunar month, on the anniversary of the attainment of the Way of the True Emperor Changsheng Tan
10th day of the 1st lunar month, on the anniversary of the birth of He Xiangou
14th day of the Holy Nativity of Master Lüzu, the Pure and Yang Teacher
15th day of the Holy Nativity of Zhongli Di Jun
18th day of the Holy Nativity of the Emperor of the North Pole, Zi Wei, the Great Emperor
18th day of the Holy Nativity of the Emperor of the North Pole, Zi Wei The Holy Birth of the Great Emperor of the North Pole, Ziwei
The Holy Mother of Mount Tai
The Birth of Hua Tuo, the Divine Physician
The 20th Birth of the Bright-eyed Virgin Mother
The 28th Birth of the Divine Emperor Shen Nong
The 1st day of May, the Holy Birth of the Great Emperor of the South Pole, Chang Sheng
The 5th day, the birthday of the Earthly Wealthy God
The Holy Birth of the Great Buddha of the Southern Places
The 11th Day of the Holy Birth of the Great Emperor of the City
The 13th day of the Holy Birth of Guan Ping, the Great Emperor of the South Pole, Ziwei
The Holy Birth of the Star Goddess of the Year on the 19th day of the month
The Holy Birth of Liu Zu Changshengzhenzhen on the 20th day of the month
The Holy Birth of Ma Yuanshuai on the 22nd day of the month
The Holy Birth of Zhuge Wuhu on the 23rd day of the month
The Holy Birth of Qitian Daishang on the 25th day of the month
The Holy Birth of Zang Sanfeng on the 26th day of the month
The Holy Birth of Xu Guzhenzhenzhen on the 1st day of the month of August
The First Day of the 8th month of the month
On the first day of the ninth month, the descendant of the star of the South Dou (南斗星君)
初一至初九日 北斗九星降世 辰
初 九日斗 姥元君
九皇星君
重陽 帝 君
玄天上帝飞升
中坛元帅
Holy Birth of Fengdu Daiti (丰都大 帝)
22nd Birth of the God of Increased Blessings and Fortune (增福財神)
18th Birth of Earth Mother Mother
19th Birth of Changchun Qiu Zhenjun (长春 邱真君)
20th Birth of Huxing Tianshi (虚 靖天師)
27th Birth of Ziwei Daidi (紫微大帝) of the North Pole
6th November Birth of Xi Yue Daidi (西 岳大帝)
初 九日Xiangzi Han Zu (韩祖)(shangzhu)(shangzhu)
11th Birth of Taiyi Zaikou (太乙救苦天尊)
223rd December Birth of Nandi, the descendant of Nandu, on the 23rd day of the month
26th Birth of Wu Dao in the North
8th day of the 12th month, the first month of the year of Hauwang Lapa
16th day, the birth of Fude Zhengshen
2nd day of the month of Nanyue, the birth of Lupin Da Di, the great god of Nanyue
20th day of the month of Lu Pan, the great teacher of Nanyue
21st day of the month of Luyao, the great emperor of Nanyue
22nd day of the month of Chanyou, the great master of Chongyang
Tan Yang, the great master of Danyue, was born. The birth of Ma Zhenjun
On the 24th day, Sizhi Zaojun (司 命 灶 君) goes up to heaven to tell Jade Emperor about the good and bad deeds of mankind
On the 25th day, the gods of heaven descend
On the 29th day, Sun Zhenjun (孙真 君) becomes a Daoist priest
On the winter solstice, the birth of the first son of Yuanshi Tianzong (元 始天 尊)
On the summer solstice, the birth of the first son of Lingbao Tianzong (靈宝天 尊)