The Christmas of other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are as follows:
The eighth day of the fourth month is the Buddha's Birthday, which is one of the biggest festivals of the year in Buddhism. It commemorates the birthday of Sakyamuni.
The orthodox celebration of Buddha's Birthday is still preserved in the Buddhist community in Shanxi Province. Among them, Wutai Mountain in particular is the most solemn. At that time, the temples to be in the Mahamudra Temple enshrines Shakyamuni birth statue. For a about three inches high, childish and cute child standing image (i.e., Prince statue). Naked, a finger in the sky, a finger on the ground. Buddhist legend has it that Sakyamuni was born on earth and was able to stand and walk and speak. His right hand pointed to the sky and his left hand pointed to the earth, meaning "I am the only one in heaven and on earth". Prince statue is based on this legend cast in bronze. Buddhist legend also says: Sakyamuni was born, nine dragons spit out water, for him to bathe. Buddha's Birthday celebration ceremony began, the Prince statue in front of a pot of dry lotus, ginseng and other medicinal herbs to put a pot of specially made incense soup. The presiding monks light lamps, offer incense, set up offerings, kneel three times and bow nine times. All the monks recite sutras, drums and music, chanting visits to the chapter, praising the great contributions of Sakyamuni to the world of mankind. After the sutra, the Prince statue is bathed with fragrant soup. After the bath, and then recite the sutra, but also dance and sing, repeated many times, known as the treatment of the Buddha's puja. At the end of the puja, a meal is served. Then, they will receive the incense to bathe the Buddha, and go back to the monk's room to bathe themselves in boiling water, in order to obtain the right result as soon as possible.
The Buddha's Birthday Festival spread to the people, and formed a temple fair. For example, Shouyang County every year on the eighth day of April to organize the day Buddha temple fair, worship Buddha. There will be a sea of people and a lot of activity.
Buddha's Birthday Festival in the folk heritage, many places evolved into honoring other gods and other folk activities.
Datong, Yanggao and some counties in northwestern Jin, Buddha's Birthday Festival has evolved into the Grandmother Temple. The object of worship has changed from male to female, and foreign gods to local ones. Grandmother God, also known as the grandmother of the child, often accompanied by a variety of local folk tales, seemingly mysterious and bizarre. In addition to the ability to cure all diseases and drive away evil spirits, the god also has a magical ability to give children to people who are looking forward to having children and grandchildren. As long as the worshipper was sincere, he would be blessed with a child. Today, this is of course a superstition, but historically it has had a great impact, reflecting the traditional psychology of the Chinese people that "there are three unfilial things, and no one is more important than the next".
Yuncheng area more salt ponds, folklore is the eighth day of April, the Yellow Emperor fought Chiyu left. April 8th to specifically commemorate this matter. Legend has it that the war in order to distinguish between the enemy and me, the Yellow Emperor's generals head inserted with soapnut leaves, Chi You's generals head inserted with acacia leaves, and finally the Yellow Emperor defeated the amount of You. Today's people are the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, in order to commemorate the victory of the old ancestors, when men and women, young and old, head to wear soapnut leaves, and later became a custom.
Lingshi County April 8 temple fair, in the back of the temple courtyard, peony flowers in full bloom, bright and colorful, elegant, people go to watch, take the meaning of wealth, commonly known as "look at the God of flowers.
The temple fair in Xiangning County on the eighth day of the fourth month is known as the Oil Cake Fair. During the meeting, less than a square kilometer of the mountain town, the oil cake stalls as many as four, fifty. Catch the participants are to eat full of oil cake as a pride. Some people in the countryside are too old or too sick to go to the county town to attend the festival, but they still have to ask someone to buy a few packs of fried cake and share the fun at home.
On the eighth day of the fourth month in Linxian County, women go to Longevity Mountain (a Zhenwu Mountain) to pray for blessings. There is an old poem circulating in the area: "Sweat wet light Luo fog around the ring, colorful skirt Huajing single spot. Why don't you go to the rugged Longevity Mountain for the purpose of returning the wish of incense?" It vividly describes the scene and mentality of the people honoring the incense.
The eighth day of the fourth month has also evolved into a festival in honor of Guanshengdiun. The Ming version of "Datong Fu Zhi" recorded: "April 8, store lines in the Guansheng Temple offerings for several days, offerings flower plate paper work, extremely clean." Guan Sheng Di Jun, refers to the Three Kingdoms when the famous general of Shu Han Guan Yu, the word cloud long, was originally from Shanxi. Historical legend has it that he was a man of great ambition, righteousness, wisdom, benevolence and courage, and was y praised and worshipped by his descendants. Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism **** respect, and then by the feudal rulers enshrined as a god. In the old Guan Di Temple, there is a couplet, the first couplet is "Han Feng Hou, Song Feng Wang, Ming Feng Fu Devil Emperor"; the second couplet is "Confucianism called emperor, Buddhism, Taoism called the source of straight no respect", is the most typical summary of the image of Guan Yu. Xiezhou, Yuncheng is the hometown of Guan Yu. Xiezhou Guan Di Temple is the largest temple of its kind in China. During the temple fair, people from square counties (cities) go to catch the fair.
On the eighth day of April, the Jinnan region used to use alfalfa flowers mixed with noodles made of "drum buds" to taste fresh, the children to pick apricots to eat. The proverb has "April 8, alfalfa flowers, eat baby apricots (native language read ha)" said.
Buddha's Birthday on the eighth day of April
Every year on the eighth day of the Lunar Calendar, is the Buddha Shakyamuni Buddha's Birthday, the World Honored One was born two thousand five hundred years ago, near today's Nepal, the original name is Qiaodamo, Sydney Dodo, is Caron Nga country Jinyan Wang's son, Sydney Dodo has long experienced countless generations of cultivation, this life is the last turn back to the path of enlightenment and become a Buddha.
The World Honored One descended into the world, and after countless centuries of practice, he finally realized the Supreme Path, and preached to the five bhikkhus in Deer Park the Hinayana way of liberation, which is the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path, and preached that "all actions are impermanent", "All dharmas have no self", "Nirvana is silent", "Suffering, Collection and Destruction", "Right View", "Right Thinking", "Right Karma", "Right Speech", "Right Life", "Right Essence", "Right Progress", "Right Spirituality", "Right Spirituality", "Right Spirituality", "Right Spirituality", "Right Spirituality", "Right Spirituality". Right Thinking", "Right Karma", "Right Speech", "Right Life", "Right Refinement", "Right Mindfulness", and "Right Determination".
For the sake of liberation, he spoke in the heavenly realms for the great Bodhisattvas, and also spoke on the Mahayana classics: "The Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Dharma," "Prajna Meditation," "Vairocana." "Ru Laizang".
The World Honored One, whose grand wish to ferry all people, has been full of empowering power for all sentient beings for more than 2,000 years, has gained great accomplishments, whether they are seeking worldly attainments or worldly attainments. Anyone who prays to the Buddha and practises the Dharma, even if he practises only a tiny bit, can be empowered by induction!
Every year on the eighth day of the Lunar Calendar, many people go to temples to pray to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas for their blessings, hoping that everything will be "as good as it should be".
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│Christmas Date (Lunar Calendar) │Buddha, Bodhisattva │
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│First month 1st │Maitreya Bodhisattva │
│First month 6th │Ting Guang Buddha │
│February 19th │Guanyin Bodhisattva│
│February 21st │Pu Yin Buddha │
│March 16th │Junti Buddha │
│April 4th │Manjushri Bodhisattva │
< p>│April 8th │Shakyamuni Buddha││April 28th │Pharmacopoeia Bodhisattva │
│June 3rd │Vedanta Bodhisattva │
│July 13th │Daishakti Bodhisattva│
│July 30th │Deizo Bodhisattva │
│August 22nd │Light-burning Lamp Buddha │
│September 30th │Yakusha Buddha │
│November 17th │Amitabha Buddha │
│December 29th │Huayan Bodhisattva │
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