Lantern Festival, also known as "Wugong Festival" and "Gedenggaqu" in Tibetan, is a religious festival for Tibetan people in Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu and other provinces. Tibetan calendar1October 25th, one day. Lantern Festival is an activity to commemorate the death of Zong Kaba, a Buddhist reformer, founder and master of Gelug Sect. On this day, all herders in temples and villages belonging to this sect will be present.
A few days before the Lantern Festival, followers of Tibetan Buddhism began to make butter lamps. Everyone in the temple has to make more than 30 butter lamps. On the night of Lantern Festival, every windowsill is filled with butter lamps. Because in the concept of Tibet, the singular means auspiciousness, so the number of butter lamps is singular.
The origin of festivals
Regarding the special significance of the Lantern Festival, I read from the book that although Ke Zhujie is the second largest disciple of Zong Kaba after Jia Caojie, he spent most of his time preaching in Xiazang (Shigatse). 14 18 (one year before Zong Kaba's death), invited by "Jiangze Qianhu" to help build "Baiju".
When the news reached Shigatse, it was probably heard that Gandan Temple was holding an amazing number of "burning lamps". Ke Zhu Jie couldn't come up with so many bowls and ghee at the moment, so he used cow's feet and fat oil instead. Later, he derived the idea of allowing animals to live beyond life and became a "charity" for the dead to turn over. Ke later succeeded the "Chiba" (abbot) of Gandan Temple and became Hejiacao. He also wrote "Biography of Zong Kaba", which made a great contribution to the teacher's success.