Festival: Bon-odori festival (Guijie, the Ghost Festival)
Festival hours: Lunar July 15
July 15 for the annual Lunar New Year, "Bon-odori festival", also known as "Ghost Festival", some areas commonly known as "Guijie", "Shi Gu." This is a Buddhist festival, the festival is also a place for ancestral worship. Folk belief that hell is the official from the jurisdiction of the Great, the annual Lunar New Year to July 15 is the birthday of Great Officer, to open the door to hell, or hell, so their ancestors, ghosts from hell will come to the world, it can be invigorating, comfort They.
"Bon-odori" (Ullam-bana) for the Tianzhu language, which means "to save overhang", originated in India as a Buddhist ceremony. Legend of Buddha heads disciples even see his mother in hell overhang, Qiufochaodu. Buddha in his July 15 to prepare the exception of fresh fruit, dependent, 10 monks, so that his mother from Kue. So Buddhists ancestors held a memorial for the "Bon-odori."
China's Liang from the Northern and Southern Dynasties (502-557) started to follow suit imitation, Xiangyan into Ghost Festival. But later in addition to Shezhaigongseng, also increased the Baichan, flame-mouth and other activities. On this day, in advance in blocks built before the village Master Block Shigu and Taiwan. Master at the previous Chaoduo hell for the ghost of the King of the Buddha, below for a disk system with peach, rice; Shigu platform legislature and the spirits of the three Lingpai banner. After noon, individual households have to pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese and all kinds of Fagao, Shigu fruit, such as placing the stage. Principals in each of offerings on the plug in a blue, red, green color, such as the Triangle of paper flags that read "Yu Lan event", "Mannan door open" and other words. Ceremony in a while solemn music in the temples began. Immediately after that, with the Master bell sounded, and lead blocks under Zhongsengsongnian various spells and truth. And soup kitchens, a disk peach and the Misa to the Quartet, repeated three times. This ceremony is "Fang Yan mouth."
Folk opera 《Head even save the mother"》of artists in the Face painting.
By evening, in their own families but also at the door Fenxiang, incense planted on the ground, the better, a symbol of Wugufengdeng. This is called "Fuda."
He Deng also put Ghost Festival. The so-called Hedeng (water HEC), is a panel Xiaomu扎a lamp, most are made by Cai Zhi lotus-shaped, lit into the river after. He Deng was initially put by the rise of the temple, and later into civil. According to the traditional view, is to give those He Deng Yuan Sigui approaches, the lights out, He Deng also completed the innocent people, with a Naihe Qiao task. It was felt that Ghost Festival is Guijie, should also be of lights, for the ghosts to celebrate festivals. However, there are ghosts of other people, Zhang Zhong-yuan lights and Spring (Lantern)-lights not the same. Therefore, in the Spring of lights on land, Zhang Zhong-yuan lights in the water. That shops are closed and the streets to give a ghost. Right in the middle of the street, every Baibu put on a Xiangan, Xiangan上供of fresh fruits and a "ghost steamed stuffed buns." After a Taoist priest has heard people do not know how to sing the song festival of ghosts, this ceremony is "Shi Song of children."
Shanghai puts in river light on the ancient county jar orchid basin grand gathering , places the sad memory to the ancestor.
This is seldom be popular for among the people already section at the modern times, needing to hold grand law only in vihara will be. Jar orchid basin festival biography is developed more to the Japan queen , already becomes Japan being next only to second big festival of New Year.
Taiwan's Keelung Ghost Festival Shaozhi money people pay respects to their ancestors.
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