The three-month Braun closing day is an unprecedented event
On the day of the closing day, the Bulang village was full of festive atmosphere.
Early in the morning, every family is busy steaming colored glutinous rice and making cakes, offering Buddha or gifts to relatives and friends, and preparing banquet meals. Closed door Festival during the three months of the closed door Festival, it is a major activity for people to listen to eminent monks in Buddhist temples. The content taught by eminent monks is inseparable from the stories of Buddhists, so as to educate all sentient beings to become Buddhists. During the three-month period from the closed door festival to the open door Festival, the Braun people do not hold weddings, build new houses and go far. They should concentrate on production. They regularly go to the Buddhist temple to worship and worship the Buddha. The devout elders who believe in the Buddha consciously fast, wear white clothes and wrap white cloth headscarves. Some even stay in the temple and hold Buddha worship activities every seven days. At that time, the believers will bring food Wax sticks are used to offer sacrifices to the Buddha, listen to the chanting of scriptures by eminent monks in the temple, and explain religious rules, commandments and Buddhist Scripture stories. There will also be a major event called 'pitan' (offering Scriptures).
When the three-month closing day expires, that is, December 15 of the Dai calendar, the opening day celebration will be held. The believers brought paper flowers, wax strips, flowers and trees, food and coins to the Buddhist temple to hold Grand Buddha worship and Sutra chanting activities. It is also like the closed door Festival, such as almsgiving meals and gathering meals of monks. It is as lively and happy as the closed door Festival. At night, the Buddhist temple lit sparks, lit high rises, lit Kongming lights, danced, and danced lights around the villages to celebrate the end of the fasting period, indicating that it has entered the opening period from the closing period. After this night, the Bulang village resumed its amorous and romantic life in the past. Monks can go out of Buddhism, believers can go far away, Dai families can build new houses, boys can string girls, and lovers can hold weddings.
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