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When is the bathing Buddha Festival? What is the bathing Buddha festival called?

Many countries have their own religious beliefs. China and India have the largest number of Buddhists, and the bathing Buddha Festival is a religious festival of Buddhism, which is a very important day for Buddhists and Buddhists. So when is the bathing Buddha Festival? What is the nickname of bathing Buddha Festival? This article brings you the time and alias of bath Buddha Festival. Let's learn about it.

When is the bathing Buddha Festival?

Bathing Buddha Festival, also known as Buddha's birthday, Buddha's birthday, etc., is the eighth day of April of the lunar calendar every year. It is the birthday of Buddha Sakyamuni.

According to historical records, Sakyamuni Buddha was born in the 24th year of King Zhao of Zhou Dynasty (1027 BC). He is the prince of kapilawei state (now in Nepal). It is said that when he was born, one hand pointed to the sky and one finger to the ground, the earth shook and Kowloon spit water to bathe him. Nowadays, Buddhists of all nationalities in the world often commemorate the birth of Buddha by bathing Buddha.

alias of bathing Buddha Festival

Bath Buddha, also known as guanfo, is an important ceremony in ancient Indian Buddhism, and its origin is in the historical records of the birth of Sakya. According to the first volume of the past and present cause and effect Sutra, when Mrs. moye was pregnant and was about to give birth, she passed through the Lumbini garden and went under the worry free tree (also known as the Brahma tree or the Borneo tree) to give birth to the Prince Siddhartha. At this time, the Dragon Kings of NANDA and youbonantha (also known as Jiulong) spit clean water and fill the prince. This historical legend became popular in ancient India. In modern times, Buddhist carvings unearthed in Luyeyuan, India and Vardi, amor have compositions reflecting this scene. The bathing Buddha of later generations is held on the day of the birth of the Buddha.

In ancient India (now Nepal) more than 3000 years ago, there was a rich state of kapilawi, and the king was called King Jingfan. King Jingfan has two wives, one is Madame moye, and the second is mahaboboti. King Jingfan is kind and good at managing the country, but he has no children for many years. One day, Mrs. Moyer dreamed that a six tooth white elephant entered her body, and then she was pregnant. At that time, there was a custom in India that a woman had to go back to her mother's house before giving birth. Mrs. Moyer also left for home at this time. When she came to the Brahma tree in Lumbini garden, her heart was very happy. At this time, Mrs. moye suddenly felt abdominal pain, and then the prince was born. The little prince was born to walk. He stepped on a lotus flower with both feet. With one hand pointing to the sky and the other to the ground, he said, 'I am the only one in heaven and earth.' This day coincides with the eighth day of April in the Chinese lunar calendar, which is the Buddha's birthday. On that day, Buddhist believers from all over the country gathered in the temple to participate in bathing Buddha. In the Buddha Hall, the statue of the crown prince Buddha is enshrined. The four disciples fill the crown prince Buddha with a small copper spoon filled with fragrant soup bath in order. Before and after this, relevant Dharma meetings were held, known as the 'bathing Buddha Festival'.

Southern Buddhism also attaches great importance to this festival. The whole Dai nationality believes in Southern Buddhism. During the festival, both men and women, young and old, go to various Buddhist temples to worship the Buddha and Buddhist monks in the morning, hold a ceremony to send the old and welcome the new, bathe the Buddha, and sprinkle clean water on the Buddha statues. Then they began to splash water on each other, laugh and chase each other, and carry out activities such as raising, dragon boat racing, throwing and losing bags. This is the famous Dai water sprinkling Festival (another myth of seven women removing demons explains another origin of the water sprinkling Festival). Tibetan Buddhism also attaches importance to this festival, which is called the "April Dharma meeting". General activities continue for several days, including chanting scriptures, dancing yawns (also known as dancing Buza, dancing king of Dharma, dancing God, etc.), worshiping Buddha in various Buddhist temples, etc., while the custom of splashing water is only carried out among young monks.