It will be the Chinese New Year's day on July 15 of the lunar calendar. The Chinese New Year's day has lasted for a long time in China and is a traditional festival in China. Zhongyuan Festival is also called ghost festival among the people, but it is also called Yulan basin Festival. Then why is the Zhongyuan festival also called Yulan basin Festival? How did the Yulan basin Festival come from? This article brings you an introduction to the origin of the Yulan basin Festival. Let's have a look.
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Why is Zhongyuan festival also called Yulan basin Festival? Zhongyuan Festival belongs to Taoism and Yulan basin Festival belongs to Buddhism. In Indian Buddhist rituals, Buddhists held a "Yulan basin meeting" in order to recommend their ancestors. The Yulan basin Sutra in the Buddhist sutra was to practice the will of filial piety and encourage Buddhist disciples, which was in line with the popular belief of being cautious in the end and pursuing the future in China, so it became more and more popular. China began to follow this example from the Liang Dynasty and became the Zhongyuan Festival. However, later, in addition to fasting for monks, activities such as repentance and fireworks were also increased. Although the two festivals come from different origins, they have different names because they are on the same day.
Origin of Yulan basin Festival
Yulan is actually a Buddhist Festival, 'Yulan' is Sanskrit, meaning to save the upside down and relieve pain. According to the Sutra of "Buddha said Yulan basin", at that time, the Buddha's disciple Mu Jianlian found that his dead mother was suffering in the hungry ghost road. Mu Jianlian was deeply filial and sent food to his mother's mouth with God's power. Who knew that the food turned into charcoal in his throat and could not be eaten, which was extremely painful.
His eyes were anxious and worried, so he asked the Buddha how to save him. The Buddha told the Mulian venerable that the day of July 15 was a summer day, a "Buddha joy day", and a day for all monks to indulge themselves. At this time, it is the most outstanding merit to set up a Zhai for monks. Therefore, the Buddha instructed the venerable "Lian" to prepare meals with 100 flavors and five fruits, draw and pour pots, burn incense and light lamps on July 15, and put the most precious food in the world in the Yulan basin to support the ten great virtuous monks. When the monks chant blessings and pray for disaster elimination, they will increase their blessings and wisdom in the world and die first. Later, the Mu Lian venerable was enlightened by the Buddha. On July 15, he set up a basin to support and fasting monks, combined with the power of the great virtue and power gods, so that his mother could get rid of the suffering of hungry ghosts.