EASTERN FESTIVALS,
FESTIVALS, FASTS, AND OBSERVANCES
FOR THE YEAR 1883.
CHINESE.
1883 Yam-'ng Year.
Jany. XI. Moon.
1
23 Tauist feast da
Chang Sin, extensively worshipped for male issue,
7 29 Festival of the ingel of Sunlight.
XII. Moon.
9
1
13
5
14
6
20
12
28
31
Feby.
First day of the twelfth moon.
The Emperor Tung Chi died, 1875.
The festival of Buddha.
"The Great Cold."
He is
20 Festival of Lu Pán, the patron saint of carpenters and masons.
said to have been a contemporary of Confucius. Among the many stories related of his ingenuity, it is said, that on account of his father having been put to death by the men of Wu, he carved the effigy of one of the genii with one of its hands stretched towards Wu, when, in consequence, drought pre- vailed for three years. On being supplicated and presented with gifts from Wu, he cut off the hand, and rain immediately fell.
23 Worship of the god of the Hearth at night fall.
27
1
24
4
6
The god of the hearth reports to heaven,
"Spring sets in."
29 Fête of the Bodhisattva, Padma Vyuha. All the Buddhas descend to search out the merits and demerits of mankind. The star god of the northern measure descends.
Kwai-mi Year.
I. Moon.
1 China New Year's day. First day of the first moon.
2 An unlucky day.
21
* 222
10
3
The Emperor Kienlung died, 1796.
14 7
The Emperor Shunche died, 1662.
17 20
10
Fête day of the Spirits of the Ground.
13
Fête day of Wen and Hü, deified warriors worshipped at Fatshán, the well known manufacturing centre near Canton,
14 Death of the Emperor Taokwang, 1850.
22
23
15 Feast of lanterns, Fête of Shang yuen, ruler of heaven.
16 Fête of Shen and Ts'ai, the two guardians of the door. Auspicious day
for praying for wealth and offspring.