CHINESE FESTIVALS, FASTS, AND OBSERVANCES.
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26th.-Spring festival for worship of the lares. 27th.-A day of ill luck. 28tb.— Birthday of the judge of the sixth court in bell.
APRIL-1st.-Birthday of a dragon spirit of the ground. 2nd.-Anniversary of the death of an Empress. 4th.-Birthday of the central one among the tutelary spirits of the five regions. 5th.-Ts'ing-ming, a solar term "clear and bright.” Sun in Aries. Tomb festival. 6th.-The fifteenth day of the third moon. Birthday of I-lin, a deified physician. 7th.-All the spirits go to report in heaven. Birthday of Chun-ti, the Buddhist Durga. 9th.-Birthday of Hau-t'u, goddess of the ground, worshipped behind the graves. Birthday of Chung-yoh, the god of the central mountain. Birthday of one of the Tauist Sam-mau called "the three brothers." 14th.-Birthday of T'in-bau, Queen of Heaven, Tauist goddess of the sea. 15th.- Day of ill luck. 17th.-Birthday of T'sz-sün, goddess of progeny. 18th.-The earth spirit reigns. Birthday of Ch'é-kung (Che-tai-yuen-shwui) god of money and valuables. 19th.-Birthday of the god of (mount) T'ai-shan. Birthday of the six evil spirits of heaven, carch, year, month, day, and hour. Birthday of the god of the Eastern mountain, Tung-ngok. Birthday of Siang-bieb, inventor of the written characters. 20th.--The solar term "grain rain." Sun enters Taurus. 21st.-First day of the intercalary third moon. All the respective gods to be worshipped on the several days corresponding to preceding moon. The spirits report to Heaven. 25th.— Heaven grants pardon.
MAY.-5th.-Fifteenth day of the intercalary third moon. 6th. A solar term summer sets in." Sun in Taurus. 11th.-Heaven ants pardon. 21st.-First day of fourth moon. Birthday of the judge of the eight court in hell. A solar term "little full." Sun enters Gemini. 22nd.-Birthday o Gian Pa-suen, a statesman of the Sung dynasty. 24th.-Birthday of Mandjusbri, a ple of Shakyamuni Buddha. 28th.-Birthday of Sam kai, god of heaven. earth, and hell. Birthday of the judge in ninth court of hell. 30th.-Birthday of a dragon spirit of the ground.
JUNE.-3rd.-Birthday of Lü-sin, a deified Tauist physician. 4th.—The fifteenth day of the fourth moon. Birthday of Chung Li-k'uan, one of the Tauist eight genii. 6th.-A solar term "grain spiked." Sun in Gemini. Birthday of Kam-fa, Cantonese goddess of parturition. Birthday of the judge in the tenth court of hell. 7th.-Birth- day of Wa-t'o, a deified physician. Birthday of Tsz mi, Tanist star god of malaria. 9th.-Birthday of goddess Ngan-kwong (eye-sight), worshipped by the blind. 12th.- Birthday of Samanta-bbadra, worshipped by Buddhists. 15th.-Birthday of Chung- ch'an, deified warrior of Han dynasty. 16th.-A day of ill luck. 17th.-Birthday of Yoh-wang, Baichadya radja, the Esculapius of China. 18th.-Anniversary of the death of an Empress. 20th.-First day of the fifth moon. Birthday of the Tauist god of south pole (Nan-kieh). 22nd. Solar term "summer solstice." Sun enters Cancer. Anniversary of the death of an Empress. 24th. -A Tanist fast day. 26th.- Dragon boat festival. Boat races and processions to drive away evil spirits and ward off disease. 27th.-Birthday of a dragon sprit of oue (South) of the five regions. 29th.-Birthday of a dragon spirit of the ground. 30th.-Birthday of the tutelary god of every walled town (Shing-wong).
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JULY.-1st.-Birthday of Ping-sing, a deified statesman of the Chow dynasty. 2nd.--Birthday of Kwan-ti, the god of war and of his deifi d son, General Kwan. 3rd. The spirits report to Heaven. 4th. The fifteenth day of the fifth moon. Conjunction of heaven and earth. Day of general abstinence. Fête day of Shakya- muni Buddha. Birthday of Chang Tao-ling (A.D. 34), and of his present successor as head of the Tauist hierarchy. 7th.-The solar term "little heat." Sun in Cancer. Birthday of Si-wang-mu, an ancient Tauist goddess. Birthday of the goddess of the northern measure. 9th.-Birthday of Ma Tan-yan, a Tauist saint. 10th.-Heaven grants pardon. Auspicious day for worship. 15th.-Anniversary of the death of an Empress.-16th. First decade of heat commences. 18th.-Birthday of Mayura- radja, worshipped by sorcerers. 19th.-First day of sixth moon. 20th.-Birthday of Vêda Bodhisattva, patron saint of Buddhist and Tauist monasteries and nunneries. 21st. The earth spirit reigns. 22nd.-A day of ill luck. 23rd.-The solar term great heat." Sun enters Leo. 24th.-Birthday of Yang-si, a deified warrior and
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