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EASTERN FESTIVALS, FASTS, AND OBSERVANCES,

FOR THE YEAR 1880.

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CHINESE.

JANUARY.—4th.—Birthday of the god of progeny. Suitable day for prayers for the birth of a son. The spirits of the Northern Bushel descend. 6th.-Solar term, "Little Cold." Sun in Capricorn. 7th.-Birthday of the god of the 10 points of the compass.

8th. Birthday of Samanta Bhadra Buddha. 10th.-Birthday of Surya Déva. 12th.-First day of the twelfth moon.. Anniversary of the death of T'ung chi (1875). 16th. A day of ill luck. All the spirits report to Heaven. 17th.-Anniversary of the death of an Empress. Fête-day of Julai Buddha. 18th.- The earth spirit reigus. 19th.-A day of ill luck. 20th.-A solar term, "Great Cold." Sun enters Aquarius. 22nd.-Anniversary of the death of an Empress. 23rd.--Anniversary of the death of an Empress. 26th.-Fifteenth day of the twelfth moon. Birthday of Wen Yuen, a deified warrior of the Han dynasty. 27th.-Birth- day of Nam-yoh, the Tauist god of the Southern Mountain. Birthday of Lao Tszu (B.C. 604), first Tauist philosopher. 28th.-Day of ill luck. 31st.-Fête-day of Lu Pan, the god of carpenters and masons.

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FEBRUARY.-1st.-Birthday of the Supreme (Tauist) ruler of the celestial dragon. 4th.-Solar term, Spring sets in." Ceremony of meeting the Spring, by breaking a clay figure of an ox. The god of the hearth reports to Heaven. Auspi- cious day for worship. 5th.-Anniversary of the death of an Empress. 9th.-Birth- day of Padma Vyûba, a fabulous Bodhisattva. All the Buddhas descend. The gods of the Northern Bushel descend. Auspicious day for worship. 10th.-New Year's day. Fowl day. A Tauist fast. 11th.-Dog day. Birthday of Che Ta yen, a deified warrior. 12th.-Pig day. Anniversary of the death of Kienlung (A.D. 1736). Birthday of Sun Cuing-jin, a deified physician. 13th.-Sheep day. 14th.-Cow day. 15th.-Man day. Day of ill luck. All the spirits report to Heaven. Birthday of the god of wealth, and of Dipankara Buddha. 16th.-Anniversary of the death of Yung Chêng (A.D. 1735). Grain day. 17th.-Hemp day. 18th.-Pea day. 19th. Solar term, "Rain water." Sun enters Pisces. Birthday of a dragon spirit of the ground. 20th.-Anniversary of the death of an Empress. 22nd.-Birthday of Wen and Wu, warriors worshipped at Fatshan. 23rd.-Anniversary of the death Feast of lanterns, of Tao Kwang (A.D. 1850). 24th.-Fifteenth day of the first moon. Birthday of Shang Yuen, a (Tauist) celestial ruler.

MARCH.-1st.-Birthday of Shen Ts'ai, a Buddhist youthful saint. Auspicious day for praying for wealth. Anniversary of the death of an Empress. 3rd. Anni- versary of the death of an Empress. 5th.-Sclar term, "Movement of larvæ." Sun in Pisces. 9th.-Anniversary of the death of an Empress. 11th.-First day of the second moon. Birthday of judge in first court of hades. 12th.-Birthday of the philosopher Mencius (B.C. 371), and of a dragon sp.rit of the ground. 13th.--Birth- day of the star god of literature. 16th.-Birthday of the god of the Eastern Moun- tain. 17th.-Anniversary of the death of an Empress. Birthday of the god of the Canton river. 20th.-Solar term, "Vernal Equinox." Sun enters Aries. 21st.- Anniversary of the death of an Empress. 24th.- All the spirits report to Heaven. 25th.-Fifteenth day of the second moon. Fête-day of Lao Tszu as founder of Tauism, and of Yoh Fei, deified warrior of Sung dynasty. 28th.-Birthday of judge in fourth court of hades. 29th.-Birthday of the goddess of mercy, Kwan-yin, and of a goddess of the sea. 30th.-Anniversary of the death of an Empress. Birthday of Samanta Bhadra, worshipped by Buddhists of the Lotus School.

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