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CHINESE FESTIVALS, FASTS, AND OBSERVANCES.

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hades. 18th.-Birthday of Kwan-yin, goddess of mercy, and of a goddess of the 19th.-Birthday of Samanta Bhadra, worshipped by Lotus School Buddhists, Death of an Empress. 20th. The Solar term, "vernal equinox;" sun enters Aries. 24th.Birthday of Hiuen t'ien, the Taust "holy father," god cf the sombre heavens. 25th.-Spring worship of lares rustici. Death of an Empress. 26th.-- Auspicicus day for worship. 28tb.-Day of ill-luck. The spirits report to Heaven. 30th. First day of the third moon. Birthday of judge in second court of bades.

APRIL.-let.-Auspicious day for worship. Birthday of Peh-ti, god of the sombre beavens, ruler of north pole. 2nd.-Birthday of Chang, a Tauist saint. 4th. The Solar term, "clear and bright;" sun in Aries. Ts'ing-ming, tomb festival. Birthday of Ch'aug, a Tauist saint. 6th.-Day of ill-luck. Birthday of judge in sixth court of bades. 7th.-The spirits report to Heaven. 8th.-Birthday of a spirit of the ground. 9th.-Death of an Empress. 11tn.-Birthday of the central spirit of the ground. 12tb.-Auspicious day for worship. 13th. Fifteenth day of the third moon. Birthday of deified physician, I-lin, and of the god of the sombre altar. 14th. Heaven parcons sins. Birthday of Chun-ti, the Buddhist Durga, 16tb.-Day of ill-luck. The spirits report to Heaven. Brthday of the goddess worshipped behind graves, and of god of Central Mountain, also of the Tauist three brothers San-mau. 17th.-The earth spirit reigns.

17th. The earth spirit reigns. 19th.-Day of ill-luck. 20th.~~ The Solar terin, "grain rain;" sun enters Taurus. 21st.-Auspicious day or worship. Birthday of the Queen of Heaven, goddess of sailors. 24th.-Birth- day of goddess of progeny, Tszu-sun. 25th.-Birthday of Ch'e-kung, god of money, also of the six evil spirits (of heaven, earth, year, month, day, hour), and cf judge in seventh court of hades. 26th.-Birthday of Ts'ang-kieb, inventor of writing, and of the god of the Eastern Mountain. 27tb. The spirits report to Heaven, 28tb.-First day of the fourth moon. Day of ill-luck. The spirits report to Heaven. Birthday of judge in eighth court of hades, and of Siu Pa-suen, statesman of Surg dynasty,

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MAY.-1st.-Birthday of Bodhisattva Mandjushri. 5tb.-The Solar term, summer sets in; sun in Taurus. Birthday of god of heaven, earth, and hades, and of the judge in ninth court in hades. 6th.-Auspicious day for worship. 7th.- Birthday of a spirit of ground. 11th.-Birthday of 'eified physician, Lü Sien. 12th.-Fifteenth day of the fourth moon. Birthday of Chung Li-sien, one of the eight Tauist genii. 13tb.--Day of ill-luck. 14th.-Death of an Empress. Birthday of Kam-fá, goddess of parturition, and of judge in tenth court of hades. 15th- Birthday of deified physician, Wa-t'o, and of Tszu-mi, Tauist star god of malaria, 17th.-Birthday of the goddess of the blind. 18th. The spirits report to heaven. 20th.-Fête day of Bodhisattva Samanta Bhadra. 21st.-The Soiar term "little full;" sun erters Gemini. 231 d. Birthday of Chung-stàn, de ficd warrior. 25tb.-Birth- day of god of medicine, Yoh-wang. 26th.-Death of an Empress. 28th.-First day of the fifth moon. Birthday of the Tauist god of the south pole. 30th.-Death of an Empress. 31st.-Auspicious day for worship.

JUNE.—1st.—Tauist fast day. Dragon boat festival. Boat race and processions. 3rd.-Day of ill-luck. The spirits report to Heaven. 4th.- Birthday of a spirit of the ground. 5th. The Solar term, "grain spiked"; sun in Gemini. 6th- Auspicious day for worship. Birthday of a dragon spirit of the ground. 7th.-- Birthday of the tutelary god of walled towns, Sheng-wang. 8th.-Birthday of Pirg-ling, deified statesman. 9th.-Birthday of god of war, Kwan-ti, and of his son, General Kwan. 11th.-Fifteenth day of the fifth moon. 12th.-The spirits report to Heaven. Conjunction of heaven and earth. Day of abstinence. Fête day of Julai Buddha. Birthday of Chang Tao-ling (A.D. 34), and of the present head of the Tauist church. 14th.-Birthday of a Tauist goddess, and of Si Wang-mu. 15th.— Auspicious day for worship. 16th.-Birthday of Ma Tan-yang, a Tauist saint, 17th.-Day of il-luck. 19th.-Death of an Empress. 21st.-The Solar term, summer solstice"; sun enters Cancer. 23rd.-Day of ill-luck. The spirits report to Heaven. 25th.-Birthday of Mayura Radja, god of sorcery. 26th.-First day of

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