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JAPANESE AND JEWISH FESTIVALS, FASTS, AND OBSERVANCES.
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and of Chu, a deified warrior. 9th.-Auspicious day for worship. 10th.-Birthday of Tsiu-sien, a Tauist saint. 14th.-Birthday of Dipamkara Buddha. 15th.- Death of Emperor Yung-chêng (A.D. 1735). 15th.-Birthday of T'ao-ye, inventor of pottery. 17th.-Birthday of the regent of the sun, worshipped by the sick. 19th. -Birthday of Confucius (B.C. 551). 20th.-The earth spirit reigns. 22nd.-The spirits report to Heaven. 23rd.-First day of the ninth moon. The solar term "hoar frost descends;" sun enters Scorpio. The gods of the southern bushel descend. 24th to 31st.-The nine gods of the northern bushel descend. 25th.--Birthday af Wu-yuen, a Tauist saint. 29th.-Auspicious day for worship. 31st.-Fête day of Chun-ti (Durga), also of Chun-yang, a Tauist saint, and of Tung-tu, a ruler in hades. Ascension of the god of war.
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NOVEMBER. 2nd.-Birthday of Yuen hwuy, first disciple of Confucius. 6th.— Fifteenth day of the ninth moon. Fête day of the Tauist god of the sombre altar. Birthday of the philosopher Cnu Hi (A.D. 1131). 7th. The Solar term “winter sets in";
; sun in Scorpio. Birthday of the god of the loom. 8th.-Day of ill-luck. The spirits report to Heaven. Birthday of the Tauist god, the golden dragon-king, also of Chiao-ts'ai, the god of wealth, and of the Tauist philosopher Kob-hung (circa 350 A D.) 9th.-Birthday of Tsu-shing, one of the inventors of writing. 14th.- Birthday of Yin, a Tauist saint. 18tb.-Death of an Empress. 19th.-Birthday of Wa Kwong, god of fire, and of Ma, a deified warrior. 20th.-Death of an Empress. 21st. Birthday of Vaidurya Buddha. 22nd.-First day of the tenth moon. The Solar term "little snow"; sun enter Sagittarius. Birthday of the god of the Eastern Mountain. A Tauist fast day. 23rd.-Birthday of Chau, attendant of the god of war. 24th.-Fête
24th. Fête day of the Tauist "three brothers." 26th.-Heaven pardons sins. Death of patriarch Bodhidharma (A.D. 529). 27th.-Birthday of the inferior celestial spirits.
DECEMBER. 6th.-Fifteenth day of the tenth moon. Eclipse of the moon. Birthday of the regent of the element water, also of the god of small-pox, and of a deified warrior, Wen. Fête day of the god and goddess of the bedstead. 7th.-The Solar term " great snow"; sun in Sagittarius. 8th.-A day of ill-luck. 11th. -A day of ill luck. Birthday of the goddess of sorcerers, also of Hü-t sing, a Tauist philosopher. A day of fasting and prayer. 16th.-Auspicious day for worship. 17th. -Birthday of the regent of the five mountains. 18th.-Birthday of the star god Tsu-mi. 20th.-Fête day of Chau, attendant on the god of war. 21st.-First day of the eleventh moon.
22nd. The Solar term, " winter solstice"; sun enters Capricorn. 24tb.-Fête day of Confucius. 26th.-Birthday of Yuh-wang Shang-ti, supreme god of the Tauist Pantheon. Fête day of the regent of the Western Mountaiu. 31st.
-Birthday of Ta-yih, a Tauist star god, guardian of all sufferers.
JAPANESE.
NEW YEAR'S DAY.-First of January.
GEN-SHU-SAI,—The festival of opening all public business.
KI-GEN-SETSU.—The 11th of February; the Commemoration of Jimmu-Yennō, the first emperor of the present dynasty.
TEN CHO-SETSU.-The 3rd of November, the birthday of the reigning Emperor.
JEWISH.
The festivals of the Jews are held weekly, monthly, and yearly. Each seventh and fiftieth year, moreover, is kept with peculiar solemnities.
The weekly festival is the Sabbath, a day consecrated to rest and cheerful devo- tion. It was instituted when God rested, on the seventh day, from the work of crea- tion, and the precept. was renewed to the Hebrews in the wilderness of Sin (Ex. Chap. 16), ere yet the Decalogue bad been given from Sinai. It is kept from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday.
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