CHINESE FESTIVALS, FASTS, AND OBSERVANCES.
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APRIL.-2nd.—Fifteenth day of the second moon. Féte day of Yoh Tei, a deified minister of the Sung dynasty. Birthday of Lao Tsze, founder of Tauism (B.C. 604), 4th.-Day of general abstinence. 5th.-Solar term, “clear and bright;" sun in Aries. Tomb festival; sacrifices to the dead. 6th.-Fête day of Kwan Yin, the goddess of mercy, and of a goddess of the sea. 7th.-Fête day of Samanta Bhadra, worshipped by Lotus-school Buddhists. 12th.-Fête day of the Tauist god, Hiuen T'ien, the holy father of the sombre heavens. 13th.-Death of an Empress. 18th-
irst day of the third moon. Fête of judge in second court of hades. 20th.-Solar erm, "grain rain"; sun enters Taurus. Fête day of Hiuen Tien Shang-ti, or Peb. tti, Tauist god of the north pole. 21st.-Fête day of Chang Tao-ling (A.D. 34), head of the Tauist church. 22nd.-Day of general abstinence. The spirits report to Heaven. 23rd.—Fête day of Cheng Kwob, a Tauist immortal. 25th.-Fête day of the judge in sixth court of hades. 26th.-Day of general abstinence. 27tb.- Fête day of the dragon spirits of the ground. 28th.-Death of an Empress.
MAY.-2nd.-Fifteenth day of the third moon. Fête day of I Ling, a deified physician and of Hiuen T'an, Tauist god of the sombre altar. 3rd.-Fête day of Chun Ti, the Buddhist Durga. 4th.-Day of general abstinence. The spirits report to Heaven. 5th.-Solar term, "summer sets in"; sun in Taurus. Fête day of Hew T'u, the goddess worshipped behind graves, also of the god of the Central Mountain and of the Three Brothers, San Mau. 10th.-Fête day of the Queen of Heaven, goddess of sailors. 13th.-Fête day of Tszu-sun, the goddess of progeny. 14th.- Fête day of Ch'e, a deified warrior, also of the six evil spirits (of heaven, earth, year, month, day, and bour), and of the judge in seventh court of hades. 15th.-Fête day of Ts'ang Kieb, inventor of writing, and of the god of the Eastern Mountain, 17th.-First day of the fourth moon. Day of ill luck. Total eclipse of the sun. Fête day of the judge of eighth court in hades, and of Siu Pa-suen, a deified statesma■ of the Sung dynasty. 20th.-Fête day of the Bodhisattva Mandjushri. 21st.- Solar term, "little full”; sun enters Gemini. 24th.-Fête day of San Kai, ruler of heaven, earth and hades, also of the judge in ninth court of hades. 26th.-Fête day of the dragon spirits of the ground. 30th.-Fête day of Lü Sien, Tauist patriarch and god of barbers. The spirits report to Heaven. 31st.-Fifteenth day of the fourth moon. Fête day of Chung Li-kien, a Tauist immortal.
JUNE.-2nd-Fête day of Kin Hwa, the Cantonese goddess of parturition, al-o of the judge in tenth court of hades. Death of an Empress. 3rd.-Fête of Wa 'I'..., a deified physician, and of Tsu-mi, the star goddess of malaria. 5th.-Fête day of the goddess of the blind. 6th.-Solar terin, "grain spiked"; sun in Gemini. 8th.- Fête day of Samanta Bhadra, a deified priest. 11th.-Fête day of Chung-shan, ▲ deified warrior. 13th.-Fête of Yoh Wang, the Tauist god of medicine.
14th. Death of an Empress. 16th.-First day of the fifth moon. Fête day of the god of the south pole. 18th.-Day of general abstinence. The spirits report to Heaven. Death of an Empress. 20th.-Dragon boat fastival and boat races. 21st.-Solar term, "summer solstice"; sun enters Cancer. 22nd.—Tauist fête day, division of the dragon spirits of the atmosphere. 23rd.-Fête day of the dragon spirits of the South. 25th.-Fête day of the dragon spirits of the ground. 26th.-Fête of Sheng Wang, the tutelary god of walled towns. 27th.-Fête day of Ping Ling, a deified statesman. 28th.-
28th. Fête day of Kwan-ti, god of war, and of his son, General Kwan. 30th.-Fifteenth day of the fifth moon.
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JULY.-1st.-Fête day of Chang Tao-ling (A.D. 34), first head of the Tauist church. Fête day of Shakyamuai Buddha, founder of Buddhism. 3rd.-Fête day of a Tauist goddess of women and of Si Wang-ma, Queen of the West. 5th.-Fe day of Tau Yang, a Tauist immortal. Auspicious day for fasting and prayer. 6th.- The spirits report to Heaven. 7th.-Solar term, "little heat"; sun in Caucer. 8th.-Death of an Empress. 14th.-Fête day of Mayura Radja, a Budhisativa, 15th.-First day of the sixth moon. 16th.-Fête day of Vêda, the guardian of Buddhist and Tauist monastics. 20tb.-Fête day of Yang Si, a deified warrior, and of Tsui, a deified priest; also of the god of Mount T'ai. First decade of heat com. mences. Festival of airing clothes. 21st.-The earth spirit reigns. 23rd.-Solar
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