JAPANESE AND JEWISH FESTIVALS, FASTS, AND OBSERVANCES.
Sept. VIII. Moon.
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25 Fête of the god of the Sun.
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27 Fête of Confucius (born 551 B.C.), the founder of Chinese ethics and
politics. Oct. IX. Moon.
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1 First day of ninth moon. Descent of the Star gods of the northern and southern measures from the 1st to the 9th day inclusive.
9 Fête of Kwan Ti, the god of war; kite-flying day. Fête of Tung, a ruler in Hades.
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Fête of Yen Hwui, the favourite disciple of Confucius.
15 National fête of Chu Hi (A.D. 1130-1200), the most eminent of the later Chinese philosophers whose commentaries on the Chinese classics have formed for centuries the recognized standard of orthodoxy.
16 Fête of the god of the loom.
17 17 Fêtes of the god of wealth; of Koh Hung, one of the most celebrated
of Tauist doctors and adepts in alchemy; and of the golden dragon king. 18 Fête of Tsü Shêng, one of the reputed inventors of writing.
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28 Fête day of Hwa Kwang, the god of fire, and Ma, a deified physician.
X. Moon.
1 First day of the tenth moon. Fête of the god of the Eastern Mountain.
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Fête of the three brothers San Mao.
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Fête of the inferior celestial spirits. "Winter sets in."
15 Fêtes of Ha Yuen, the god of water; of the god of small-pox; and of
the god and goddess of the bedstead.
27 Fête of Tsz-mi, god of malaria.
XI. Moon.
1 First day of the eleventh moon.
4 National fête of Confucius (born 551 B.C.), the founder of Chinese ethics and politics.
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Fête day of Yuh Hwang, the higher god of the Tauist pantheon. The Emperor Kanghi died A.D. 1723.
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Fête of Amitabha, the Buddha of the Paradise in the West. Buddhist fête of Boddhisattva, of the "nine lotus flowers.'
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23 Winter Solstice; fête of Chang Sien, the patron of child-bearing women.
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-Yenno, 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. XVI.), ere yet the Decalogue had been given from Sinai. It is kept from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday.
The monthly festival is held on the day of the new moon, or the first day of every month, which is proclaimed by sound of trumpet; the law, however, did not oblige the people to rest on these days, though it appointed particular sacrifices.
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