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CHINESE FESTIVALS, FEASTS, AND OBSERVANCES.

Sept. VII. Moon.

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IX. Moon.

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X. Moon.

Fête of the three gods of heaven, of earth, and of water, and of the five

attendant sacrificial spirits.

Fête of the ruler of the planet Jupiter, and of the sixty year gods. Fête of Chang Fi, A.D. 220. A leader of the wars during the Three King- doms. He is said have been at first a butcher and wine seller. After many heroic exploits, he perished by the hand of an assassin.

Fête of the god of wealth.

Another fête of Sheng Wang, the tutelary god of walled cities, and of Chang

Sien, the patron of child-bearing women.

The Emperor Kia K'ing died A.D. 1821. Fête of Hü Sün-ping, a Tauist

eremito.

Fête of Ti Ts'ang-wang, the patron of departed spirits.

First day of the eighth moon. Fête of Hü Sun, a deified physician, worshipped by doctors, and of Kin Kiah (god of the golden armour) worshipped by the literati.

Fête of the gods of land and grain.

Descent of the star god of the northern measure, and fête of the god of the

Hearth.

The Emperor T'ien Tsung died A.D. 1644.

The Emperor T'ien Ming died A.D. 1627.

National fête day. Worship of the moon, and Feast of Lanterns.

Autumnal equinox. The Emperor Yung Ching died A.D. 1735. Fête of the god of the Sun.

Fête of Confucius (born 551 B.C.), the founder of Chinese ethics and politics.

First day of ninth moon. Descent of the Star gods of the northern and

southern measures from the 1st to the 9th day inclusive.

Fête of Kwan Ti, the god of war; kite-flying day. Fête of Tung, a ruler in

Hades.

Fête of Yen Hwui, the favourite disciple of Confucius.

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.

Fête of the god of the loom.

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. Fête of Tsü Shêng, one of the reputed inventors of writing.

Fête day of Hwa Kwang, the god of fire, and Ma, a deified physician.

First day of the tenth moon. Fête of the god of the Eastern Mountain. Fête of the three brothers San Mao.

"Winter sets in."

Fêtes of Ha Yuen, the god of water; of the god of small-pox; and of the

god and goddess of the bedstead.

Fête of Tsz Mi, god of malaria.

First day of the eleventh moon.

National fête of Confucius (born 551 B.C.), the founder of Chinese ethics

and politics.

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Fête of the inferior celestial spirits.

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Fête day of Yuh Hwang, the higher god of the Tauist pantheon.

The Emperor Kang Hi died A.D. 1723.

Tauist feast day of Chang Sin, extensively worshipped for male issue. Fête of the Genius of the North (one of the five evil genii). Festival of the Angel of Sunlight

First day of the twelfth moon.

The Emperor Tung Chi died, A.D. 1875. Great Buddhistic Festival.