xviii
June. 96
V. Moon.
13
July. VI. Moon.
23
13
29
19
Aug.
3
21
9
VII. Moon
1
15
2 82 8
7
23
15
26
18
28
20
29
30
22
Sept.
2
25
6
VIII. Moon.
7
1
2
3
15
Oct.
ཨ ཿ —
25
27
IX. Moon.
7
1
15
9
17
11
21
15
22
16
23
17
21
18
Nov.
3
28
X. Moon.
7
19
3 15
Dec. XI. Moon.
8
10
27
23
30
26
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CHINESE FESTIVALS AND OBSERVANCES
Fête of Chang Tao-ling (A.D. 31), ancient head of the Tauist sect. His de- scendants still continue to claim the headship. It is said "the succes- sion is perpetuated by the transmigration of the soul of each successor of Chang Tao-ling, on his decease, to the body of some youthful member of the family, whose heirship is supernaturally revealed as soon as the miracle is effected. Fête of Shakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism.
Fête of Lu Pan, the god of carpenters and masons.
Fête of the goddess of mercy.
Anniversary of Kwán Ti's ascent to heaven. Fête of Chuh Yung, the spirit
of fire; and of the god of thunder.
First day of the seventh moon. During this moon is held the festival of all souls, when Buddhist and Tauist priests read masses to release souls from purgatory, scatter rice to feed starving gho-ts, recite magic incantations accompanied by finger play imitating mystic Sanskrit characters which are supposed to comfort souls in purgatory, burn paper clothes for the benefit of the souls of the drowned, and visit family shrines to pray on behalf of the deceased members of the family. Exhibitions of groups of statuettes, dwarf plants, silk festoons, and ancestral tablets are com- bined with these ceremonies, which are enlivened by music and fireworks. Fête day of Lao Tszu, the founder of Tanism.
Fête of the god of Ursa Major, worshipped by scholars, and of the seven
goddesses of the Pleiades, worshipped by women.
Fête of Chung Yuen, god of the element earth.
Fête of the three gods of heaven, of earth, and of water, and of the five
attendant sacrificial spirits.
After
Fête of Chang Fi, A.D. 223. A leader of the wars during the Three King-
· doms. He is said have been at first a butcher and wine seller. many heroic exploits, he perished by the hand of an assassin. Fête of the god of wealth.
Fête of Hü Sün-ping, a Tauist eremite.
Fête of Ti Ts'ang-wang, the patron of departed spirits.
Fête of Hu 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. National fête day. Worship of the moon, and Feast of Lanterns.
Fête of the god of the Sun.
Fête of Confucius (born 551 B.C.), the founder of Chinese ethics and politics.
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 Hados. Fête of Yen Hwui, the favourite disciple of Confucius.
National fète of Chu Hi (A.D. 113-1200), 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.
Fête of the three brothers Sun Mao.
Fêtes of Ha Yuen, the god of water; of the god of small-pox; and of the
god and goddess of the bedstead.
National fête of Confucius (born 551 B.C.), the founder of Chinese ethics
and politics.
Fête day of Yuh Hwang, the higher god of the Tauist pantheon. Tauist feast day of Chang Sin, extensively worshipped for malo issue. Fête of the Genius of the North (one of the five evil genii).
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