Guanyin's birthday is the moon (when is the sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month of Buddhists).
Guanyin has three birthdays a year. February 19, June 19 and September 19 are all Guanyin's birthdays. February 19 is Guanyin's birthday, June 19 is Guanyin becoming a monk, and September 19 is Guanyin becoming a Buddha. In Macau, every festive season, women especially flock to Kannonji to burn incense and pray for peace and good luck. Some people also worship Guanyin idols at home.
Many folk areas have the custom of holding a Guanyin meeting on Guanyin's birthday. Many people also go to temples to ask the Bodhisattva to realize some of their wishes, such as good health, successful studies, prosperous fortune and so on.
The origin of Guanyin bodhisattva
According to the Sad China Sutra, Guanyin Bodhisattva was a prince without pure thoughts before the infinite robbery, and her name was arbitrary. He made a big wish, gave birth to great compassion, cut off the suffering and troubles of all beings, and made all beings enjoy peace. Therefore, Bao Buddha named him Guanyin. Before the Tang Dynasty in China, the images of Guanyin were all male images, and the Indian Guanyin Bodhisattva was also a male image.
When was the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month a Buddhist?
All buddhas and bodhisattvas Christmas
The first day of the first month: Maitreya Christmas
On the sixth day of the first month: Christmas Day for the Buddha.
February 8: Sakyamuni Buddha became a monk.
February 15: nirvana of Sakyamuni Buddha
February 19: Guanyin Christmas.
February 2 1 day: Christmas in Pu Xian.
March 16: Christmas for Zhunti Bodhisattva
April 4th: Manjusri Bodhisattva Christmas Day
April 8: Sakyamuni Buddha Christmas Day
April 15: Buddha's auspicious day-the birth, enlightenment and nirvana of Sakyamuni Buddha are celebrated together.
May 13: Galand Bodhisattva Christmas Day.
The third day of June: Guardian Wei Tuo pays tribute to the Buddha at Christmas.
June 19th: Avalokitesvara became a Buddhist monk-on this day, she became a Buddhist monk, with extraordinary merits.
July 13: the general trend is to bodhisattva Christmas.
July 14: Kogasawara Festival
July 24th: Dragon Tree Bodhisattva Christmas Day
July 30th: Christmas for Tibetan Bodhisattvas.
August 22nd: Lantern Buddha Christmas Day
September 19: the anniversary of Guanyin Bodhisattva becoming a monk.
September 30th: The pharmacist came to Christmas with a glazed lamp.
10.5: Father Dharma's Christmas Day.
December 17th: Amitabha Christmas Day
The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month: Black Rice Taoist Day.
129 February: Christmas for Bodhisattva Huayan
Buddhism 65438+February 26th
Shi Hu's Translation of Prajna Paramita Sutra of Three Methods of Buddha Mother's Birth
February 6, 20 13, lunar calendar1February 26, is the anniversary of the death of Sanzang, a monk who translated scriptures in the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was the last peak of China's translation of Buddhist scriptures, and Shi Hu was one of the famous translators at that time. It has translated 65,438+065,438+05,255 volumes, including Mahayana Zhuang Yanbao Wang Jing, Mahayana Wang Jing all Tathagata images, King Kong Sanye all Tathagata Wang Jing and so on.
Shi Hu, a monk who translated scriptures in the Song Dynasty, was born in Uttar Pradesh, northern India. His date of birth is unknown. In February of the fifth year of Song Taizong's peaceful rejuvenation of the country, he arrived in Songjing with Sanzang, the scourge of North Indian Kashmir, and was summoned by Taizong and given purple clothes. At that time, Emperor Taizong intended to translate Buddhist scriptures, and ordered Zheng Shoujun to build a translation academy in Taiping xingguo temple West, with three halls, the middle hall as the translation office, the east preface as the ornament office, and the west preface as the debate office. In June of the seventh year of Taiping and Xingguo, he finished translating the classics in the hospital, and was given the title of "famous teacher" by decree. In July of the same year, Buddhist monks Fajin, Changjin, Qingnuma and others were ordered to write articles, and Guanglu Qingyang said that Jaco, the minister of the Ministry of War, polished the manuscript, and the temple was directly supervised by Liu Su. In July of the same year, the Tathagata Solemn Sutra was translated. There are 65,438+065,438+05,255 volumes translated by Shi Hu Academy, including four volumes of Mahayana Zhuangyanbao Wang Jing, three volumes of Mahayana Wang Jing, thirty volumes of Mahayana Wang Jing, seven volumes of Mahayana Wang Jing, and so on. In October of the second year of Yongxi, Emperor Taizong browsed the translated classics, which was very commendable and was appointed as "Please ask the doctor to try the crack of the young lady". Song Zhenzong died of illness in December of the first year of Tianxi and died on 26th. True Sect mourns and pursues "understanding".
Guanyin on November 19th of the lunar calendar.
Lunar calendar 165438+ 10/9 is not Guanyin's birthday, but Guanyin Bodhisattva's birthday is February 19.
According to the Legend of Guanyin, Guanyin Bodhisattva has 32 dharma bodies, of which there is only one Buddha body, and there are four female bodies, namely, elders, laymen, officials and Polomen.
According to the records in the book, this may be related to the lack of female representatives among Buddhist gods, and a large number of women among Buddhist believers urgently need a female Buddha. The wives of dignitaries, who have nothing to do at home all day, or want to escape from the world for some reason, have to worship the Buddha.
In ancient times, the difference between men and women was very serious. There can be no male Buddha in a woman's bedroom, and Guanyin Bodhisattva is famous for her kindness and kindness, which is similar to many characteristics of a woman, especially her mother. Slowly, the female body of Guanyin became her representative, and Guanyin Bodhisattva became the goddess of Guanyin.
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China's Belief in Guanyin Bodhisattva
Guanyin Bodhisattva is one of the four great Buddhists in China. According to legend, his birthday is February 19, enlightenment day is June 19, and nirvana day is September 19. It is said that the Dojo is Putuo Mountain. Belief in Guanyin has a far-reaching influence in China, resulting in various folklore about Guanyin. For example, it is widely circulated that Guanyin is the third princess of Miaozhuang Mountain in Xinglin country.
This female Guanyin legend can be seen in Zhu Bian's Old News of Quyi in the Song Dynasty. Later, Guan Daosheng's Biography of Guanyin Bodhisattva became a complete biography. On this basis, a large number of Guanyin story books have come out one after another, such as Xiangshan Baojuan, The Complete Biography of Guanyin in the South China Sea and The Way of Guanyin.
Lunar calendar165438+1October 19 is Guanyin's birthday.
Lunar calendar165438+1October 19 is not Guanyin's birthday, but Guanyin's birthday is June 19th of the lunar calendar.
Guanyin's birthday is a festival of Chinese folk beliefs. It can also be interpreted as the day when Guanyin Bodhisattva attained the Tao, and the day when Guanyin Bodhisattva attained the Tao. Guanyin, also known as Guanyin, Guanyin, Guanyin and Goddess of Guanyin. It is one of the four great bodhisattvas and the first bodhisattva under the seat of Amitabha. In Buddhism, people are regarded as compassionate, compassionate and responsive bodhisattvas. When all beings are in trouble, they must recite their names and save them, hence the name Guanyin. In temples and folk in China, the general statues and images of Guanyin are mostly female images.
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There are four Guanyin birthdays in a year, February 19, June 19, September 19,1month 19, all of which are Guanyin birthdays, and the activities of Kannonji in Zipu South Spring in Jiuri Mountain are in June.
Guanyin is a free translation of Sanskrit, one of the three saints in the West and one of the four great Buddhists in China. According to the Lotus Sutra, Guanyin is a bodhisattva with great compassion. If someone is killed, just call his name and they will come to help. Folk in China believe that Guanyin can protect fertility and procreation, but in the old society, the most important thing for women was procreation. Therefore, Guanyin was a talisman for women in the old society, especially infertile women.
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