When is the enlightenment day of Sakyamuni Buddha? Introduction of Sakyamuni Buddha's Enlightenment Day.

1, Gu Mei Enlightenment Day, that is, Sakyamuni Enlightenment Day or Buddha Enlightenment Day, falls on December 8th of the lunar calendar.

2. The traditional Buddhist Enlightenment Festival in China is on December 8th, that is, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, commonly known as Laba Festival. A Buddhist bath was held in the temple, and seven treasures and five flavors of porridge were given to disciples, called Laba porridge. Laba porridge is generally made of whole grains, with dates, almonds, walnuts, chestnuts and peanuts. , put together, simmer, don't have a flavor. Cooking Laba porridge for the Buddha on the day of enlightenment is based on the legend that the shepherdess offered chyle to the Buddha, which is of great significance to celebrate the bumper harvest of grain and drive away ghosts and evil diseases among the people. Today, many areas in China, such as Beijing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Central Anhui, Jiaodong, Northeast China and Northwest China, still retain the custom of drinking Laba porridge.

Long ago, people in China had the custom of eating Laba porridge and celebrating Laba Festival on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, which was formed by Buddhists in China to commemorate the enlightenment of Sakyamuni Buddha. According to this legend, Buddhist temples in the Han Dynasty are commemorated in various forms every year on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. For example, the second volume of Baizhang Qinggui records that "on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, when our teacher, Great Monk Nigumei, became a monk, he led the monks and ordered them to prepare incense, lamps, candles, tea and fruits to apply for support." Its porridge for Buddha has become a common meaning. Buddhism believes that eating porridge has many benefits, so temples generally have the habit of eating porridge in the morning. As for cooking Laba porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, it is even more particular. Usually eight kinds of things, such as lotus seeds, red dates, coix seed, beans, ginkgo, millet and white sugar peanuts, are used to cook porridge, which is called "eight-treasure porridge".