When was the 20 18 Lantern Festival introduced into the Tibetan Lantern Festival?

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20 18 When was the Lantern Festival? In order to commemorate Master Zong Kaba, the founder of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, it was designated as the Lantern Festival on the Tibetan calendar 10/25. Today, Master Zong Kaba died in 14 18, and this year's double 12.

It has a history of 599 years. Looking forward to the 600th feast. 12, 12, Lhasa butter lamps are brightly lit. This is the annual Lantern Festival. Men, women and children are all dressed up to attend, and oil lamps put on different shapes.

Introduction of Tibetan Lantern Festival 0 1, Introduction of Lantern Festival

On the Lantern Festival, Tibetan transliteration "Gadeng Anqu" means "Five Sacrifices".

14 19 Tibetan calendar1October 25th is the day when Zong Kaba, the founder of Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism (commonly known as Yellow Sect), died and became a Buddha. In memory of the master, this day is designated as the Lantern Festival, which lasts for one day.

On this day, all herders in the temples and villages to which this sect belongs will light butter lamps in shrines inside and outside the temples and in the halls at home, day and night.

Because the Gelug Sect is the largest Sect in Tibetan Buddhism, with the largest number of temples and followers, other sects, such as Nyima Sect, Kagyu Sect, Sakya Sect and their followers, will also celebrate the Lantern Festival.

02. Date of Lantern Festival

The date and time of Lantern Festival are different in different regions.

Amdo areas (Gannan, Qinghai and other places) are mostly on October 25 of the lunar calendar.

Weizang and Kangba areas are mostly in the Tibetan calendar1October 25th, and the Tibetan calendar and the lunar calendar sometimes catch up, and some will be a month apart.

In Inner Mongolia and some places in the mainland that believe in the Yellow Religion, because they are not familiar with the Tibetan calendar, 65438+1October 25th of the China lunar calendar is generally designated as the "Lantern Festival".

Formed sometimes meet with Tibet on the same day, sometimes a month apart.

There is a folk saying that when Zong Kaba died, it was very difficult to transmit information because of the extremely inconvenient traffic at that time.

The news of the master's death spread to different places at different times, so the specific date of the Lantern Festival varies from place to place.

Dongkang District of Tibet (Changdu, Ganzi and Aba areas in Sichuan) celebrated the Lantern Festival on June 25th of Tibetan calendar/kloc-0, and Bilasa was five days late.

03, Lantern Festival date custom

A few days before the Lantern Festival, Tibetan Buddhists in every household began to make butter lamps in full swing, while monks in temples demanded that each person must make more than 30 butter lamps.

On the night of the Lantern Festival, everyone lights a fire and butter lamps to celebrate.

In the evening, people put on the costumes of the program and gathered in front of the temple where Buddhist masters recited scriptures. The chanting of French horn, snail and golden suona resounded through the earth.

Monks should light a butter lamp on both sides of the road, around the stupa, on the roof of the temple, on the windowsill, in the indoor Buddhist temple, in the niche and on the altar.

Believers recite the Six-Character True Classics, with their prayer tubes flying around and chanting buzzing. They prayed and kowtowed to the gods, recited scriptures and prayed in front of the altar, and held a grand mulberry stew ceremony. The white smoke in the mulberry stove transpiration and went straight into the night sky.

Lights and water set each other off, making pagodas, temples, Buddhist temples and houses brightly lit.

Butter lamps are connected to the courtyard at the top of the temple. From a distance, the zigzag or pagoda-shaped lights are like stars falling to the ground, illuminating the night sky.

Young men and women danced in the "Pot Village", singers sang songs of wishes, and artists who could talk and sing sang Tibetan folk poems and The Biography of King Gesar. Until the full moon rose, people helped the old and the young, sang and recited the Six-Character True Classics, and went home happily.

04. Food for Lantern Festival

The special food of the Lantern Festival is called "Ciba Noodle Porridge", which is porridge made of Ciba Noodle (that is, noodles ground after parching highland barley), tea powder and a little salt.

Buttered tea is an essential thing, and all kinds of snacks in Tibetan areas are prepared by every household on this day.

05. Lantern Festival in various places

The Lantern Festival is different in every place.

Kangding

In Kangding, people call the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival.

Every year, from 24th to 26th of Tibetan calendar1October, several temples of the Yellow Sect in Kangding will hold Buddhist ceremonies, set butter sculptures and light lanterns for the Buddha.

Besides offering lanterns at home, believers climbed Happy Mountain and went to Nanwu Temple to worship lanterns. After dark, they flocked to Anjue Temple to attend the Lantern Festival.

On this night, some temples and families still provide five kinds of offerings in front of the Buddha statue, such as steamed bread, sugar and fresh fruit, so it is commonly known as the Five Sacrifice Festival.

Lhasa

On this night in Lhasa, countless lights will be lit on the roofs of temples and laity to commemorate Master Zong Kaba. Especially in Jokhang Temple, people gather in Jokhang Temple, and the prayer-turning team keeps flowing.

Aber

20 15 12.6, in memory of the death of Master Zong Kaba, the founder of Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism.

Religious monks in Aba County, Sichuan Province held an annual traditional religious activity "Lantern Festival" in Gelden Temple. During the activity, the temple held a dharma meeting, and monks chanted scriptures all night. Religious people go to the temple to pray and light lamps to pray.

Xi'an

20 15 15 On February 6th, a lantern festival was held in Anguangren Temple, Xi. The monks and pilgrims who poured into the temple made butter lamps into exquisite patterns and prayed for world peace and happiness.

Lantern Festival is very grand, and there is a sense of sacredness when it is held. It is not only romantic and beautiful, but also quiet and holy. If there is an opportunity, you can come here to experience the atmosphere of this festival for yourself.