Similarities and differences of Kogasawara Festival between China and Japan

? Bonsai? This is Sanskrit, which means? Save the upside down? . According to legend, Mulian, a disciple of Buddha Sakyamuni, saw his mother suffer in hell, and the pain was like hanging upside down in the air. He became a hungry ghost without eating or drinking, so he fed his mother a bowl of rice, which had already turned into charcoal fire before he ate it. The Buddha told Mulian that only on July 15 every year, put all kinds of fruits in a pot to support ten ghosts and cross the hungry ghosts can his mother be saved. Manglietia tried her best to save her mother from hell, and he himself became the protector of the earth treasure king. Since then, it has gradually evolved into Buddhism in Buddhism. On this day, we will worship Buddha and put bonsai to worship ghosts and gods.

Sino-Japanese Kogasawara Festival and Its Similarities and Differences

We have been talking about the Japanese Kasahara Festival, but we don't know that this festival actually comes from China. By the way, the Orchid Festival in China is also called the Mid-Autumn Festival. In the 1950s, Mid-Autumn Festival was still very lively. However, it was later regarded as advocating feudal superstition and gradually marginalized. The similarities and differences between China and Japanese Bonihara Festival are as follows:

1. Similarities and differences in time

China's July and a half Ghost Festival mainly falls on the 13th, 14th and 15th of the seventh lunar month. Due to the strong feudal superstition in modern society, it has not been selected as a traditional folk festival in China by the state, so there is no public holiday. The Kasahara Festival in Japan is mainly held around August 15 in the solar calendar, which is a public holiday for a week. China's Halloween is a trinity, forming a circular system, while Japan does not.

2. Similarities and differences in origin

It can be seen that the Japanese Ghost Festival mainly originated from the Kasahara Festival in China, and the two countries have deep roots in the Ghost Festival. In China, influenced by folklore, people pay more attention to offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods, which has the color of feudal superstition to some extent. In Japan, due to the influence of ancestral beliefs and spiritual beliefs, Ghost Festival is mainly a ceremony to worship ancestors.

3. Similarities and differences in ways of killing time

From the consumption patterns, we can know that the Ghost Festival in China and Japan has the connotation of sacrifice and moderate leisure and relaxation, such as walking in China and orchid dance in Japan. In the way of killing time, the Japanese Bonin Festival combines China elements, Tomb-Sweeping Day and ancestor worship in July and a half, and has its own development, thus forming the Japanese Bonin Festival with Japanese characteristics.