There are many festivals in Buddhism, how are they divided?

I send you the large Buddha's birthday (Buddha's birthday) throughout the year for your reference:

1. Maitreya Bodhisattva's birthday on the first day of the first month.

2. The sixth day of the first month of the first month of the birth of Dingguang Buddha.

3. Shakyamuni Buddha became a monk on the eighth day of the second month.

4. Shakyamuni Buddha Nirvana February 15.

5. Guanyin Bodhisattva's birthday February 19.

6. The birthday of Fuxian Bodhisattva is February 21.

7. Zhun Ti Bodhisattva Christmas March 16.

8. Manjushri Christmas on the fourth day of the fourth month of April.

9. Shakyamuni Buddha Christmas on the eighth day of the fourth month.

10. Medicine King Bodhisattva Christmas April 28.

11. Garan Bodhisattva Christmas May 13.

12, Wei Dao Bodhisattva Christmas on the third day of the sixth month.

13. Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva's enlightenment June 19.

14. The general trend to the Bodhisattva Christmas July 13th.

15. Buddha Joy Day July 15th.

16. Nagarjuna Christmas July 24th.

17. Jizo King Bodhisattva Christmas July 30th.

18, Moonlight Bodhisattva Christmas August 15th.

19. Burning the Buddha Christmas August 22.

20. Guanyin Bodhisattva became a monk on September 19.

21, Medicine Master Liuli Light Buddha Christmas September 30th.

22, Amitabha Buddha Christmas November 17.

23. Daylight Bodhisattva Christmas November 19.

24. Shakyamuni Buddha's enlightenment on the eighth day of the twelfth month.

25. Prison Bodhisattva Christmas December 23.

26. Huayan Bodhisattva Christmas December 29th.

Chinese festivals related to Buddhism include Buddha's Birthday, Buddha's Enlightenment Festival, and Obon Festival. In the process of promoting Buddhism in China, some religious ceremonies were combined with traditional Chinese folk customs to form some religious festivals. Whenever these religious festivals occur, some activities are held by the people or monasteries.

Buddha's Birthday, also known as the "Buddha Bathing Festival", is a festival to commemorate the birth of Shakyamuni Buddha and one of the grandest festivals in Buddhism. In Han China, the Buddha's birthday is usually celebrated on the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar. On this day, Buddhist monasteries will traditionally hold a "Buddha bathing puja" and carry out religious activities such as worshipping Buddha and worshipping ancestors.

The Buddha Buddha Day commemorates the day when Shakyamuni Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. Chinese Han Buddhism usually takes the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar as the day when the Buddha attains the Tao, and Chinese Buddhists cook porridge with rice and fruits to offer to the Buddha on the day of the Buddha's enlightenment, which is called "Laba porridge". Obon is celebrated on the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar every year and is one of the most important festivals in Buddhism.

On this day, pujas are held to commemorate the spirits of the deceased ancestors. It is said that the Obon Festival is based on the "Buddha Says the Bon Sutra" translated by the Western Jin Dynasty Zhu Dharma Protector. In the fourth year of Datong in Southern Liang (538 AD), Emperor Wu of Liang set up a Bon Zhai in Tongtai Temple, which became the earliest Menglan Bon Fair held in Han China.

1. Buddha's Birthday

It is a day for Northern Buddhism to commemorate and celebrate the birth of Buddha Shakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism. Buddha's Birthday is also known as Buddha's Birthday, Buddha Bathing Festival, Buddha Irrigation Meeting, Longhua Meeting, Huayan Meeting, etc. The Buddha's Birthday is also called the "Buddha Bathing Festival", and the "Songkran Festival" in Yunnan, China, is derived from the Buddha Bathing Festival.

2. Enlightenment Festival.

On the eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, Shakyamuni meditated and enlightened under the Bodhi tree, and since then there has been Buddhism in the world, and the Buddhist leader Shakyamuni Buddha was born. The traditional festival of the Han nationality in China, also known as Laba. It was on the eighth day of the twelfth month of the summer calendar.

On that day, the temple recites sutras and worships the Buddha, and imitates the legend of the shepherd girl offering chyle before the Buddha's enlightenment, and takes fragrant grains and dried fruits to make porridge for the Buddha, commonly known as Laba porridge, which is later performed as a folk custom.

3. Festival of Lights. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is a festival for Buddhists to celebrate Shakyamuni's subjugation. Also known as the Lantern Festival, one of the traditional festivals of the Han nationality.

Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been set as the Lantern Festival, which has evolved to form the folk Lantern Festival, and is integrated with the Shangqing Wuyuan Festival of Chinese Taoism, which is also called the Shangyuan Festival and the Shangyuan Lantern Festival.

4. Nirvana.

A festival to commemorate the death of Shakyamuni Buddha, Chinese Buddhism is scheduled to fall on the 15th day of the second month of the lunar calendar. On the day of Nirvana, the temple holds a Nirvana puja, where people gather to face the statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, recite the Buddha's teachings, and make various offerings.

5. Obon.

It is the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar every year (in some places, especially in South China, it is the 14th day of July), also known as the "Zhongyuan Festival", and in some places it is commonly known as the Ghost Festival and Shi Gu in Duanzhou. According to the Buddhists, on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, Buddhists hold an "Obon Puja" to worship the Buddha and monks, to overcome the six sufferings, and to repay their parents for their kindness.

6. Buddha auspicious day

The World Buddhist Federation set the full moon day of May of the Gregorian calendar and the 15th day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar as the "World Buddha Day", and the Buddhist Association of China issued a notice in May 1990: This day is the auspicious day of the Buddha of Chinese Han Buddhism, and grand celebrations will be held in various temples.

The first day of the first month: Maitreya Buddha's Christmas.

The sixth day of the first month: Dingguang Buddha Christmas.

8th day of the second month: Shakyamuni Buddha became a monk.

February 15: Shakyamuni Buddha's Nirvana.

February 19: Avalokiteshvara Christmas.

1. Maitreya Buddha Christmas.

Maitreya Buddha Christmas is on the first day of the first lunar month. Maitreya, Sanskrit name maitreya, Pali name metteyya, transliterated as Cishi. In India, Maitreya has long been worshipped.

For example, volume 45 of the "Addition of One Ahama Sutra" and volume 7 of the "Sutra of Virtuous Tribulation" all take Maitreya as the first Buddha to appear in the future; The twenty-seventh volume of the Abhidhamma Gandharva also contains the events of the Buddha who came to meditate on the Buddhahood; According to the "Famous Monk Biography and Fa Sheng Biography", 480 years after the Buddha's extinction, Aryananda Arhat ascended to the statue of Maitreya painted in the sky, and went to the northeast of the country to build a large statue of Maitreya with a bull's head.

2. Dingguang Buddha Christmas.

On the sixth day of the first month, the light is fixed, and the Sanskrit name is dipam!Kara, the same name as Bally. Transliteration of Ti and Lu, Ti Huan Di. Appeared in a past life and was a Buddha who was conferred by Shakyamuni. It is also made of ingots and light, and lamps, and light, and light, and light, and light.

3. Shakyamuni Buddha's ordination day.

The eighth day of the second lunar month (March 24, 2018) is the day of Shakyamuni Buddha's ordination. Becoming a monk is the only way to become a Buddha, and all the Buddhas of the ten directions have shown the path of becoming a Buddha. Shakyamuni was born in ancient India more than 3,000 years ago, and his life was revealed, witnessing old age, sickness and death, abandoning the throne, his wife, and 60,000 maids in the harem.

4. Buddha's Birthday.

It is also known as the Buddha Bathing Festival, the Buddha Irrigation Society, the Longhua Society, the Huayan Society, etc. Since ancient times, a series of grand Buddha bathing ceremonies and celebrations have been held in the Buddhist temple Duzai on that day, praying for the Buddha to bless the society and eliminate disasters, as well as inviting the Dharma Master to open the altar and preach the Tao. Buddhists use this day to review and learn the Buddha's teachings on compassion.

Buddha's Birthday is celebrated in Chinese mainland, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Macau. Historically, due to the conversion of the calendars in different places, according to different Buddhist scriptures and traditions that have been passed down to different regions, there may be large differences in the dates of the Gregorian calendar.

5. Garan Bodhisattva Christmas.

Garan Bodhisattva's Christmas is on the 13th day of the fifth lunar month. Garan, the abbreviation of Sangha Rama, is translated into Chinese as the garden, that is, the garden where the monks live, that is, the common name of the temple. Garan Bodhisattvas are the Bodhisattvas who protect Garan, and this is not one.