The eighth day of the fourth month is an "auspicious day", most people may think that the reason why it is called an auspicious day is because the number of the eighth day of the first month is better, but in fact, the auspicious day mentioned here is based on Buddhism, according to Buddhism, the eighth day of the fourth month, just the day of the birth of Sakyamuni, there are 9 dragons spit perfume on this day, bathing the Buddha's body. Therefore, this day is also called "Buddha's Birthday".
There is a folk "Buddha is born on April 8, and the caterpillar marries into the mountains today and never goes home." So what other customs are there about this day? Reminder: 2 don't do, eat 3 things, follow the tradition, everything goes well. On the auspicious day of the eighth day of the fourth month, there are 2 things not to do, and 3 foods to remember to eat.
What are the 2 things that don't do on the eighth day of April?
1. Fights and quarrels
Since it is the Buddha's birthday, then this day should live in harmony, and at the same time sacrifice to the Buddha, has removed the bad luck, wash away the unhappiness on the body, when you go to fight or scold and quarrel, obviously, the body is full of anger, which is obviously contrary to our bathing Buddha, so on this day, we must remember to live in harmony with others, and not offend others.
2. Untidy clothing
The eighth day of the fourth month is also called the Buddha bathing festival, this bathing Buddha is not only to wash away the dust on the Buddha statue, it also means to wash away a filth in people's hearts, which includes the inner spirit, as well as the external clothing, so on this day we had better bathe and change clothes, not to be untidy, otherwise, it is easy to offend the Buddha, so it will also be considered that the heart is not pious enough.
What are the 3 things to eat on the eighth day of the fourth month?
First: fragrant soup
On the eighth day of the first month of April, there is a ritual of bathing the Buddha, the way of bathing the Buddha is to build a small bathing pavilion in the temple, the small statue of Shakya is offered in the pavilion, the bathing Buddha "fragrant soup" is stored next to it, and the believers in the meeting scoop up the water every time they "bathe the Buddha", that is, to drink it. When the believers at the meeting "bathed in the Buddha" with fragrant soup, they also purified their "souls".
The fragrant soup here, it refers to licorice, tea or a variety of herbs, we can also directly understand it as tea soup, tea soup can purify ourselves, and it can also make us see clearly.
The second thing: black rice
Volume 7 "Jiela Chapter" stipulates: "On the eighth day of the fourth month, the Buddha bathes in the Buddha's birthday, the Kusi pre-makes black rice, and the abbot invites the public to have a snack before summer." "Some landlords also have the custom of cooking Laba porridge on the Buddha Bathing Festival. In other words, on this day, people will also choose to eat a little black rice.
The so-called black rice, we can also understand as fasting rice, according to the "Three Kingdoms Wu Shu", Wu has a bathing Buddha festival, said that the fusion of the Buddha temple, "each bathing Buddha, more wine and rice, cloth on the road, through dozens of miles, the people come to watch and eat and ten thousand people, the cost is billions." "The wine and rice mentioned here is black rice.
The third thing: beans
There is also a custom of eating beans in the Buddha Festival, this bean is also called "salted beans", the ancient monks often count the beans with "green and yellow" beans when chanting scriptures, and after a period of time, these beans are cooked.
On the eighth day of the fourth month of April, after people take a bath to remove dirt and purify their bodies and minds; It will also save living beings and not kill raw meat; will eat beans to get married, in order to show good luck and good luck, everything goes well.
The eighth day of the fourth month is an "auspicious day", when people hope to get good luck and eat three kinds of food, namely tea soup, black rice and beans, and do not do two things, they are not dressed properly, and they quarrel. Friends, do you still know about this festival, what are the traditions? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.