Putuoshan Scenic Area, located about 100 nautical miles east of Hangzhou Bay in Zhejiang Province, is a small island in the Zhoushan Archipelago. The whole island covers an area of 12.5 square kilometers, which is narrow and long, with the longest point from north to south being 8.6 miles, and the widest point from east to west being 3.5 kilometers.
<h3>Guanyin Incense Festival</h3>
Putuo Mountain Nanhai Guanyin Cultural Festival
The Guanyin Xianghui Festival of Putuo Mountain Scenic Area, also known as the three major incense festivals of Putuo Mountain Scenic Area, originated from the days of the birth or enlightenment of Guanyin. Every year on the 19th day of the lunar calendar, on the 19th day of the lunar calendar, on the 19th of June, on the day of guanyin renunciation, Buddhist disciples at home and abroad gather from all directions in the Putuo Mountain Scenic Area to worship incense and participate in festivals. On the evening of the eighteenth and the early morning of the nineteenth, the climax was reached, and tens of thousands of believers rubbed shoulders and climbed the Buddha's Peak Mountain in three steps, and the scene was spectacular. The whole mountain is illuminated all night, and the sound of preaching and chanting buddhas is all night long, showing the solemn and pious festival atmosphere of the Buddha's country.
<h3>Guanyin Cultural Festival</h3>
Guanyin Cultural Festival is the largest tourism festival in Putuo Mountain, founded in 2003, held once a year, so far has been successfully held 7 sessions; it is approved by the State Administration of Religion, under the direct guidance of the National Tourism Administration, the Buddhist Association of China, the Zhejiang Provincial Ethnic and Religious Affairs Commission and the Zhoushan Municipal People's Government, sponsored by the PutuoShan Management Committee and the Putuoshan Buddhist Association, co-organized by relevant units and enterprises, relying on the profound Guanyin cultural heritage of the Haitian Buddha Kingdom, to promote the Guanyin culture, A Buddhist tourism event aimed at improving the cultural taste of famous mountains. The festival closely revolves around the theme of Guanyin culture, through the propagation of the Dharma, Qifu pilgrimage, release festival, Buddhist concert, lantern festival, lotus lantern festival, Buddhist forum, Buddhist photo contest, Buddhist supplies exhibition and a series of activities with rich connotations and diverse forms, integrating culture, economy and tourism, attracting Guanyin disciples, Buddhist believers and incense tourists from all over the country and overseas to gather in the Haitian Buddha Kingdom and share a cultural feast.
<h3>Putuo Mountain Spring Tourism Festival</h3>
Putuo Mountain Spring is an interactive large-scale tourism entertainment and cultural activity that integrates mass entertainment and tourist participation. It was first created in 1990 and is held annually. Its content is rich and colorful, including vocal music, dance, drama, calligraphy and painting, photography, lantern riddles, lucky draws, Buddhist tea ceremony, tourism volunteer activities, etc., which is another tourism event in Putuo Mountain after the Guanyin Cultural Festival and the Xianghui Festival. It has become a platform for gathering and exchanging people in Putuo Mountain, which will further excavate the cultural connotation, stimulate the vitality of Putuo Mountain cultural tourism, further narrow the distance between residents and tourists, and become an important carrier for building a harmonious Putuo Mountain.
Guanyin Incense Festival
The "Three Great Incense Festivals of Putuo Mountain" are held on February 19, June 19 and September 19 of the lunar calendar. Guanyin Bodhisattva is a common object of Chinese folk belief and is worshipped by good men and women. It is said that the 19th day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar is the birthday of Guanyin Bodhisattva, the 19th of June is the day of guanyin bodhisattva enlightenment, and the 19th of September is the day of Guanyin Bodhisattva's renunciation, generally referred to as nirvana day, these three days have become traditional festivals of Chinese Buddhism. Every incense festival putuo is the most grand, believers at home and abroad have come up the mountain, the eighteenth three major temples routine solemn birthday pu Buddha and Guanyin festival, usually thousands of monks and believers to participate. At night, thousands of people sat incense inside and outside the Yuantong Hall and chanted the name of the Great Pessimistic World. The next morning, from the middle gate of Puji Temple to the Buddha's Peak Mountain, pilgrims poured in; from the Nine Dragon Hall of Fayu Temple to the Xiangyun Mountain Trail with thousands of stone steps, believers paid homage to worship, kneeling step by step to climb the stairs, and the devotion was so profound that it was enlightening. At noon on the nineteenth day, the monasteries offered a large offering, and the abbot led the class to bless the people, set up a fast for the crowd, and held a lecture with the Buddha. At this time, the public sang in unison the names of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, praying one after another, solemn and solemn. At the same time, the temples of Pumen, Jizo, Puxian and Manjushri chanted various kinds of prayers, and the temples were illuminated with brilliant candles and stayed up all night.
<h3>Customs Qingming Festival</h3>
Each family holds rice sticks and dishes until the ancestral grave is sacrificed, and after the ceremony is completed, bamboo is added to the top of the grave, and paper is hung with copper tungsten, sprinkled with rice, lion snails and other things, which is called the grave. If there are children watching, they must be divided into sticks or coins, which are called hemp fin copper tungsten, in order to instruct the children to protect the ancestral graves. In the old days, the same sect also performed clan sacrifices, and the men of the he clan ate the "Qingming soup rice" together, and after eating, they also divided the rice dumplings. The cost of clan sacrifices is paid from the income of the clan ancestors, and the sacrifice ceremonies are mostly presided over by the patriarch. This custom has ceased after liberation. A few days before the Qingming Dynasty, each family also set up a sacrifice to the ancestors, and after the meal, the lion snail was thrown on the roof to repel insects. On the Day of the Qing Dynasty, every household planted wicker on the door wall, and women planted wicker, cauliflower, and artemisia annua equal to the hairline, in order to complete the relatives in the next life. There are sayings such as "Qingming wears flowers, and there is a mother in the next life; Qingming wears branches and green, and there are relatives in the next life; Qingming plants willows, and there are mothers and uncles in the next life" and so on.
<h3>Customs Dragon Boat Festival</h3>
During the Dragon Boat Festival, every household plants calamus, which is commonly known as pu sword and ai flag, and uses calamus as a human form and wears it on the child; the sachet is placed in the cage or hung on the child's chest; the child's cross-tiger picture is painted on the eggshell tiger, which is hung on the edge of the bed, and the Dragon Boat Tiger is pasted on the gate and door to ward off evil spirits. Prepare male yellow wine drinking clothes and spray inside and outside the house, exorcise evil spirits and disinfection, burn baizhi and cangshu to get rid of pests, tie a round braid with colored thread, tie it to the child's wrist, called a hand rope, longevity rope, dragon boat cage, and bring it to the Seven Heavenly Sunsets. Write a king character on the baby's head with male yellow to split and so on. During the Dragon Boat Festival, zongzi are also wrapped, steamed buns, dumplings, etc. are used to worship ancestors and give gifts to relatives, friends and neighbors.
<h3>Folk Mid-Autumn Festival</h3>
Folk Mid-Autumn Festival
The Putuo mountain people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 16. Legend has it that there are two origins: one says that Shi Miyuan, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, delayed for a day on the way home for the festival; the other said that Fang Guozhen was too busy defending the city and forgot to celebrate the festival. Shi and Fang's family waited until the next day to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the others have followed it to this day. Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, families prepare mooncakes and give them to relatives, friends and teachers. In the evening of the Mid-Autumn Festival, after chen mooncakes and wine dishes were worshipped, they drank wine and enjoyed the mooncakes, which was called "family reunion garden".
<h3>Custom Lantern Festival</h3>
On the fifteenth day of the first month, in the old days, more homemade lanterns, or hanging eaves, or lanterns to go out to play. It is night, the country lights will enter the city, residents will go to the street after dinner to watch the lantern party, and eat more glutinous rice tangyuan is also called the Lantern Festival, which means reunion. Liberation buckle, the lights will not be happy, but residents also have to come out on this night, known as the lantern fair, really walk or visit. At present, the Lantern Festival activities are held to promote activities such as guessing lantern riddles, and the lantern festival has gradually resumed.
<h3>Customs spring festival</h3>
In the early morning, incense cases, chen fruits are sacrificed to the heavens, and firecrackers are set off, which is said to open the door to meet the god of wealth. Everyone wears a new dress, children should ask the elders to pay respects, go to the homes of relatives and friends to worship the New Year, and carry more gifts such as lychees, guiyuan, and red dates. Some people also go to the ancestral grave to worship, which is called the age of the tomb. Some first go to the temple to worship, saying that the bodhisattva is the age. In the second year of the first year, visit relatives and friends, go out to meet people, avoid saying unlucky words, do not quarrel; and exchange greetings and blessings. Talking to people in the morning, it is forbidden to write early words, one is to prevent fleas, and the other is to avoid disasters. Now there are many things to be said for. Breakfast is a sweet rice cake, mixed with sake brew to please the omen of the high year. On the first day of the first year, there is no water, no sprinkling, no shopping, no scissors, food is Chinese New Year's Eve pre-cut. Women do not go to the well to wash and wash vegetables. Although these customs exist, they are not necessarily strictly observed.
<h3>Folklore Chongyang</h3>
The ninth day of the first month of September. In the countryside, there is a custom of making dumplings, wrapping rice dumplings to worship ancestors and giving to relatives and friends. The son-in-law's family has to carry the burden of heavy yang for the mother-in-law, and now it is mostly a gift of general gifts, such as wine, cakes, etc. In recent years, residents have mostly enjoyed the custom of ascending to the heights.
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