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ese are the holy days that Chinese Buddhists celebrate by vis-
iting temples to make offerings of prayers, incense, fruits, flow-
ers and donations. On such days they observe the moral precepts
very strictly as well as a full day’s vegetarian diet, a practice
originally from China.e dates given are based on the Chinese Lunar system so that
1.1 means the ‘First day of the First lunar moon’ and so on.D F
8.12 — Buddha Sakyamuni’s Enlightenment Day.
30.12 — Avatamsaka Bodhisattva’s Birthday.
1.1 — Maitreya Buddha’s Birthday.
9.1 — Sakra Devaraja’s Birthday
8.2 — Sakyamuni’s Renunciation Day
15.2 — Sakyamuni Buddha’s Mahapari-Nirvana Day
19.2 — Birthday of Kuan Shih Yin P’usa.
21.2 — Birthday of Pu Hsien P’usa
16.3 — Birthday of Cundi P’usa