Why does Hangzhou light incense and candles on the ground?

Hangzhou lights incense and candles on the ground, because July 30th of the lunar calendar is the Christmas day for Tibetan kings and bodhisattvas.

July 30th is the Christmas day and the birthday of the Earth Treasure King Bodhisattva.

In the old custom, July 30th is the "Birthday of the Earth Treasure King". In the evening, incense was lit, light-shaped tiles were spread on the floor, and things like ointment and fragrant crumbs were built in. Streets and alleys are everywhere, and they look like daylight when lit.

When people say "the earth hides incense", they worship the king of the earth. Another said that "94 Incense Burning" was to burn incense for Zhang Shicheng at the end of Yuan Dynasty.

Zhang Yuan, the leader of the peasant uprising, was called the King of Wu in Suzhou and was later destroyed by Zhu Yuanzhang. His nickname is Jiu Si, and his birthday is July 20th. He burned incense that day and called it "Jiu Si incense". Later, he was mistaken for "salvation incense" and even called "shit incense".

In the old society, on this day, people took their babies to the temple to send their names and ask the Buddha's blessing to make them "sons of the Buddha". Children wear new shoes every day. This custom has been abandoned for a long time.

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Legend of Tibetan Bodhisattva:

According to legend, Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui Province is the Dojo of Tibetan Bodhisattva. According to legend, in the Tang Dynasty, Jin Qiaojue, a monk from Silla, sailed across the sea to China. Seeing that Jiuhua Mountain is a good place to practice Buddhism, I chose a place to live on the mountain and concentrate on my practice.

It is said that although he was sixty years old at that time, he was extremely strong. "Its bones are strange, and it is seven feet long, but it is twice as strong as a hundred people" (Tang Fei Guanqing's Jiuhuashan Huacheng Temple). He chose Dongyayan and meditated and chanted scriptures all day long. Later, it was discovered by Zhuge Festival, a villager, and the people were greatly moved. After his story spread, he was donated by a local mountain owner named Min, so he built a temple and opened a Dojo. After his death, Jin Qiaojue was buried in Shenguangling Zhenshentang, commonly known as "Shenta".

According to "Biography of Song Monks", the story of heavy monks looking for gods, etc. Jin Qiaojue "failed to become a hidden king in the meditation letter", and three years later "opened the letter, he saw his face like life and his joints were moving. If you shake the golden lock, it is called Dizang. " Because he believed in the Bodhisattva Diksitigarbha before his death, and it is said that his appearance is similar to that of the Bodhisattva Diksitigarbha, people think that he is the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva Diksitigarbha.

Jiuhua Mountain is also considered as the Dojo of Tibetan Bodhisattva. The belief of the earth treasure bodhisattva is becoming more and more popular among the people. Every year on July 30th of the lunar calendar, on the birthday of the legendary Tibetan Bodhisattva, believers from all over the world come to Jiuhua Mountain in an endless stream to worship.

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