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20 15 Monday, May 25th. The Buddha Bathing Festival on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month is an important festival for Buddhists in China to commemorate the birth of Sakyamuni Buddha, also known as Buddha Birthday Festival, Buddha Irrigation Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Huayan Festival. China history records that the Buddha's birthday is the 24th year of King Zhao of Zhou (BC 1027).

When Sakyamuni was born from Mrs. Moyev's rib, he pointed to the sky and said, "Heaven and the world are unique." So the earth shook, and Kowloon spat and bathed. Therefore, Buddhists of all countries and nationalities usually take a bath to commemorate the Buddha's birthday.

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According to the first volume of past lives Karma Sutra, Lady Moyev, queen of Indian KarPiloff Kingdom, gave birth to Prince Siddhartha under the leisurely tree in Lumbini Garden. Because Sakyamuni's family name is Gautama, the prince is called Siddhartha Gautama. According to legend, when the prince was born, he could walk. When he reached the seventh step, he pointed to the sky and said, "I am the only one in the world." This "I" is unique, not the Buddha himself.

It is to teach all people to hold their heads high, be down-to-earth, respect their spiritual revelation and master the key to their own destiny. This prince is Buddha Sakyamuni, the ancestor of Buddhism. Just as the Buddha was talking, it suddenly began to rain in Kowloon, smelling of flowers and spitting. So Buddhism calls the day when the Buddha was born under the worry-free tree the Buddha's birthday. On this day, some monks in temples will use licorice tea as Buddha bath water, also called "fragrant soup", which is called "Buddha washing festival" because it imitates this scene as a Buddha bath.