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March 18-24 …when the night and day are equally divided, Buddha appears on earth for a week to save stray souls and lead them to Nirvana.” http://mothra.rerf.or.jp/ENG/Hiroshima/Festivals/35.html Thus, in Japan the Sundays prior to the spring equinox (shuubun no hi) and the fall equinox (shunbun no hi) are known as O-higan. Days on which families visit and honor the graves of the departed. Ancestors are said to watch over the family like tutelary, …Read more 
…when the night and day are equally divided, Buddha appears on earth for a week to save stray souls and lead them to Nirvana.” http://mothra.rerf.or.jp/ENG/Hiroshima/Festivals/35.html …Thus, in Japan, the spring equinox (shunbun no hi) and the fall equinox (shuubun no hi) are known as O-higan. Days on which families visit and honor the graves of the departed. Ancestors are said to watch over the family like tutelary, guardian deities. That’s why the Japanese give thanks to their …Read more 30th day of 7th lunar month Where are you going My beautiful friend Is this the road that You take to the end And if we break down All we left behind Is this the highway Of all mankind? Axis spins so round and round we go Where we’re going no one really knows Here we here we here we here go Feel the fire Way down below… That’s from Big Audio Dynamite’s …Read more 
August 14, 2011 August 30, 2012 August 20, 2013 No, not those kind of ghosts. The period of Ghost Month–the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar–comes to a climax on Zhong Yuan, the Hungry Ghost Festival, on the eve of the fifteenth day. During Ghost Month the gates of the afterworld open to allow the dead to walk the earth and seek food. Families prepare meals for the departed on Zhong Yuan. Many say prayers and …Read more 
July or August July 13-15 (Gregorian calendar) 15th day of 7th month (lunar calendar) “In the time of Shaka; one of his fellows Mokuren saw the image of his dead mother suffering in hell. Mokuren was desperate to relieve her pain and asked Shaka for help. Shaka answered, “On 15th of July, provide a big feast for the past seven generations of dead.”‘– Japan 101 OK, Buddha may not have actually said “15th of July”, since he lived …Read more 
April 5, 2010 April 5, 2011 April 4, 2012 Two weeks after the spring equinox (usually April 5) the Chinese spend this day with their beloved departed. Qing Ming, or Tomb Sweeping Day is one of the few Chinese holidays to follow the solar calendar rather than the lunar. On this day families travel together to the grave’s of their loved ones to honor their memory. It’s believed that the spirits of family members who have passed on …Read more |
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