What day is Buddhism on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month?

Buddha Bath Festival, also known as Buddha's Birthday and Buddha's Birthday Festival, is the birthday of Buddha Sakyamuni on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month every year. Born in 623 BC, Sakyamuni Buddha was the prince of Kapilowei (present-day Nepal), an ancient Indian kingdom. It is an important ceremony in ancient Indian Buddhism, and its source lies in the historical record of the birth of Sakyamuni.

Legend has it that when Sakyamuni was born, he touched the sky and the ground with one finger, and the earth shook and Kowloon spat water to take a bath. Buddhists of all nationalities in the world often commemorate the Buddha's birthday by bathing Buddha.

Festival activities:

On this day, monks and nuns are all fragrant lamps and candles, bronze buddhas are put into the water to bathe for the buddhas, while ordinary people are fighting for money to release beggars and pray for the blessing of the buddhas, and various temple fairs appear. On April 8 of the lunar calendar, Buddhist temples all over the country will hold Buddha's birthday and offer incense.

In the north, it is said that April 18 of the lunar calendar is the birthday of Bi Xia Yuan Jun, the queen of Mount Tai, which is to hold the Miao Feng Temple Fair. In the south, Longhua, Jiuhua and Gusu also have grand temple fairs. During the temple fair, there are also activities of piling stupas.

It can be seen that there are various temple fairs in China, including Buddhist temple fairs, Taoist temple fairs, and temple fairs combining Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. The Miaofengshan Temple Fair in Beijing has both Taoist contents and many Buddhist elements, but its flower show is a variety of temple fairs.