Prince Festival 沙溪太子会
16 March 2016 in Shaxi, Jianchuan County
The Bai of Shaxi celebrate their own special festival, where dressed up children are paraded around on carts.
Every year, on the 8th of the second lunar month, the Bai people living in Shaxi, held the Prince Festival (Taizi hui). This is their main festival round the year. This day, in a joyful environment, nobody works. After praying in their Benzhu Temple, the children are dressed up in traditional clothes and paraded in carts or bicycles.
沙溪传统民俗文化气氛浓郁,至今仍保留有许多民间盛会,其中最具特色的当数二月八太子会。民间为纪念太子(释迦牟尼佛)放弃皇位创立佛教的壮举,在释迦牟尼出家的农历二月初八这一天,都要举行传统的二月八太子游四门活动。活动主要分两部分,一是太子骑马绕寺登街三圈,二是释迦牟尼佛游四门,以示太子告别皇位步入佛门。
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