Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s5.t8.2
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s5.t8.2
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Because the content of the Sutra is in accordance with filial piety of Chinese traditional morality, it was specially popular with ruling class and the public. Soon after its translation and distribution, there appeared Obon Festival in China. This Sutra is short and easy to recite. It has been popular for 1,500 years without fading and after Tang Dynasty, it was constant recomposed and deduced to a variety of novels and play scripts popular in the folk.