Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c12.s1.t2.27

v2.c12.s1.t2.27

It is celebrated on the 15^th day of second lunar month. According to the record in *On the Second Lunar Month* in volume I of *Dreams of Past Glories of Bianliang*, the 15th day of the second month of spring was Flower Fairy Festival, monks and nuns in temples of Zhangjiang held Buddhist Nirvana Grand Fair on this day, offered various kinds of flowers and fruits, hung calligraphy and painting works of celebrities, displayed precious gadgets and decorated bodhimanda magnificently and many people got together in constant streams. It can be seen that local people celebrated Flower Fairy Festival and Nirvana Festival jointly.