Buddha’s Birthday
Special Tour
文／圖 佛館國際組
Buddha Museum International Affairs
Team Every year a special event is held in celebration of the Buddha’s Birthday at the
Buddha Museum. This year, a series of events will be held, including Public
Veneration of the Buddha’s Tooth Relic, Offering
Flowers for 24 Solar Terms by Qi Yun, and Siddhartha the Musical. Visitors will
also get to bathe the statue of Prince Siddhartha, and Buddha’s Birthday vegetarian set meals will be available at the Waterdrop
Tea Houses.
為了慶祝佛誕節，每一年佛館都會舉行盛大的活動，今年包含佛陀真身舍利供眾瞻仰禮拜、節氣供花─齊云二十四供花禮佛特展、佛陀傳音樂劇。大眾不僅能體驗浴佛、還能前往滴水坊品嘗美味的佛誕餐。
This year the International Affairs
Team has designed a Buddha’s Birthday Tour Package for English-speaking visitors.
Through the half-day tour, visitors will get to learn more about Buddhism, in
particular to the Buddha’s life.
佛館國際組更特別推出佛誕節套裝行程，將帶領英語人士藉由半日的導覽，對佛教文化，尤其是佛陀的一生，有深入詳盡的認識。
Did You Know? The white elephant
is related to the Buddha’s Birthday!
你知道白象與佛誕節之間的關係嗎？
In Buddhism, the elephant symbolizes
nobility, strength,and purity. The Buddha is often nalogized as the king of the
elephants for his good demeanor. According to the Biography of Sakyamuni
Buddha, when Queen Maya was conceiving Prince Siddhartha, she dreamt of a white
elephant holding a white lotus in its trunk. It went round her three times
before entering her womb through her right side. When she woke up the next day,
she found out that she was pregnant. A few months later, she gave birth to
Prince Siddhartha. The image of a white elephant is thus used to symbolize the
Buddha’s noble birth, and to commemorate the day when he descended to the
human world.
佛教中的大象有著神聖、力量和清靜的象徵意義。佛陀因其風範曾被推舉為象王。根據釋迦牟尼佛傳，摩耶夫人夢見悉達多太子乘著一頭象鼻啣著白色蓮花的白象，圍著她繞了三圈後隨即進入她的右脅。隔天醒來後就發現自己懷孕，數月後即生下悉達多太子。此後白象即作為佛陀降誕人間的象徵與紀念的意象。
Buddha’s Birthday Tour Package
Dates: 3rd May to 16th May 2017
Register NOW at http://bit.ly/2pCu3yU,
or scan the QR code
Bathing Prince Siddhartha
