yú​lán​pén

Ullambana Festival

Senses

盂兰盆/ 盂蘭盆 yú​lán​pén Ullambana Festival

Buddhist festival of the dead held on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month to relieve the suffering of ancestors, originating from the story of Mulian rescuing his mother.

盂兰盆/ 盂蘭盆 yú​lán​pén offering tray

A bamboo stand or tray used during the Ullambana Festival to hold offerings or ritual money.

盂兰盆/ 盂蘭盆 yú​lán​pén Ullambana

Transliteration of the Sanskrit word Ullambana (meaning hanging upside down), referring to the suffering of hungry ghosts in the afterlife

References

see 盂兰盆/盂蘭盆 盂兰盆经/盂蘭盆經
see 盂兰盆/盂蘭盆 中元节/中元節
see 盂兰盆会/盂蘭盆會 盂兰盆/盂蘭盆
abbreviation 兰盆/蘭盆 盂兰盆/盂蘭盆