The Mid-Autumn Festival, sometimes referred to as Mooncake Festival or Lantern Festival is one of the few most important festivals among the Chinese. The festival is for lunar worship and moon watching where mooncakes are regarded as an indispensable delicacy on the occasion. Mooncakes are offered between among friends and relatives while celebrating the festival.

To Mahayana Buddhists, the seventh lunar month is a month of joy. This is because the fifteenth day of the seventh month is often known as the Buddha's joyful day and the day of rejoice for monks. The origins of the Buddha's joyful day can be found in various scriptures. When the Buddha was alive, his disciples meditated in the forests of India during the rainy season of summer. Three months later, on the fifteen day of the seventh month, they would emerge from the forests to celebrate the completion of their meditation and report their progress to the Buddha.

索票处 Ticketing :
檀香佛教福利会
Than Hsiang Buddhist Welfare Association
Tel: 04-6414822
Fax: 04-6421896

马来西亚佛教发展基金会

Than Hsiang Temple is organising a trip to Bangkok in conjunction with the 3rd IBC convocation which will be held at the Young Buddhist Association of Thailand(YBAT)on 28/8/10. The trip includes a visit to the new IBC campus in Korat.

The International Buddhist College takes pleasure in announcing the commencement of the Master of Art programme in Early Childhood Education(ECE) in Than Hsiang Temple on 11th July2010 in tandem with the opening of the International Kindergarten in IBC campus, Southern Thailand.