3. Mass sand mountains covered (pun Phnum Bun khsach)
In ancient times, the concept of Brahmanism, Khmer covering nine mountain, a mountain in the middle of the mountain Tudi (Meru) is called the center of the world, the eight surrounding mountain according to the four points of the universe, symbolizing all paints of modern astronomy in India.
By the time Buddhism was introduced to Vietnam, covering the origins of mountain holidays in the holiday sand Chol be Chnam Thmay interested in stories related to Buddhism. Sand Mountain towers symbolize in the third heaven, hair storage time of Buddha Shakyamuni left home to find spiritual teachers. Each grain of sand by covering up the mountain believer liberates be a sinner in the world. Therefore, the Khmer very energetically up mountain sand, to forward the Buddha saw his agony that bless [8].
The Khmer also called mountain embankment sand ceremony is "mountain of sand accumulations up" (pun Anisoong Phnum khsach). This ceremony can be explained by another story also relates to Buddhism. The tale of a hunting workers, young and old have killed too many animals, but he was a monk guide blessed area covered by mountainous sand in a temple near the place he was in. Later in life, he was often sick, so obsessed surrounded menagerie assault, debt collection unjust. Because he has built up for many blessings in the sand mountain, he told them awake animals to count all the grains of sand from which he had covered mountain, before to claim his debt. They agree interesting, we together go count, but could not count them, fed up, we left and hunters all patients. From there, he tried to make merit by doing good until they die to go to heaven [9].
In addition to the original source on, in Soc Trang also handed down a legend explaining the origin of the feast advent cover mountain sand. Legend has it that long ago, human capital and killing many carnivorous animals. So with the little beast skyward with Indra. Like God having called people to ask sin. People choose a representative, very smart to answer your questions Sakka. Sakka saw fit, he counseled and menagerie menagerie dare not sue again. Indra also advised people if people do survive by killing many stories that want to be good, be healthy to do many things for religion and for life, each year up to the mountain of sand at a time. Sand Mountain is to eliminate the effect of human travel, to pray for the souls which they had slaughtered and ask blessings for the people up, every grain of sand is covered is a blessing to man. Sand Mountain has a lot of grains of sand, so as covering a lot of sand, the more mountainous area are many blessings for themselves, wash these sins have caused. Mountain sand embankment is to be sincere, the standard, covering her with all my heart if it is to remove the sin has caused.
Ceremony was held up sand mountain in the afternoon the second day of Chol Chnam Thmay ceremony. Khmer find clean sand dumped bring around hall. Volume was up in the mountain sand dissimilar Khmer temple, most Khmer pagodas in Soc Trang mountain embankment 9 (8 mountain in 8 directions of the universe and one mountain in the middle represents the center of the universe), which has not met a mountain in front of the main hall (Khleang pagoda in Soc Trang). Some Khmer temple in Tinh Bien (An Giang), they often cover 7 mountains. Some Khmer pagodas in Tra Vinh up 4 Mountain (East, West, South, North, the four directions of the universe). Khmer people choose a large yard with small canopy tree plug 5, 4 trees in four directions: East, West, South, North, 1 tree in the middle. By now associate both fixed, drums resounded temples, Khmer candles surrounding plugged pores, they use cans, small baskets of sand poured into the contact center. Just touched, they just pray to heaven, bless Buddha business fortune, good health throughout the year. Each person shed a little, gradually piled high, called mountains, foothills fours parasols police [10].
The mountain covered in sand against the Khmer temple in Chnam Thmay Chol holidays to show effort, sincerity Participants of the embankment. Previously, sand is used to fill the Khmer mountain midday sun traveled down the river or out at the same burden on pouring in the temple courtyard. The mountain covered sand can still dream, expecting to become rich new year, the mountainous nature of wealth. In addition, the concept of Theravada Buddhism, the mountain covered sand to accumulate merit there, covering every grain of sand is washable sin has caused in the past year.
In Chol holidays Chnam Thmay , Khmer pagodas in Soc Trang come apart at the altar incense to Buddha incense and pray in the mountains of sand in order to beg for eliminating guilt that they had inadvertently caused in the past year through the county they have covered sand. Some families also carry presentation offering before the mountain of sand, invite monks to chant baptized and blessed area for the whole family in the third day of Chol Chnam Thmay ceremony.
In another aspect, can speak up for mountain holidays Khmer sand outside significance as a traditional rite of the nation also meant as an activity "assembly". Count solemn still preserve while conducting prayer ceremonies at Sand Mountain, but during all participants fill sand mountain, known bustling, fun of the kids, as well as speech, language laughter of adults have created a fun festive atmosphere in Khmer temple courtyard. Participants fill sand mountain walk in pairs both together carry sand, medium sand region together with your hands, slowly fill up the big sand mountain, fit together to decorate flowers, write letters to ... sand mountain air creates fun, relaxed after days of hard work.
Mass sand mountains covered in Chnam Thmay Chol holidays in Southern Khmer now also held in very little temple Khmer. Some Khmer pagodas in Soc Trang, Tra Vinh ... transferred from the sand up to the mountain mountain rice, rice mountain. A handful of Khmer temple just up the mountain of sand, just up the mountain of rice. Because they believe that every person carries a little sand to the temple to perform very difficult ritual and rites of sand after sand covered mountains, temples and unusable. The sand mountains covered only the year was held in the temple was built, so people bring sand to be used in the construction of the temple. As rice and rice are available in homes, they bring into the temple easier. Number of paddy and rice after the ceremony has also been used to provide food for the monks or distributed to poor people.
When the sand is replaced with mountains of rice, the form covered mountains also changed. If while building sandy mountains, often covering a nine Khmer Mountain (Soc Trang), 4 mountain (Tra Vinh), 7 mountain (An Giang) around the main hall when covering rice mountain, they only cover a single mountain in in the main hall. Each temple citizens to start from the second day of Chol Chnam Thmay ceremony carries rice, dumped in the hall.
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