摘要/Abstract

盂兰盆节为佛教节日，来源于《佛说盂兰盆经》。中原自古以来就有七月十五鬼节荐新祭祖，道教的中元节也在隋唐时期发展成形。在儒佛道三家思想相互竞争的历史进程中，盂兰盆节与鬼节、中元节逐渐融合，形成了三节同日的中国特有的文化现象。基于现代以来七月十五一直不被重视的现状，以及关于中国盂兰盆节相关研究甚少的事实，本文试图根据历史发展的顺序以儒佛道融合为背景来考察盂兰盆节的流变和融合。

The Ullambana festival is the Buddhist Festival from Buddhist Scripture of Ullambana. At the ancient times of China,the ghost Festival in July fifteen have produced,and consecrated the new harvest to ancestors in that day.The Zhongyuan Festival of Taoism have formed in the Sui and Tang dynasties. With the competing of Buddhism and Confucianism and Taoism in the history,the Ullambana festival compromised gradually with the ghost festival and the Zhongyuan Festival.The formation of the three sections on the same day is the unique cultural phenomenon of China.