Hana Matsuri£¬or “flower festival£¬”is observed on April£¸by the Japanese to celebrate the Buddha' s birthday£®“Flower festival” alludes²⁾ to the season and to the garden in which Buddha was born£®

Unlike other big spiritual honchos³⁾£¬the Buddha was not a god£®He was just a man£¬albeit⁴⁾ a royal one£¬the princely son of an admittedly corrupt Brahman monarch⁵⁾£®Some £²£¬£µ£°£°years ago£¬in India£¬a white elephant intimated to the monarch's wife that she had conceived a child£®She strode into the palace garden£¬where according to legend she painlessly birthed a son£®As a young man£¬this Siddhartha Gautama bade farewell to all princely delights and sallied forth seeking £­£­and eventually finding £­£­enlightenment£®