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When is the birthday of the Bull King Bodhisattva?
The birthday of Niuwang Bodhisattva is the first day of October in the lunar calendar.

Cow King Bodhisattva, a Bodhisattva who mounts a god cow. The method is to caress your knees with your left hand, hold the treasure seal on your chest with your right hand, and sit on the double lotus platform on the back of the cow. "Ox King Bodhisattva" is an important cultural heritage with the characteristics of Xitou Longtan. The "ox king" enshrined here is different from the ox king worshipped by ethnic minorities. The ox king here is not a person, but an ox. It is a unique historical heritage culture that is different from other regions in Longtan culture.

Legend has it that a rich man supported Lafayette and the Bull King Bodhisattva and stopped an outbreak of rinderpest in Hengshan at that time. When he mentioned Niu Wang, he only said that he was "the god in charge of the world's grain and grass", but he did not find the source of the Bodhisattva Niuwang in Hengshan, but it was very consistent with the Bodhisattva Niuwang in Xitou Longtan, Jingxian County, and he was also a Han nationality. "Ox King Bodhisattva" is a powerful evidence that the Hu family in longtan lake moved southward, and it is also a continuation of the farming culture in this area.