The Ghost Gate Opens on the Mid-July Festival Beijing Children's Rhyme "Opening the Ghost Gate"

The Ghost Festival we know originated from the story of Mulian saving his mother. The people also composed a ballad for the deceased called "Open the Ghost Gate" during the Ghost Festival. This ballad can be heard during the Ghost Festival. Let's take a look at the lyrics of this ballad below~

The Ghost Gate Opens on Mid-July

Ghost Festival ballad: "Open the Ghost Gate"

The ghost gate opened and ghosts came out

Ghost Bitterness

Selling tofu

Rotten tofu

Scrambled eggs

Eggs, eggs, crack

There's a brother sitting inside

My brother came out to visit the grave

There's a grandma sitting inside

Grandma comes out to burn incense

There's a girl sitting inside

Girl, come out and light the lamp

Falling into the river and unable to come back

Mid-July

Flint

Fire sickle flower

Selling melons

Melon Bitter

Selling tofu

Rotten tofu

Egg-laying chicken

Crack the eggs

There's a brother sitting inside

My brother comes out to pick up the ghost

There's a grandma sitting inside

Grandma comes out to burn incense

There's a girl sitting inside

The girl came out to visit

If you lose your head, you can't get it back

Mid-July

Send ghosts

The ghost sent the ghost gate

gate of hell

Selling tofu

Rotten tofu

Scrambled eggs

Crack eggs

There's a brother sitting inside

My brother came out to collect the body.

There's a grandma sitting inside

Grandma comes out to burn incense

There's a girl sitting inside

The girl came out to call the soul

Hanging on the tree, can't come back

What does July 15th mean?

The 15th day of the seventh lunar month is also known as the Zhongyuan Festival, commonly known as the Ghost Festival, Giving to Orphans, and the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. It is called the Yulan Festival in Buddhism. Along with New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival and Double Ninth Festival, it is China's traditional festival for ancestor worship, and is also a traditional cultural festival popular in countries in the Chinese character cultural circle. There is a custom of releasing river lanterns and burning paper ingots during the Ghost Festival. Legend has it that on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, all ghosts will be released from the underworld, and people will generally hold activities to worship ghosts. Every family that has a new death must visit the new grave, and usually offer sacrifices to the wandering ghosts in the local area, making it one of the largest sacrificial festivals among the Chinese people. It is also said that people are not allowed to go out at night during the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. Maybe the person you see at night may not be a human~