Why is the 15th day of the seventh lunar month the Ghost Festival? Taboos on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month

Why is the 15th day of July the Ghost Festival? The 15th day of the seventh lunar month is a festival in the underworld. It is a day for the living to commemorate their deceased relatives and remember their deceased relatives. It is a way of missing and remembrance their deceased relatives. May he and they bless the living people with happiness, health and good luck. I am not following the beaten path either. May my deceased loved ones rest in peace!

The Zhongyuan Festival, commonly known as the Ghost Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, is called the Yulan Festival in Buddhism. A traditional folk festival, the name "Zhongyuan" originated in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It falls on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, and sometimes on the 14th day of the seventh lunar month. It was the beginning of autumn, and some crops had matured. According to custom, people would worship their ancestors, offering sacrifices such as new rice to report the harvest to them. Therefore, every Ghost Festival, every family worships their ancestors and performs offerings according to the rituals. On the 15th day of July, people visit tombs and pay tribute to their ancestors.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Taoism set three meetings and five festivals, among which July 7 was the Daode Festival, and it was also the day for the fixed Taoists to go to the government office to receive examinations. This ancestor worship date in July was later fixed on this day as Taoism set the birthday of the Zhongyuan Earth God and the corresponding sacrificial date on July 15th.

Legend has it that on this day all ghosts are released from the underworld, and people generally hold activities to worship ghosts. Every family that has a new death has to visit the new grave, and usually they also offer sacrifices to lonely ghosts in the local area. Therefore, the entire festival is centered around worshiping ghosts, and it is the largest ghost festival among the Chinese people.

Why is the 15th day of July the Ghost Festival? The 15th day of the seventh lunar month is a festival in the underworld. It is a day for the living to commemorate their deceased relatives and remember their deceased relatives. It is a way of missing and remembrance their deceased relatives. May he and they bless the living people with happiness, health and good luck. I am not following the beaten path either. May my deceased loved ones rest in peace!

Taboos of Ghost Festival on July 15th

Many people know that the 15th day of the seventh lunar month is Ghost Festival. Adults will tell their children not to go out at night. It is understandable that they are afraid that children will "encounter ghosts" at night. This custom has a long history. When night falls, "ghosts" will come out to wander around and can stay in the world of the living, so try not to go out at night.

When buying paper for burning, don't buy the kind that comes in stacks of printed materials. One sheet costs hundreds of millions. That money is not real and is not as valuable as old rubles or Vietnamese dong. There was so much stuff piled up that I couldn’t even buy a popsicle. Too gross. However, while spending big money, it may not be a bad idea to spend a little bit of this. There are many debt collectors out there who will shamelessly ask you for money and harass you if you don't give it. In that case, you have to respond to them with small amounts of money like this.

Buy yellow straw paper, spread it out, then take a real hundred-yuan bill and press it on the paper, making sure it feels like a stamp. Press it from right to left and from top to bottom, row by row, until the whole paper is covered. Burning paper like this is hard currency down there. Money is real, and having it in your pocket gives you face.

Fold the paper for burning, cut it into seven or eight pieces with one cut, and fold it diagonally twice each time. Otherwise it will be very difficult to burn a pile of paper. It will be very convenient to burn them if you stack them up. Before you prepare to burn the paper, you'd better prepare a lighter (preferably windproof, as the 15th of July is a time of strong yin energy and strong winds) and a small stick. This will make it convenient for you to pull up the pressed paper when burning it, allowing air to circulate and facilitating burning. Using a discarded mop rod at home is a good choice, but be careful not to take it back after use, just throw it away.

You have to go to burn paper after it's completely dark, as no one dares to come out to get money in the morning. When you go to burn paper, try to avoid places where burning paper is located and don't step on them. Sometimes an intersection is filled with piles of paper ashes, and you can't avoid them even if you want to. In that case, you have no choice but to carefully weave through them, and sometimes you may even need to take a big step. Before you go through, you have to say, "Excuse me, excuse me."