Can I burn incense during the Ghost Festival? How many incense sticks should I burn during the Ghost Festival?

We all know that the 15th day of the seventh lunar month is the Ghost Festival, which is said to be the day when the gates of hell open wide, and there are many things that cannot be done. So is it possible to burn incense on the Ghost Festival?

Can I burn incense during the Ghost Festival?

People burn incense and worship their ancestors during the Ghost Festival, so it is acceptable to burn incense during the Ghost Festival.
Not only do we have to burn incense during the Ghost Festival, but there are also many rules for doing so. The colors of incense in society today are generally only red, yellow and green. These three types of incense can not be used for burning all kinds of incense, there are obvious differences between them. Red represents joy and is generally used in weddings, festivals and celebrations. Yellow represents respect and is generally used for celebrating birthdays, inviting gods, worshipping Buddha, and relieving disasters, which is the most reasonable color. The color green represents darkness and is usually used for things like capturing ghosts, sending flower trays, opening spirits, and performing vegetarian rituals.

How many incense sticks should be burned during the Zhongyuan Festival

It is generally better to burn one stick of incense (three incense sticks) during the Ghost Festival .
1. One pillar is Kaitai incense, which represents a happy family, loving father and filial son, blessings and luck, and health and longevity.
2. Three pillars (nine branches) are the incense of progress, which brings harmony among relatives, stability among neighbors, fame and fortune, and health and longevity.
3. The nine pillars are the rotating incense, which can lead to all directions, transfer and rise in status, all things will cease to exist, and the four elements will be empty. This incense cannot be burned under normal circumstances. It is used on the first day of the first lunar month every year to get rid of the old and welcome the new.