What month and date is the 15th day of the seventh lunar month? Is the 15th day of the seventh lunar month in the lunar calendar or the solar calendar?

The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the ghost festivals in my country and also an important sacrificial festival, so the popularity of this festival is also very high. So, what day is the Mid-Autumn Festival? When is the Mid-July Festival in 2021?

What month is the 15th of July?

The Ghost Festival falls on the 14th or 15th day of the seventh lunar month every year. There are certain differences in the public's understanding of the specific time of the Ghost Festival. Depending on local customs, some people in the south believe that July 14 is the Ghost Festival, while people in the north believe that July 15 is the Ghost Festival. But the generally accepted Zhongyuan Festival is the 15th day of the seventh lunar month.

Zhongyuan Festival is the name of Taoism. It is commonly known as the ancestor worship festival on the 15th or 14th day of the seventh month (another saying is the 15th day of the seventh month) in folk culture. It is called the Yulanpen Festival in Buddhism. The main customs on this day include worshiping ancestors, releasing river lanterns, worshiping the dead, burning paper ingots, and worshiping the land.

The date of July 15, 2021 is: August 22, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar and July 15, 2021 in the lunar calendar

Is July 15 lunar or solar?

Lunar calendar, also known as the lunar calendar. China's traditional festivals are all lunar festivals, because the ancient calendar was based on the lunar calendar, and the Ghost Festival is no exception. The 15th day of July every year is the traditional Zhongyuan Festival, also known as the Ghost Festival. It is said that the yin energy is particularly heavy on this day, so try not to stay outside on the night of the 15th day of July. This day is also a day for sacrifice, so there are many things to pay attention to.

Legends of the Ghost Festival

Legend 1

Regarding the origin of the Ghost Festival, it is said that after the death of the King of Hell's mother, she came to the underworld and was locked up in a cell and suffered all kinds of tortures of the Eighteen Levels of Hell. The King of Hell was a filial son, and he couldn't bear to see his mother suffer, so on the fifteenth day of July, he gave in to his private affair and asked the little ghost guarding the cell to secretly open the cell door to let his mother out. Who knew that as soon as the prison door was opened, the little ghosts in the cell swarmed out and ran to the human world to harm the people, so there was a saying that "On the fifteenth day of July, ghosts run around." Those ghosts who ran back to their hometowns asked their families for money so that they could use it to live and to open up their joints, hoping to be reborn as soon as possible. Later people designated this day as "Ghost Festival". On Ghost Festival, people burn paper money and place offerings to commemorate the souls of their deceased relatives.

Legend II

The 14th day of the seventh lunar month every year is the Zhongyuan Festival, also known as the Ghost Festival or the Yulan Festival. It is a major festival to worship lonely ghosts. The Zhongyuan Festival originated from Taoism, and was later changed to the Yulan Festival commonly known as Buddhism. The Ullambana Festival means "hanging upside down" in Hindi. "Hanging upside down" refers to the fact that the mother of Mulian, one of the ten great disciples of Sakyamuni, suffered from the pain of hungry ghosts after her death and could not eat. Later, Mulian received help from Sakyamuni, and offered hundreds of flavors and five fruits to the gods and Buddhas of the ten directions and used the merits to save his mother. Therefore, in order to commemorate the lonely souls, a Pudu ceremony is held in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, also known as the Ghost Festival. Generally speaking, people in ancient times were reluctant to hold important events such as marriages in this month.