Is it true that ghosts open their doors on July 15th? Try not to go to these places during the Ghost Festival

The 15th day of the seventh lunar month is one of my country's traditional festivals, the Zhongyuan Festival. There are also some legends about the Zhongyuan Festival, one of which is that the gates of hell open on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. So, is it true that ghosts open the doors on July 15th?

Is it true that ghosts open doors on July 15th?

The 15th day of the seventh lunar month is the Ghost Festival in Chinese legend. According to legend, the gates of hell will open on Ghost Festival. As the saying goes, ghosts run rampant on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. Legend has it that on this day the gates of hell open wide and all ghosts come out to breathe, so it is common for people to hold activities to worship ghosts. According to legend, every year from July 1st, the King of Hell would order the gates of hell to be opened wide, allowing the wronged souls and evil ghosts who had suffered all year round to escape from hell, wander for a short period of time, and enjoy the blood and food of the human world. That is why people call July the Ghost Month. People consider this month to be an unlucky month and do not get married or move house.

Of course, whether you believe it or not is up to you, but such traditional customs do exist. After all, China’s Ghost Festival cultural belief has a long history.

Try not to go to these places during the Ghost Festival

1. Around the temple

Many people would ask, aren’t temples places of spiritual energy? Why can’t we go there?

Why do temples usually have walls? Because there are too many wronged souls, and the walls are used to block them. After nightfall, the first place you should not linger is around the temple, otherwise you are bound to run into those miserable wronged souls.

2. Disaster scenes such as car accidents

There is a saying that if the people who died in the disaster are not liberated, or the liberation is not strong enough, they will suffer repeatedly at the scene every night. For example, if a person who has been in a car accident does not receive salvation, he will experience the process of being hit by a car every night in the same place. This is a sad environment, where it is easiest to encounter ghosts.

3. Crime scene

If the disaster scene is an unintentional killing, then the crime scene, including the suicide scene, is subjective. According to folklore, the ghosts in these places are the most vicious because they feel they died too tragically and are filled with resentment. Especially those innocent souls who committed suicide in red clothes are even more ferocious. This kind of wronged spirit can easily harm even people with extremely high flames, so these places must be the most haunted.

4. Crematorium

Although most people don't go back to this place, it should be pointed out that there are two places with the heaviest yin energy, one is the morgue and the other is the columbarium. Of course, it is okay at the place of cremation, because normal crematoriums will use firecrackers to drive away evil spirits at the corresponding locations. Nowadays, setting off firecrackers is prohibited in many places in cities, which has led to many strange things happening in many cities due to evil spirits. Of course, some souls who are reluctant to leave the human world will also wander around here, because this place actually has a certain level of evil spirit, so those with weak bodies will easily bump into it.

5. Mass graves or unmaintained cemeteries

Some of the cemeteries in the past were actually burial places for lonely people because their descendants were no longer around or there was no one to take care of them. According to folk rumors, these places are filled with wandering ghosts. What are the most frightening things about encountering ghosts? Those wronged ghosts and hungry ghosts.

6. Deserted villages, abandoned houses, and dilapidated ancient temples that have long been uninhabited

The people in the world are yang energy. When there are more people, the yang energy is sufficient. Here Xiaoji will tell you why we say that copper coins (Five Emperors' Coins, Eight Emperors' Coins, etc.) can drive away evil spirits. It is because copper coins are circulating currency, have been pinched and touched by countless people, and have gathered the yang energy of countless people, thus having the effect of warding off evil spirits. Deserted villages, deserted houses, and dilapidated ancient temples are invaded by evil spirits because they have no people. Some Taoists often say that deserted villages that seem sparsely populated are actually always bustling with people. They are a good place for people from another world to live.

7. At night, by the pond, lake or river

There is a saying of water ghosts here. In folk legends, it refers to the soul of a person who died accidentally or committed suicide and could not be reincarnated. It comes out to harm people and serve as his scapegoat. Water ghosts are more likely to come out during the day to catch scapegoats because sunlight has little influence on water. It is even easier at night.

8. Underground parking lot

Try not to walk through the underground passages late at night. This is a bit similar to the elevator. It is not without reason that many murders occur in these gloomy places.

9. Around the hospital

A hospital is a place where people are saved and treated, but it is also the place where the highest number of deaths occur in peacetime. Many hospitals have morgues, which are very gloomy places. People with weak bodies should avoid walking around in these places late at night, because it is very common to bump into people from another world here. Both the soul collector and the soul-collected are too focused. Especially for pregnant women who are hospitalized for delivery, don't wander around the hospital in the middle of the night, remember this.