When is the Ghost Festival in 2019? Specific time query table for the Mid-Autumn Festival in July

When is the Ghost Festival in 2019? As soon as the beginning of autumn passes, China's traditional sacrificial festival arrives. Next, let’s take a look at the specific time of the Ghost Festival in 2019.

When is the Ghost Festival in 2019?

The specific time of the 2019 Zhongyuan Festival is: August 15, 2019, the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar (small month), Thursday. Leo is in conflict with Tiger (Wuyin), and the evil direction is south.

Suitable for: getting married, wearing a hairpin, performing sacrifices, bathing, traveling, collecting money, cleaning the house, collecting livestock, and taking up a post

Taboo: opening a business/starting a business/breaking ground, laying the bed, opening a warehouse, and raising the beams

What is the origin of the Zhongyuan Festival?

The Zhongyuan Festival is also known as the Yulanpen Festival in Buddhism. It is one of the three traditional Chinese ghost festivals along with the Qingming Festival on the fifth day of the fourth lunar month and the Cold Clothes Festival on the first day of the tenth 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 July 15th, people visit tombs and worship their ancestors. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the 11th day of the first lunar month is the Shangyuan Festival, the 15th day of the seventh lunar month is the Zhongyuan Festival, and the 15th day of the tenth lunar month is the Xiayuan Festival. The Ghost Festival falls on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, and on the 14th day of the seventh lunar month in some areas.

What are the taboos during the Zhongyuan Festival?

1. Don’t hang wind chimes at the head of the bed.

2. People with weak horoscopes should never travel at night, otherwise they will only bring trouble to themselves.

3. Never steal the offerings, so as not to bring about bad luck that is difficult to resolve.

4. It is best not to place the banyan tree at the door of your home, because the banyan tree is a shade-gathering plant.

5. The time when human energy is weakest is late at night, and the time when ghost energy is strongest is also late at night, so it is best to go to bed early that night.