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I only know that on the 15th day of the 7th month of the lunar calendar

Halloween is on the 30th of August 2023.

Zhongyuan Festival is the name of Taoism, the folk secular is called Zheng Qiqiban, and Buddhism is called Obon. The festival customs mainly include ancestor worship, river lanterns, worship of the dead, burning paper ingots, sacrificing land, etc., and its birth can be traced back to the ancestral spirit worship in ancient times and related time sacrifices. July is the auspicious month, filial piety month, July and a half is the folk early autumn celebration of the harvest, reward the earth of the festival, there are a number of crops ripe, the folk according to the routine to worship the ancestors, with new rice and other sacrifices, to the ancestors to report the autumn success.

It is a kind of cultural traditional festival to remember the ancestors, and its cultural core is to respect the ancestors and fulfill filial piety. In the Book of Changes, "seven" is a changing number, the number of resurrection, and the Book of Changes: "Repeating its way, seven days come and go, and the heavens are also."

Seven is the number of yang, the number of days, after the yang energy between heaven and earth is extinguished, after seven days can be resurrected, this is the way of heaven and earth, the principle of the cycle of yin and yang, the folk choose to worship their ancestors on July 14 (27) and the number of "seven" is related.

Historical development

Judging from the historical documents, the activity of worshipping ancestors in autumn existed in the pre-Qin era. The custom of worshiping ancestors in July and a half is the product of local culture, and the inclusive festival customs are more complicated, which is not only the folk autumn taste ancestor festival, but also the Taoist Zhongyuan Festival and the Buddhist Bon Festival. In the seventh month of the Mengqiu lunar calendar, the crops are ripe, and some places in China have a tradition of holding ancestor worship ceremonies at this time since ancient times.

The ancients had to offer sacrifices to their ancestors in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and in July, they offered newly harvested grains such as melons, fruits, vegetables and millet millet, which was called "autumn taste", also known as "recommending new" and "tasting new", that is, autumn meant to let the ancestors taste new. "Puning County Chronicle" said: "It is commonly said that the ancestor examines the soul to return, and the salty clothes and wine are recommended, although the poor dare not be lacking", among the sacrifices, the clothes are indispensable.

Because of the end of the summer in July, it is necessary to change clothes to protect against the cold, and "the fire in July is in July, and the clothes are given in September".

The above content reference: Encyclopedia - Midyear Festival.

The fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar every year is the Midyear Festival, commonly known as the Ghost Festival. July 14 15th ancestor worship is a traditional cultural festival popular in countries in the Chinese character cultural circle and overseas Chinese areas, and Chinese New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival and Chongyang Festival are all traditional ancestor worship festivals of the Chinese nation.

1. Qingming Festival:

Qingming Festival is also called the Qingqing Festival, which collapses at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, that is, the 108th day after the winter solstice. It is a traditional Chinese festival and one of the most important sacrificial festivals, which is a day to worship ancestors and sweep tombs.

Second, the mid-year festival:

The midyear festival is commonly known as the Ghost Festival, Shi Gu, and the seventh half of the month, and it is called the Obon Festival in Buddhism. Together with Chinese New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival and Chongyang Festival, the three festivals are traditional Chinese ancestor worship festivals, and they are also traditional cultural festivals popular in countries with Chinese character cultural circles. In the midyear festival, there is a custom of putting river lanterns and burning paper ingots.

3. Shangsi Festival:

The Shangsi (sì) festival, commonly known as the third day of March, is a traditional festival of the Han people, which was set as the day of the first month of March before the Han Dynasty, and was later fixed on the third day of the third month of the summer calendar. The traditional Shangsi Festival is on the first day of the third lunar month, which is also the day of purification, that is, the day of spring bathing. The Shangsi Festival, like the Flower Dynasty Festival, is gradually being forgotten by people.

Fourth, the Winter Clothes Festival:

Winter clothes festival, the first day of the tenth lunar month every year, also known as the "October Dynasty", "Ancestor Festival", "Shadow Festival", the people call the ghost head day, is the traditional sacrificial festival of the Han nationality, according to legend, the rock originated in the Zhou Dynasty. On this day, special attention is paid to the commemoration of the deceased, which is called sending winter clothes.

Halloween generally refers to the mid-year festival on the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, and it is August 12 in 2022.

Please be timely, thank you!

Two, the first day of the tenth lunar month, the fifteenth day of the seventh month.

On the first day of the tenth lunar month every year, it is called the "October Dynasty", also known as the "Ancestor Festival". For the Winter Clothes Festival. Also known as the Hades Festival, on this day, special attention is paid to the sacrifice of the deceased, which is called sending winter clothes.

With the Qingming Festival in spring and the Midyear Festival in autumn, it is known as the three major "ghost festivals" of the year.

In order to prevent the ancestors from being cold and cold in the underworld, on this day, people will burn five-colored paper, send them warm clothes, and bring warmth to the lonely souls and wild ghosts. On the first day of October, the cold clothes are burned, which carries the nostalgia of the present people for the deceased and the compassion of the living for the deceased. At the same time, this day also marks the arrival of the harsh winter, so it is also a day for parents and lovers to send warm clothes to those they care about.

There are three Chinese Halloween festivals: Qingming, Zhongyuan, and Hanyi.

Qingming (April 5) to go to the grave, at the same time there is a custom of stepping into the green, the new soil to the grave, add the grave. In the past, Qingming was also called the Cold Food Festival, which was as long as 100 days, Cao Cao changed it to one day, Tang changed it to three days before Qingming, all the fires had to be extinguished, and after the cold food, a new fire came out of the palace. Qingming also has to insert willow branches, wear wicker hats, fly kites, and swing.

Zhongyuan (July 15) is the day of folk ancestor worship, after the dungeon Christmas, and the dungeon is in charge of the gate of hell, this heaven and earth palace opens the gate of hell, but also the day of the opening of hell, the deceased ancestors can go home for reunion, so it is the Ghost Festival again, it is the most important one of the three major underworld festivals in China, there is a dojo, put steamed buns for the lonely soul and wild ghosts to eat, this day to worship the ancestors, go to the grave, light the lotus lamp for the deceased to light the way home.

Winter Clothes Festival (the first day of October), go to the grave to worship the ancestors, the most important thing is to make dark clothes, buy paper and tie it, wrap it up and burn it in front of the door at night. On this day, the Qin Heavenly Eunuch was to promulgate a new imperial calendar.

There are three traditional ghost festivals in China: Qingming Festival, Zhongyuan Festival, Winter Clothes Festival, and in Hong Kong, there is a Yu Lan Festival, which is different in our Jiangsu, and the ghost festival in Jiangsu is also divided into three, the first Qingming Festival, this is the same, but the second July and a half, we call it July and a half, there is no other name, that is, the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, and the third winter, which is called the big winter in us, is also the traditional ghost festival in our Jiangsu Province. Therefore, the date, name, and customs of Halloween vary from region to region.

For example, the Torch Festival is also a traditional Chinese Ghost Festival, but only in some areas.

The Chinese regard Qingming, the half of July, and the winter clothes festival in October as the three major ghost festivals. Qingming Festival is the season when hundreds of ghosts haunt frequently and ask for a lot. Since Qingming is a ghost festival, Qingming goes to the tomb to sweep, not only to worship the ancestors, but also to prevent the intrusion of sneakers.

On the occasion of the germination season of wicker, people have planted willows and worn willows to ward off evil spirits. Under the influence of Buddhism, Guanyin held a willow branch dipped in water to purify sentient beings, and many people believed that wicker had the effect of driving away ghosts and evil spirits, and called the willow branch "ghost wood". The book reads, "Take the willow branches and put them on the house, and the ghosts will not enter the house."

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