What does Halloween mean, and what does Halloween mean

1.In folklore, July 15 is the happiest day for ghosts. They celebrate their festival by dancing in the underworld.

On this day, we will burn paper money for our deceased loved ones, hoping that they will have money to spend in the underworld and live a good life. 2.On Halloween, when burning paper for your loved ones, don't call your loved ones by their names, just call them by their code names.

3.On Halloween, you must pay attention to safety when burning paper, stay away from flowers and trees, do not burn flowers and trees, and do not approach when you hear the sound of firecrackers. 4.

Be especially careful when going out on Halloween. Don't stay under the tree for too long, as the tree is the shade. Try not to go out on this day.

Precautions for the Midyear Festival.

1.Never cut your nails. It is said that the oni are afraid of the cuticles of the nails on the human body. If you cut off what they're afraid of, they'll bully themselves.

2.Don't swim. After diving for a while, you may not be able to get up. Do not play in dangerous waters. Legend has it that "water ghosts" will find people to replace dead ghosts in order to be reincarnated.

3.Don't just pat someone on the shoulder. It's now 17:

00 The last moments of 19:00. From a spiritualistic point of view, a person has three fires, one on the head and one on the shoulder.

Therefore, it is best not to pat someone else's head and shoulders during the Ghost Month, so as not to extinguish the fire on his body and give the good brother a chance.

4.Sleep until midnight. Don't get up to urinate or look around. If you see something at home, don't panic. Pretend you don't see anything. Go back to sleep.

The customs of the Midyear Festival.

1.Send sheep. In China's folk tradition, the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is also called "Sheep Festival".

Hanshu Xu Shen said in "Shuowen Jie Zi": "Sheep are auspicious. The "oracle" of oracle bone inscription is also called Yang Tongxiang.

It can be seen that in ancient times, sheep were an animal that always represented good luck. In old Beijing and rural areas of northern China, on July 15, grandfathers and uncles would give live sheep to their little nephews, which was popular among the people. This custom is related to the legend of agarwood splitting the mountain to save the mother.

2.Fire vents.

In Buddhism, hungry ghosts are described as craving for food, and spitting flames in their mouths is called the mouth of flames. So the monk gave food to the hungry ghosts, which was called the mouth of the flame. On that day, people first set up a mage platform and a stone drum platform in front of Jiekou Village, and enshrined the king of the earth in front of the mage platform.

It is said that the Bodhisattva transcended the hellish ghosts and gods. Below is rice made with peaches and flour. On the stage of the stone drum, there are three spirit tablets and strokes.

After noon, all the pigs, whole sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, and all kinds of cakes and fruits are placed on the stone drum platform. The host planted blue, red, and green pennants on each offering, and wrote the words "Menglan Festival" and "Manna Door Open". The ceremony begins in the solemn temple**.

The monk recites various thirsty mantras, then gives food, scatters noodles, peaches, and rice in all directions, and repeats three times. This ritual is called "the opening of the holy fire". Boats were used as offerings.

Every year, the sacrificial activities are mainly held on the 15th day of the 7th month of the lunar calendar, but the time of the bureau is not fixed, and in the southern region of our country, people also have the tradition of sacrificing on the 14th of July. In some places, ancestor worship ceremonies begin at the beginning of July, where ancestors are brought home at night, and then three meals a day are offered until the end of July. According to legend, on the first day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the ghost gate Datong and opened, and the ghost of the underworld was authorized by the king of Yama to return to the yang world to accept the sacrifice of descendants, and the lonely ghosts and wild ghosts who had no one to hold the sacrifice would wander in the world in search of food.

The folk belief in ancestor worship is that during the Midyear Festival, ancestors will return to their homes in the yang world to visit their descendants. Therefore, the folk will sacrifice to the ancestors and surpass the souls of the dead during the Midyear Festival.