The 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is to commemorate the dead, so can t you vis

The midyear festival is commonly known as the Ghost Festival and the seventh half of the month, and it is called the Obon Festival in Buddhism.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, the Han nationality called the Shangyuan Festival, which is to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which has been in ancient times; On July 15, the Han nationality called the Zhongyuan Festival, sacrificing to the ancestors; On October 15, the Han nationality called the Xia Yuan Festival, which is to eat cold food and commemorate the sages.

The festival falls on the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, and partly on the 14th day of the seventh month. It was originally a small autumn, and a number of crops were ripe, and the people routinely wanted to worship their ancestors, and use new rice and other sacrifices to report the autumn to their ancestors. Therefore, every mid-year festival, every family worships their ancestors, and when they make offerings, they perform rituals.

On July 15, go to the grave to sweep the grave and worship the ancestors.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Taoism set three meetings and five wax days, of which July 7 is the moral wax, and it is the day when the middle meeting is the fixed Taoist people to the governance center to accept the examination. This ancestor worship date in July was later fixed on this day by Taoism when the birthday of Zhongyuan Diguan and the corresponding sacrifice date were fixed on July 15.

Legend has it that all the ghosts were released on that day, and the people generally carried out activities to worship the ghosts. Where there is a new mourner, for example, to go to the new grave, and generally in the local sacrifice to the lonely soul and wild ghosts, so it is a festival centered on worshipping ghosts, which is one of the largest sacrificial festivals in Chinese folk.

Chinese name: 中元节.

Nicknames: Halloween, Obon, July and a half 2

Customs: sacrificing ancestors, putting water lanterns, etc.

Door-to-door visits generally refer to door-to-door visits or mutual visits. The fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is a day to commemorate the deceased, also known as the Midyear Festival, Ghost Festival, etc. On this day, people will pay tribute to their ancestors, go to the grave to burn paper, light candles, etc., to express their thoughts and remembrance of their deceased relatives.

On this day, different regions have different customs and exquisiteness, but in general, visiting the door is not a suitable choice. Some places choose to worship on the evening of July 14 or the morning of July 15, rather than walking around on this day. In addition, there is also a folk belief in some places that "people who die on Halloween and cannot go out", believing that going out on this day may encounter bad luck.

However, this is only a folk belief and traditional custom, and whether or not to visit the house also needs to consider the local customs and specific conditions. If there is no special attention in the local area, it can be freely arranged according to the actual situation.

In materialist terms, it is possible to visit the door.

Pay attention to one: paper burning time.

The time of burning paper during the Midyear Festival is very particular, and people generally do not choose to burn paper during the day, because the yang energy is too strong during the day, and the ghosts cannot receive paper money; However, it is also inappropriate to burn paper late at night, because the yin qi at night is too strong, especially on Halloween, there are many ghosts, and burning paper too late is easy to be affected by evil qi and bring misfortune.

Pay attention to the two: the position of burning paper.

The location of burning paper is also very particular, the location of burning paper in different places is also different, some areas will put a brazier at the door of their own house, and then burn paper for their ancestors in the brazier; Some areas will choose to burn paper far away from home, and will choose at the crossroads, and the location of the paper burning can be selected according to the customs of each place.

Pay attention to three: draw circles when burning paper.

Friends who have burned paper money will definitely feel that the elders in the family will clean the ground before burning the paper, and then use a small wooden stick to draw a circle on the ground, and then burn the paper in the circle. However, it should be noted that this circle must not be drawn as a solid circle, and an opening should be left for it, and the position of the opening is generally southwest.

Pay attention to four: burn paper inside and outside the circle.

The circle is to burn paper for their deceased relatives, and the outside of the circle is to appease the homeless lonely ghosts, when burning paper, you must remember to burn some inside and outside the circle, so that other ghosts will not cause you unnecessary trouble.

Pay attention to five: the turning amplitude should not be too large when burning paper.

When burning paper money, it is generally necessary to take a wooden stick to pick up the paper money, and it will be fully burned, but it must be noted that the action range should not be too large when picking up the paper money, because it is easy to wash away the paper money, and it is best to let it be burned as a whole.

The fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the Midyear Festival, and the customs in different regions are different, and some regions say that it is not good to die on this day. Respect the customs!