Why is it taboo to celebrate your birthday in the middle of the night?

People born in July are a bit pitiful, and when celebrating their birthdays in the evening, there are probably some people they don't know singing happy birthday songs together, and it's better to celebrate during the day. <>

What are the customs of the Midyear Ghost Festival.

Zhongyuan Purdue. From the first day of the seventh month to the 30th day of July, some places have the custom of doing Pudu during the Midyear Festival, which is to hold sacrificial activities with sacrifices such as wine, meat, sugar cakes, and fruits, in order to comfort the ghosts of all families who play in the world, and pray for their safety and success throughout the year. For those who are more solemn, they even invite monks and Taoists to chant scriptures to surpass the soul.

Ancestor worship. On the day of the Midyear Festival, many people begin to worship their ancestors, so it is also called "July and a half" ancestor worship. At this time, the midsummer has passed, and the cool autumn has just begun.

Folks believe that ancestors will also return home to visit their children and grandchildren at this time, so they need to worship their ancestors. The worship service is usually held in the evening, and the time is limited to the 15th day of the seventh month. When worshipping ancestors in the "seventh and a half months", the tablets of the ancestors should be invited out one by one, respectfully placed on the offering table specially used for worship, and then incense should be inserted in front of the tablets of each ancestor until the third day of the seventh month.

When they are returned, they burn paper money and clothes, or the temple will also perform excessive rituals. In some areas of Jiangxi and Hunan, the same festival is a sacrificial festival, and the Zhongyuan Festival is more important than the Qingming Festival or the Double Ninth Festival. <>

Sacrificial land. July 15 is also the birthday of the local officials who forgive sins in the world, so the people still worship the land and crops. Offerings are sprinkled on the field, paper is burned, and five-colored paper cut into strips is wrapped around the ears of the crop. You can bless the crops with a good autumn harvest.

Put river lanterns. People believe that the mid-year festival is the ghost festival, it should be a lantern to celebrate the festival for the ghost, the water and the ghost are both yin, which reminds people of the legendary hell, so the Zhongyuan lantern is in the water, so it is also called the river lantern, the river lantern is generally put on the base lamp or candle, and the night of the middle yuan is placed in the rivers, lakes and seas, let it drift. <>

The purpose of releasing the river lantern is to purify the water ghosts and other lonely ghosts. Nowadays, however, the lanterns have become a joyful activity, and the exquisitely made lanterns are very popular with children and young people.

There are many ghosts on this day of the Midyear Festival, and the yin qi is extremely heavy, will it be a little scary for you to come out in the middle of the night to celebrate your birthday, in case the ghosts are next to you.

People born in July are pitiful, and celebrating a birthday in the middle of the night may have an impact on the child.

I'm afraid that there will be some people I don't know, just be careful about everything in the midyear.

Because eating in the middle of the night will attract ghosts.

This day was supposed to be the ghost door opened, all kinds of ghost heroes came out to visit, but you celebrated your birthday, this is really not good, in case the ghost eyes are red, then it will be over.

I'm afraid that there will be more people who don't know me to celebrate their birthdays, so it's not good to have a birthday.

for it is the day of the holiday in Hades.

Because I happened to encounter a ghost in the middle of the night to celebrate my birthday.

The midyear festival is just a traditional custom, and this day has no impact or constraint on daily life, so there is no taboo in doing anything. However, it is not allowed to dry clothes at night during the folk Midyear Festival, especially when drying clothes outside, because after drying clothes, ghosts will borrow clothes to wear and leave a smell on the clothes, and people will easily get sick if they wear this clothes again.

For example, it is taboo to step on the paper during the midyear festival, which is also a taboo in the midyear festival, the paper is a sacrifice to the ghosts, and when burning, the ghosts will gather next to the side to grab it.

It is not possible to go to bed after 12 o'clock.

The cultural history of the Midyear Festival:

It is believed that the "purdue" ceremony for these ghosts will save them from the suffering of hell as soon as possible, and on the other hand, it is hoped that they will no longer harass the living in the world. Therefore, in addition to the "Pudu" ceremony in July every year, more dead paper is burned on the side of the road to spread the blessings of the dead. Later, it evolved into the custom of "setting fire lanterns" and "respecting good brothers".

The perfection and enrichment of Chinese ghost culture benefited from Buddhism and Taoism. Taoism is a local product, Buddhism was introduced from the West during the Han and Wei dynasties, integrated into Confucian culture and secular culture, the underworld after death (Buddhism is also called the underworld), that is, the world where ghosts live, in the long years of development of Buddhism and Taoism, gradually built.

Legend has it that on the day of the Midyear Festival, the underworld released all the ghosts, and the yin qi was heavier on this day, so do you know what customs are there during the Midyear Festival? Are there any contraindications?

1. Don't call your name directly, don't wear clothes embroidered with your name at night, so as not to be possessed by the original spirit, and it is best to avoid calling other people's names with their surnames, otherwise once they are heard by a good brother, they will take the opportunity to take away his three souls and six spirits, and if you hear someone shouting your name, don't turn back or respond immediately.

2. Don't pat on the shoulderFrom a spiritual point of view, there are three fires on a person's body, one on the head and two shoulders, so it is best not to pat someone else's head and shoulders casually during the ghost month, so as not to extinguish the fire on his body and let the good brother have a chance.

3. Don't whistle, beware of good brothers like you; As you pass by the cemetery, keep chanting "Sorry for the interruption!" "And remain solemn and do not whistle as a sign of respect for good brothers.

4. Do not go to dangerous waters to play in the water, the legend says that the "water ghost" will find someone to be a substitute for the dead ghost, so as to be reincarnated;

5. Do not steal the sacrifices of worship, compete with the demons for food, for fear of bad luck;

6. There is no wind chime hanging at the head of the bed, because the wind chime will attract yin; I don't play Saucer Immortal either. In front of the house, there is no other kind of easy to get stuck'Banyan tree, in addition, don't hang wind chimes in the house, don't play with saucer immortals, and don't go to the Yin Temple, which can reduce the possibility of Yin Spirit's upper body.

7. At night, don't go to the wilderness or remote places, people who are light are afraid that they will bump into good brothers;

8. Don't pick up the change and red envelopes on the ground; Don't pick up the money on the side of the road, because it may be a good brother's, or it will be used for marriage.

9. When passing through the funeral place, there should be no disrespectful thoughts or words in the mouth and heart;

10. Do not step on the paper or burn the paper;

11. Don't rest against the wall, don't lean against the wall if you have nothing to do, because good brothers usually like to rest on the wall, which is easy to attract ghosts.

1. You must not celebrate your birthday at night during the Midyear Festival, which will not only attract some people you don't know, but also affect your own fortune.

2. If the Midyear Festival happens to be your birthday, then remind you that it is best to choose to celebrate your birthday early and accept blessings and gifts from relatives and friends in advance.

3. Don't accept flowers and blessings on the day of the Midyear Festival, don't wear bright clothes, and go to bed early.

4. If for some reason you can only celebrate your birthday on the same day, or it happens to be the birthday of the old birthday star on the Midyear Festival, then it is best to celebrate the birthday during the day, and the birthday cake can not be eaten on the same day, so that the old birthday star will have a safe and auspicious birthday, and deliberately make yourself healthier and longer.