What is the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar called

The fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the Midyear Festival, also known as the Ghost Festival and the Obon Festival.

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The fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the Midyear Festival.

Zhongyuan Festival is the name of Taoism, and the folk secular name is July and a half, and the seventh month.

Ten. Fourth, the ancestor festival, Buddhism is called the Bon Festival. The festival customs mainly include worshipping ancestors, releasing river lanterns, worshipping the souls of the dead, burning paper ingots, sacrificing land, etc. Its birth can be traced back to the worship of ancestral spirits in ancient times and related time sacrifices.

"July and a half" was originally a folk ancestor worship festival in ancient times, and it was called "Zhongyuan Festival", which originated from Taoism after the Eastern Han Dynasty. Buddhism calls the seventh half of the month "Obon". In a certain sense, the July Half Ancestor Festival belongs to the folk secular, the Zhongyuan Festival belongs to Taoism, and the Obon Festival belongs to Buddhism.

Together with Chinese New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival and Chongyang Festival, it is also a traditional Chinese ancestor worship festival and a traditional cultural festival popular in countries with Chinese character cultural circles. In the midyear festival, there is a custom of putting river lanterns and burning paper ingots.

The midyear festival can be said to be a fusion of Buddhism, Taoism and secularity. Its production can be traced back to the ancient time sacrifice and the ancestral spirit worship associated with it. In ancient times, due to the limited production capacity and level of understanding, people often pinned their trust on the blessing of the gods for the harvest of farming.

Ancestor worship is available in spring, summer, autumn and winter, but "autumn taste" is very important. Autumn is the harvest season, and people perform rituals to sacrifice to the spirits of their ancestors, offering seasonal products to the gods, then tasting the fruits of these labors and wishing for a good harvest in the coming year.

The Shangyuan Festival, the Zhongyuan Festival, and the Xiayuan Festival are collectively known as the "Three Yuans", which are traditional Chinese festivals. The fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar is called the Shangyuan Festival, which is the celebration of the Lantern Festival, which has existed in ancient times; July 15 is called the Midyear Festival, sacrificing to the ancestors; October 15 is called the Xia Yuan Festival, which is to eat cold food and commemorate the sages. July 15 is the first full moon night after autumn, when the summer heat has just faded, the golden wind is sneaking in, and the night is as cool as water.

July 15, refers to the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, that is, the Zhongyuan Festival, Taoism called the Zhongyuan Festival, Buddhism called the Bon Festival, and now the folk commonly known as the Ghost Festival. The complex history of July 15 has led to its cultural connotation being richer than other festivals. Wanyan Shaoyuan believes that the most important cultural core of July 15 is the beginning of the newspaper, that is, ancestor worship.

Does the 15th day of July have practical significance for us? The values advocated in traditional folklore, such as honoring parents, remembering ancestors, passing on culture, promoting neighborhood harmony, and caring for the disadvantaged, are in line with the values of today's society. Zhongyuan's mourning has both cultural origins and practical significance.

As long as you are actively guided, the Midyear Festival can still be very rich.

The fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the Midyear Festival. According to ancient folk customs, the day of the Zhongyuan Festival needs to worship ancestors on this day, so this day has also become a traditional festival to remember the ancestors.

In the traditional culture of our country, July is the auspicious month, the month of filial piety, and the half of July is the festival of the folk early autumn to celebrate the harvest and reward the earth, there are a number of crops that are ripe, and the folk should worship the ancestors according to the routine, and use the new rice and other sacrifices to report the autumn harvest to the ancestors. The festival is a kind of cultural traditional festival to remember the ancestors, and its cultural core is to respect the ancestors and fulfill filial piety.

Judging from the historical records, the autumn tasting of the Zhongyuan Festival to worship ancestors has been carried out in the pre-Qin era. The custom of worshiping ancestors in the mid-year festival is a product of local culture, and the inclusive festival is more complicated, which is not only the folk autumn taste ancestor festival, but also the Zhongyuan Festival of Taoism and the Bon Festival of Buddhism, and the three streams of lay monks are one. In the seventh month of Mengqiu in the lunar calendar, the crops are ripe, and some places in China have the tradition of holding ancestor worship ceremonies at this time since ancient times.

1. Zhongyuan Festival, commonly known as the Ghost Festival, the Seven Imperial Month and a Half Moon, Shi Gu, Diguan Festival or Zhai Gu, is the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar every year (July 14 in some areas), and the Shangyuan Festival and the Lower Yuan Festival are collectively called Sanyuan.

2. It is a traditional cultural festival popular in the countries of the Chinese character cultural circle and overseas Chinese areas, and the folk have the customs of worshipping the dead soul, releasing river lanterns, and burning paper ingots, and the three festivals of Chinese New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival and Chongyang Festival are traditional Chinese ancestor worship festivals.

3. There are two major customs in the Midyear Festival: 1. Worship ancestors. People believe that the ancestors will return home to visit their children and grandchildren at this time, so it is necessary to pay tribute to the ancestors.

Through a certain ritual, the folk take the ghosts of the ancestors home at night, and offer tea and dinner three times every morning, noon and dusk until they are sent back. When it is returned, burn the paper envelope. 2. Put river lanterns.

The river lantern is generally to put a lamp or candle on the base, and Zhongzhen Jingchun Yuan night is placed in the rivers, lakes and seas, and let it drift, the purpose is to purify the water ghosts and other lonely ghosts in the water.