Halloween lasts for a few days in July, and Halloween in July is held for several consecutive days

July 15 of the lunar calendar is what Chinese often call the Ghost Festival.

But in fact, from July 14th to 16th, it is the day when the ghost door is wide open. The door of ghosts is open, so that ghosts who are separated from the underworld can return to the yang world and meet their relatives, but there are also a large number of lonely ghosts, or evil ghosts with hatred, who will return to the yang world to do evil. So in the past three days, try to go home as early as possible, and don't wander outside late at night.

At night, when you hear someone telling you from behind not to look back, not to accept gifts from strangers, not to talk to strangers. Do not make loud noises near water, mountain streams, cemeteries, etc., and if you see someone burning paper money on the side of the road, try to detour as much as possible, do not stare, and do not laugh, ridicule or be disrespectful.

However, from the perspective of Buddhism, it is also the compassion of the Buddha to open the door of ghosts, so that many ghosts with unfulfilled wishes can be completely freed from the worries and regrets of the yang world, can repent, can let go, and can finally get rid of the sea of suffering. Therefore, in Buddhism, July 15 is called "Buddha Joy Day".

During these days, it is enough to be respectful. Even if you don't believe in ghosts and gods, you should not arbitrarily criticize and slander gods and ghosts. You must know that religion is always above science, and it is precisely because science cannot explain the miracle of all things that religion will guide everything in the world.

So, you can not believe it, but don't slander sentient beings.

We hope you all are safe and sound!

Just one day, July 15th.

Actually, it's all in July.

The Ghost Festival in July is a few days in a row is everyone's favorite question at the moment, and the so-called Ghost Festival is the July 15th Midyear Festival, because the date is a traditional sacrificial festival, so at this time all the deceased relatives in the family, the people at home should prepare some incense candles, paper money, fruits, etc. at night to the cross of the road, to burn offerings to the deceased relatives, in order to keep the family safe.

Generally speaking, there are three days. That is, July 14th - July 16th.

In folklore, the two worlds of yin and yang are the same, but the laws are somewhat opposite, human beings go out to work during the day, and ghosts are not allowed to appear during the day. The seventh and a half months refer to the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, commonly known as the Ghost Festival, the status of the underworld is similar to our Chinese New Year's Eve, the Yin Si allows the twelve hours of the day, the ghosts everywhere are not restricted, can move freely, and the big talk part returns to the world to see the descendants and relatives and friends of the future generations, so this day with a pin, the people in the yang world are ready to meet them with underworld offerings.

Looking at the local saying, some people think that the whole month is the whole month, and some people think that it is only three days.

Is the whole month of July Halloween a question that many people have, but in some places the folk have this particularity. Since July, the ghost door has been opened so that the ghosts who are free from the underworld can return to the yang world and meet their relatives, not only this month, but also the Qingming Festival, the first day of the tenth lunar month is the ghost festival. During these ghost festivals, ghosts can go to various places on earth to play or do other things.

Therefore, three days before and four days after these festivals, people should go home early, go out as little as possible in the evening, gather less, and do not visit the cemetery or around the cemetery. Believers in Buddhism should not offer incense for the first three days and four days after these festivals, because the Buddha and Bodhisattva will not accept the incense in these days, for fear that their luck in the passing year will be bad and it will be bad for them to attract lonely souls and wild ghosts.

It depends on the place, but most areas are on July 15th. According to legend, every year from the first day of the seventh month, Hades orders the gates of hell to be opened for the miserable ghosts who suffer all year round and are imprisoned in hell. The soul is out of hell, wandering for a short time, enjoying the blood and food of the world.

Therefore, people call it the July Ghost Month. This month is considered an unlucky month to neither get married nor move. The 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the annual "Ghost Festival" in China.

In Buddhism, it is called "Yulan Festival".

The Ghost Fighting Festival is only one day, but according to folklore, the first day of the seventh month is the "Ghost Gate Open", July 30 is the "Ghost Gate Pass", and the whole July belongs to the "Ghost Month", which is 30 days. And Halloween refers to the 15th of July, and you are now on the 25th of July, and it has been 10 days. See the figure below for details.

2 days. Let's talk about the origin of Halloween, the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the traditional Halloween Festival, on this day people burn paper money, put offerings to worship the dead of deceased relatives.

But do we know the origin of Halloween? Legend has it that Jizo Bodhisattva, also known as "Lord Yama", came to the ghost gate of the Yin Dynasty after the death of his mother, and was locked in a prison cell and had to suffer all kinds of devastation in the eighteenth layer of the underworld.

Jizo Bodhisattva is a filial son, seeing his mother suffer unbearable, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, he actually took advantage of his personal feelings, let the little ghost guarding the cell quietly open the prison door and his mother came out, who knew that this prison knew that it didn't matter if he took the spring door, the little ghosts in the cell swarmed out and ran out to the world to harm the public, so there was; In the middle of July, the ghost ran around Min Liang Zhi said.

The ghosts who ran back to the garden demanded money from their families so that they could go back to their lives and open up their joints, hoping to take care of their lives in advance. Later, people designated this day as Halloween.

Also, you should not go out on Halloween night.

0:00 on the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar.

July 15 Midyear Festival, known as the Ghost Festival. In fact, from the beginning of the seventh month of the lunar calendar to the 30th day of July is the day when the ghost door is opened. Folklore believes that during this period of time, there will be many lonely souls wandering in the yang world.

The Midyear Festival is a day that the Chinese attach great importance to, and every year there will be a lot of grand gatherings of Pudu worship. This Halloween Festival is also the largest and most expensive of the many Chinese festivals. The midyear festival is also the "Yu Lan Festival" of Buddhism.

The seven and a half originated from the belief in the dead and ancestor worship. "All things are from heaven, and people are from their ancestors", and worshipping heaven and ancestors has become the two major priorities of ancient religious life. For the common people, the ancestors are connected to themselves and have the same feelings, and it is especially meaningful to worship the ancestors.

The seven potatoes are trapped in the moon and a half is developed on the basis of the ancient autumn festival customs.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Buddhism flourished, and the story of "Mulian Saving Mother" was widely spread, and finally evolved into the Bon Festival. Taoism also has the saying of "three officials and three elements", and the five volumes will be read to the moon.

Ten. May, July.

Ten. 5. October 15 is designated as the upper, middle and lower three yuan, which are the birthdays of heavenly officials, earth officials, and water officials, and become the three-yuan festival for heavenly officials to bless, earth officials to forgive sins, and water officials to relieve misfortune. As a result, the seventh half of July has become a common festival for the monks, Taoists, and laypeople.