Can I give gifts on Midyear? What is a good gift for a girlfriend during the Midyear Festival?

Updated on culture 2024-06-10
10 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    Commonly known as the Ghost Festival, the Chinese festival is used to pay tribute to deceased loved ones, and during the festival, you can send gifts to those who have taken care of you, express your gratitude and greet "Are you doing well?"

    It is said that "Zhongyuan" originated from Taoism in China, and there are "three yuans" in a year, January 15 in the old calendar is called "Shangyuan", October 15 is called "Xia Yuan", and July 15 is called "Zhongyuan".

    There are a wide variety of goods in the "Midyear Festival", and there are large areas of display in every **, store, supermarket, and all the way up to the 24-hour convenience store. Fruits, snacks, coffee, healthy oils, flowers, meat, ......From raw to cooked.

    Give the boys, of course, some brand-name beer, and the other party will be even happier.

    To send girls, it must be all kinds of dim sum, which is more popular.

    July 15 is Halloween, a day when ghosts are on holiday, and you can relax in the sun. The ghost door opens in the middle of the night on the fourteenth, and until the middle of the night on the fifteenth, all the ghosts must return to the underworld before the ghost door closes, otherwise they will stay in the yang world and become lonely ghosts! At the same time, the entire lunar calendar in July is also the heaviest month of the year, the number of wandering spirits increases, you can't cry at night, you can't blow the whistle, otherwise it is easy to attract a hundred ghosts!

    Children born on Halloween are called onizai. It is said that people with heavy yin qi are prone to qi deficiency, stomach cold, cold limbs, and easy to attract evil spirits.

    Born on the 15th: born on this day, the husband and wife are respected, the children and grandchildren are punished, they are fighting and fighting, and they will destroy the future.

    It is said that friends born on the Midyear Festival will see some unclean things, and some say that the fate of those born on the Midyear Festival will be more bumpy. It is also said that most of the people born around Halloween are related to Jizo Bodhisattva.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    There is nothing particular about the Midyear Festival, and it is okay to give gifts.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    This can be sent, nothing is exquisite.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    It's best not to give gifts on mid-year holidays.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    It is not appropriate to give gifts on the Midyear Festival.

    Now the little couple is very good at playing, and even the Halloween has to follow Li Zhu to have a good time! On Halloween, I go to worship ancestors, build graves, and place wreaths...Which acres....It's not appropriate to buy a gift for your girlfriend.

    Introduction to 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 ancestral spirit worship in ancient times and the related Li Disturbance Sen time sacrifice.

    July is the auspicious month, filial piety month, July and a half is the folk early autumn celebration of the harvest, reward the earth of the festival, there are a number of crops ripe, the folk according to the routine to worship the ancestors, with new rice and other sacrifices, to the ancestors to report the autumn success. 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.

    "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.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    Yes, the midyear festival is a festival to express gratitude and give gifts to those who usually take care of you. Generally speaking, in Kanto it is about the beginning of July to mid-July, while in Kansai it is from late July to mid-August. But there are a few things you need to pay attention to when giving gifts:

    1. Bags and clocks are not allowed.

    In addition to purses and clocks, if you give stationery, ties, or other work-related things that have the meaning of "diligence", it will become a "good job!" ".

    2. It is not okay to send shoes and socks.

    Regarding the items on the feet, there is a sense of "stepping on the other party", and it is absolutely not allowed to give them.

    3. Gift introducer and matchmaker for at least 3 years.

    Unexpectedly, it's easy to forget the thank you gift for the introducer and matchmaker who was taken care of at the wedding ceremony. Not only the year when the ceremony is held, but also the etiquette that a social person should have if he has given a thank you dou for at least 3 years, don't forget this.

    4. When giving gifts, you need to pay a greeting card.

    When it comes to expressing gratitude, it's never okay to just give a gift. Adding a handwritten greeting is the best option, and if you really can't afford to pay for the card, then use Telegram or **.

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    The festive significance of the Midyear Festival:

    From the legend about the seventh and a half months, we can deeply realize that the sacrifice of the seventh and a half has a double meaning, one is to expound the filial piety of remembering the ancestors, and the other is to carry forward the righteous act of promoting oneself and others, and being kind and benevolent. It's all from the point of view of compassion, and it's very humane. Therefore, while celebrating Zhongyuan, we should get rid of the perspective of ghosts and hope for mutual love.

    In terms of its cultural connotation, July 15 is also one of the traditional Chinese ancestor worship festivals, and behind its culture is a kind of faith. Seven and a half months belong to the intangible cultural heritage, is a kind of culture, is to remember the ancestors both ancient and modern tradition, this tradition embodies the ancients "cautious pursuit of the long" thought, its cultural core is to respect the ancestors and filial piety.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Yes, anytime.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    From a scientific point of view, Zhongyuan Energy Saving sees customers to give gifts and plays, and from the traditional concept of Chinese, Yuan Festival cannot see customers to give gifts, because the traditional concept of Chinese believes that going out will "bump into" ghosts.

    The fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the Zhongyuan Festival of Taoism, which is called the Bon Festival in Buddhism and the Ghost Festival in Buddhism. In the traditional concept of the Chinese, the half of July coincides with the alternation of summer and autumn, which is precisely the node of the alternation of heaven and earth yin and yang, and the yang energy of Yuanzen is extremely strong and declining, and the yin energy appears, and in this heaven and earth palace opens the gate of hell and releases ghosts, so the activities of sacrificing ghosts are generally carried out.

    Later generations also believe that the entire seventh lunar month should be the "Ghost Festival", the king of Hades on the first day of the seventh lunar month every year to open the ghost door to the sun to forage for food, enjoy people's sacrifices, on the last day of the seventh month, close the ghost gate, the group of ghosts have to return to the underworld.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    If it is indeed a more important customer, it cannot be canceled because of a traditional holiday, of course, it is better to agree to make another day, a day or two earlier or postpone.

  10. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    The origin of the Zhongyuan Festival is related to the ancient land worship of ancestors in China. After Taoism became popular, it attached itself to the tradition and founded heaven, earth, and water. The birthday of the heavenly official is on the fifteenth day of the first month, and his duty is to bless the world.

    The birthday of the magistrate is on July 15, which is also called the Midyear Festival. Responsibility is for the forgiveness of sins on earth. So what gifts to give during the Midyear Festival?

    Hundred defeats wheel wax flowers

    Lilies are mainly white, representing great love, and lovers can express their love with lilies very well. It is very appropriate to use lilies in the midyear festival, it looks relatively white and flawless, and the temperament is very elegant, which means that the ancestors can be detached and hope that the whole family can be healthy and happy.

    calla lily cha slippery

    The leaves of calla lily are relatively green, the flower buds are white, they are relatively large, the shape is very similar to horseshoe, it is more peculiar, it is a very important cut flower at home and abroad, the temperament of calla lily is very elegant, it represents eternal fraternity, it is so holy, it symbolizes auspiciousness, and it is a very suitable flower for the midyear festival.

    Jasmine

    The leaf color is very green, the color is white, the aroma is very strong, and the jasmine represents loyalty, solemnity, and is very suitable for the mid-year festival with paulownia flowers.

    Frangipani

    Frangipani is also called frangipani, the outside of the flower is milky white, the center is bright yellow, it smells very fragrant, it is very rich, it blooms in summer and autumn, it is better to use it in the mid-year festival, there are very few frangipani in the flower market, and the conditional can be folded and inserted into the bottle, giving people an elegant temperament, which is so fragrant.

    During the Midyear Festival, the underground palace will open the gate of hell, which is also called the Ghost Festival, and the people will set up a dojo and put steamed buns, in order to give wild ghosts to eat, and on this day they will worship their ancestors and go to the grave. It is appropriate to give gifts on mid-year.

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