May I ask why the seventh half is on the thirteenth of July and not the fifteenth of July?

The half of July is not on the thirteenth day of July, the mid-year festival, is the name of Taoism, the folk secular is called the seventh half, the fourteenth of July (another says the fifteenth of July) ancestor worship 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 production can be traced back to the worship of ancestral spirits in ancient times and related time sacrifices.

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.

Ancestor worship. It is believed that ancestors will return home to visit their children and grandchildren in the middle of July, so it is necessary to pay homage to their ancestors. This kind of ancestor worship behavior is a manifestation of the traditional ethics of chasing the distance cautiously and thinking about the source, and it is a kind of cultural tradition of the ancestors who are grateful for virtue.

The harvest of crops in autumn is also a good time to share the joy of the harvest with the ancestors, and the worship ceremony is usually held in the evening of mid-July. On ordinary days, we have to worship our ancestors, and we generally do not touch the tablets of our ancestors.

When it comes to the "half of July" to worship the ancestors, it is necessary to invite the tablets of the ancestors one by one, respectfully put them on the offering table specially for worship, and then insert incense in front of the tablets of each ancestor, and offer tea and rice three times every morning, afternoon and dusk. Due to the slight differences in local customs, the way of celebrating the festival is also different, and the time of the festival will also be different.

In fact, the half of July is from July 12 to July 15, and it is not just July 15.

Every year on the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the Zhongyuan Festival in our country, and this festival has some more terrifying colors than other festivals, because the folk people call the Zhongyuan Festival a ghost festival. The Midyear Festival is also known as the Ghost Festival, the seventh half of the month, and a few areas are also called the Day of the Dead. It is one of the three ancient festivals, the fifteenth day of the first month, the first lunar month, to celebrate the first lunar Lantern Festival.

On the 15th day of July, the ancestors are sacrificed.

The Zhongyuan Festival is commonly known as the "Ghost Festival" in the folk, also known as the "July Festival" and "July and a half", and the three festivals of Chinese New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival, and Chongyang Festival (except, Qing, and Jiu), and are known as the four major festivals of ancestor worship in China's traditional festivals The Zhongyuan Festival not only enjoys a good reputation among the people, but also is valued by the Buddha and the Taoist. In Buddhism, the festival is also known as the "Bon Festival". Legend has it that after death, some people ascend to the gods, and some go down to the earth as ghosts, and the main basis for this is whether the person has merit or not.

I've been in Hunan for 6 years, and the July and a half here is July 13, and my family in Jiangxi is July 15.

Who told you that July and a half is July 13, and it should have been July 15.

In the north, the 15th day of the seventh month, which is the midyear festival, is said to be the 15th day of the seventh month, and in the south of China, it is the 14th day of the month.

The first statement:

Every year on July 14 of the lunar calendar, it is the Midyear Festival, also known as the Ghost Festival or the Yu Lan Festival, which is a big festival to worship lonely souls and wild ghosts.

The midyear festival originated from Taoism, and later Buddhism changed it to what is now commonly known as the Ghost Festival. The festival means "upside down" in Hindi, and "upside down" refers to the fact that the mother of the ten sons of Shakya, the Lotus of the Buddha, suffered from hungry ghosts after her death and could not eat. Later, he was helped by Shakya.

Offering to the gods and Buddhas of the ten directions with all kinds of fruits and saving his mother through merit. Therefore, in order to worship the lonely souls, the Purdue Festival is held in the seventh month of the Ghost Lunar Calendar, which is now called the Ghost Festival.

Generally speaking, in ancient times, it was reluctant to do important things such as marriage in this month.

The second way of saying:

About the origin of Halloween, legend has it that Jizo Bodhisattva, that is, people often say [Yama Wangye], his mother died and came to the underworld of the Yin Dynasty, was locked in a prison cell and had to suffer all kinds of torture in the eighteen layers of hell, Jizo Bodhisattva is a filial son, seeing his mother suffer from the heart of unbearable, on the fifteenth day of July actually selfishly, let the little ghost guarding the cell secretly open the cell door to his mother out, who knows that this open door does not matter, the little ghosts in the cell swarm out and run to the world to harm the people, so there is "July and a half, Ghosts are running around". Those ghosts who ran back to their hometowns asked their families for money so that they could go back to live and open up their joints, hoping to take care of them as soon as possible. Later, people designated this day as "Halloween".

On Halloween, people burn paper money and place offerings to pay tribute to the souls of deceased relatives.

July and a half are talking about July 15. According to legend, every year from the first day of July, the king of Hades ordered the gates of hell to be opened, so that those who suffer and be imprisoned in hell all the year round can get out of hell, get a short-term wandering, and enjoy the blood and food of the world, so people call July the ghost month, this month is considered to be an unlucky month, neither marrying nor moving.

The half of July refers to the fifteenth day of July. However, because it is a festival, commonly known as Halloween, it is passed at different times depending on the place. Some have been fourteen, and some have been.

Ten. Five, sixteen. My family is over fifteen.

July and a half according to the folk customs refers to the lunar calendar, but the folk customs are used to the lunar calendar or to worship the ancestors, because the folk have "July and a half, ghosts run around." "So on that day, everybody rarely went out.

The folk July and a half refer to the 14th of July, and the 15th of July is the Taoist "Zhongyuan Festival" and the Buddhist "Menglan Bon Festival". Folks often say that the ghosts are running around in the middle of July, referring to the evening of July 14, and on the 15th of July, the ancestors will use the paper money burned on the evening of July 14th to go to the meeting. "Zhongyuan Festival" and "Menglan Bon Festival" are both religious festivals, you don't believe in religion has nothing to do with you, most modern Chinese do not believe in religion, so it is July 14 that has something to do with ordinary people, and sacrifices to ancestors on this evening.

July 15, Midyear Halloween is counted.

Hello! Glad to have your question. The half of July is the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, also known as the Midyear Festival.

The Midyear Festival is also known as the "July Festival.""or Obon", one of the three major Halloween festivals. The Midyear Festival is a Taoist saying"Zhongyuan"The name originated in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and is commonly known in some places"Halloween"、"Shi Gu", also known as the Day of the Dead, the seventh half of July.

According to ancient books:"The Tao Sutra takes the fifteenth day of the first month as the upper yuan, the fifteenth day of the seventh month as the middle yuan, and the fifteenth day of October as the lower yuan. ", "Daozang" contains:

On the day of the Middle Yuan Dynasty, the local officials searched and selected everyone to distinguish between good and ......evilIn its day and night to recite the scriptures, the ten great sages, and the spirit of the spirit. Prisoner hungry ghost, relieved at that time"。Most people remember their relatives on this festival and send good wishes for the future.

That's just a comfort to the soul! If you think about it, you can do it, and you don't think about who can do anything with you!

To commemorate the love and hate that has passed.

The seventh half of the lunar calendar is the fifteenth day of the seventh month.

Every year on the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, it is the mid-year festival, which is also known as the seventh half and obon festivals, but it is more well-known as the "ghost festival". According to folk belief, the whole month of July is the ghost month, and the king of Hades opens the ghost door on the first day of the seventh lunar month every year, releases the ghosts out, and goes to the sun to forage for food and enjoy people's sacrifices.

The midyear festival evolved from the "July and a half" harvest in ancient times and the autumn taste of ancestor worship. July and a half is the festival of the folk early autumn to celebrate the harvest, reward the earth, there are a number of crops mature, the folk should worship the ancestors according to the routine, with new rice and other sacrifices, report to the ancestors of the autumn harvest, is a kind of cultural traditional festival to remember the ancestors, and its cultural core is to respect the ancestors and do their 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. Taoism believes that the seventh half is the birthday of the local official, and the day of praying for the forgiveness of the local official, the underworld will release all the ghosts, and the deceased ancestors can go home for reunion, so the ancestor worship festival in the middle of July is called the "Zhongyuan Festival"; In Buddhism, it is called "Obon".

There doesn't seem to be such a statement.

The 13th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the auspicious day of the Bodhisattva's Christmas in the Western Elysium, and the 15th day of July is the day of the Buddha's joy, the day of saving the mother, and the Obon Festival, which reminds us that we are grateful for the kindness of our parents and exalt our parents.

I'm over 13 too, but in some places I'm 15, and I don't understand what's going on.

In the north, the 15th day of the seventh month, which is the midyear festival, is said to be the 15th day of the seventh month, and in the south of China, it is the 14th day of the month.