When are the Lantern Festival and the Ghost Festival in 2021? What is the difference between Zhongyuan Festival and Shangyuan Festival?
The Sanyuan Festival is the collective name for the traditional festivals Shangyuan Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Xiayuan Festival. They take place every year. So, when are the Shangyuan Festival and Zhongyuan Festival in 2021? What is the difference between the Zhongyuan Festival and the Shangyuan Festival? The seventh month of the lunar calendar is known as the Qiao Month, the Melon Month, the Orchid Autumn, the New Autumn, the First Autumn, the Xiang Month, the Meng Autumn and the Chu Autumn. Mr. Shui Mo’s website has compiled a special topic about the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2021. You can click to view it.When are the Lantern Festival and the Ghost Festival in 2021?—— Lantern Festival: the 15th day of the first lunar month2021 Date: February 26, 2021 ——Zhongyuan Festival: July 15th 2021 Date: August 22, 2021 What is the difference between the Zhongyuan Festival and the Shangyuan Festival?【meaning】1. Lantern Festival <br /> The Lantern Festival is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and is one of the traditional Chinese festivals. The first month of the lunar calendar is the first month of the year. The ancients called the night "xiao", and the fifteenth day is the first full-moon night of the year, so the fifteenth day of the first month is called the Lantern Festival. Also known as the Little New Year, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival, it is the first important festival after the Spring Festival. Eating Yuanxiao (Chinese rice dumplings), appreciating lanterns and guessing lantern riddles are several important folk customs of the Lantern Festival. 2. Zhongyuan Festival <br /> Zhongyuan Festival is a Taoist term. The 15th day of the seventh lunar month is the traditional Chinese folk festival "Zhongyuan Festival". In the south, it is also called "Ghost Festival". Some say that the Ghost Festival is on the 14th day of the seventh lunar month. On this day, people bring offerings and go to the graves to pay tribute to their ancestors, which is similar to visiting graves on Qingming Festival. 【custom】 1. Eating Yuanxiao on Lantern Festival <br /> Eating Yuanxiao on Lantern Festival is a traditional custom in China. Yuanxiao is also known as tangyuan. As a food, "Yuanxiao" has a long history in my country. In the Song Dynasty, it became popular for people to eat a new kind of food during the Lantern Festival. This kind of food was originally called "Fuyuanzi" and later called "Yuanxiao". Businessmen also gave it a nice name "Yuanbao". Yuanxiao is filled with sugar, rose, sesame, bean paste, osmanthus, walnut kernels, nuts, and jujube paste. It is wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a round shape. It can be meat or vegetarian and has different flavors. It can be cooked in soup, fried, or steamed, symbolizing reunion and happiness. 2. Ancestor worship on the Ghost Festival <br /> The ancestor worship festival is on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, so it is referred to as "the 15th day of the seventh lunar month". However, the worship ceremony is usually held in the evening before the end of July and is not limited to a specific day. Ancestors are worshipped on ordinary days, but the tablets of ancestors are usually not moved. When it comes to the time of sacrifice, the tablets of the ancestors must be taken out one by one and placed respectfully on an offering table specially used for worship. Incense is then lit in front of each ancestor's tablet, and tea and food are offered three times a day, in the morning, noon and evening, until the tablets are returned on July 30th. If you have portraits of your ancestors, please take them out and hang them up. When worshipping, people kowtow to each ancestor according to their seniority and pray silently, asking the ancestors to bless them with peace and happiness. |
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