What is the next festival after Qixi Festival? Is it the Ghost Festival?

What is the next festival after Qixi Festival? Is it the Ghost Festival?
Qixi Festival is one of China's traditional festivals, but not everyone knows what the next festival after Qixi Festival is. So, let's take a look at what the next festival after Qixi Festival is? Is it the Ghost Festival? Shuimo.com has carefully compiled detailed information about the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2021. Come to Shuimo.com’s special topic on the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2021 to learn about the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of the day!

What is the next festival after Qixi Festival? Is it the Ghost Festival?

Yes, the next festival after the Qixi Festival is the Zhongyuan Festival.
The date of Qixi Festival is the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar.
The time of the Ghost Festival is the 15th day of the seventh lunar month.
The Zhongyuan Festival is also known as the Ghost Festival and is one of the four major ghost festivals in China.
Because the Zhongyuan Festival is on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, it is also called the Mid-July Festival. "Mid-July" was originally a folk festival for ancestor worship in ancient times, and it was called the "Zhongyuan Festival" because of Taoism after the Eastern Han Dynasty. Buddhism calls the 15th day of July the "Yulanpen Festival". In a certain sense, the Mid-Autumn Festival belongs to the secular folk religion, the Zhongyuan Festival belongs to Taoism, and the Yulan Festival belongs to Buddhism.

What is the Ghost Festival?

The Zhongyuan Festival is on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month every year. The Zhongyuan Festival is also known as the Dead People's Festival and the Mid-July Festival. It is a traditional festival in ancient my country and is known as one of the three major ghost festivals along with the Qingming Festival and the Cold Clothes Festival.
The Zhongyuan Festival originated in the Northern Wei Dynasty and has a history of more than a thousand years. On this day, the custom of lighting lanterns to allow ghosts to reincarnate has been passed down from generation to generation and has incorporated the characteristics of the times in the process of development.
According to Buddhism, the 15th day of July is a day to express gratitude to parents for their care in raising and nurturing us.
Therefore, on the day of the Ghost Festival, people can express their grief for the deceased and remember the kindness of their parents.

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