Is it okay to get married on July 14, 2019, the day before the Ghost Festival? Why do we release water lanterns on the Ghost Festival?

Is it okay to get married on July 14, 2019, the day before the Ghost Festival? Why do we release water lanterns on the Ghost Festival?
Introduction: Generally, an auspicious day should be chosen for weddings. So is it okay to hold the wedding on July 14, 2019, the day before Ghost Festival? Why do we release water lanterns on the Ghost Festival? Legend has it that every seventh month of the lunar calendar, the gates of the underworld open and hundreds of ghosts roam at night, so the entire seventh month is called the Ghost Month. If you want to know more about the auspicious and inauspicious days in the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2019, please follow Mr. Shuimo’s website.

Is it okay to get married on July 14, 2019, the day before Ghost Festival?

2019 Chinese lunar calendar for the day before the Ghost Festival:
Lunar calendar: July 14, 2019 Gregorian calendar: August 14, 2019, Wednesday Leo
【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】
Pray for blessings, get married, receive wealth, open business, set up beds and stoves, break ground, start drilling, repair graves, bury, accept marriage proposals, recruit sons-in-law, offer sacrifices, seek heirs, terminate appointments, raise beams, plant crops, fast and offer sacrifices, seek medical treatment, seal holes, establish contracts, build embankments
[Today’s taboos in the almanac]
Building, breaking ground, opening warehouses, acupuncture, livestock, property, travel, migration, moving into homes, erecting pillars, building houses
From the above content, we can know that today’s wedding is in line with the lunar calendar, so the day before the Ghost Festival in 2019 is an auspicious day for weddings!

Why do we release water lanterns during the Ghost Festival?

The custom of “releasing river lanterns” has a very early origin.
In primitive society, due to the limitations of their understanding of nature, people believed for a long time that fire was the source of all things. It became a totem to be worshipped, a symbol of auspiciousness and warmth, and a god that could defeat cold and hunger.

People often mourn their relatives on the first and fifteenth day of each month and on the anniversary of their death. After the Han and Jin Dynasties, the influence of religion expanded.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Emperor Wu of Liang worshipped Buddhism and advocated holding water and land ceremonies, in which monks released river lanterns in the release pond.

The Selection of Auspicious Dates for Weddings in China

1. Select leap year and leap month
Since ancient times, Chinese people have been very particular and concerned about the choice of wedding days. The elders in particular are very particular about the concepts of "leap month" and "leap year", and believe that the best time to choose a wedding date is in a year with a leap month.
2. Avoid the three, seven, and nine
Auspicious dates for marriage should avoid the third, seventh and ninth months of the lunar calendar, as these three months are not suitable for holding weddings because they coincide with the "Tomb-Sweeping Day", "Yulan Festival" and "Chonggong Festival" respectively, which are all traditional "ghost months". The eighth month of the lunar calendar is considered the most suitable month for weddings, as it is the month of Mid-Autumn Festival when the moon is full at the beginning of the month. Some people believe that the eighth month represents the reunion of the couple, so it is considered a relatively auspicious month.
3. Avoid the Three-Niang Evil
According to legend, Yuexia Laoren refused to tie the red thread for Sanniang, so Sanniang never got married. Out of revenge, she liked to go against Yuexia Laoren for three years and deliberately ruined the happy events of newlyweds. The third, seventh, thirteenth, eighteenth, twenty-second and twenty-seventh days of each month are the so-called Sanniangsha days, and it is not suitable for marriage.

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