Is it auspicious to hold funerals during the Ghost Festival in 2019? Who is the Ghost Festival commemorating?

Is it auspicious to hold funerals during the Ghost Festival in 2019? Who is the Ghost Festival commemorating?
Introduction: It is generally necessary to choose an auspicious day for funerals. So is it auspicious to hold funerals on the Ghost Festival in 2019? Who is the Ghost Festival commemorating? July is also called the "Qiaoyue". On July 7th of every year, Chinese women "beg for cleverness" from the Vega star in the sky, begging her to make them dexterous. Follow Mr. Shui Mo's website to learn more about the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2019!

Is it auspicious to hold funerals during the Ghost Festival in 2019?

2019 July 15th lunar calendar query:
Lunar calendar: July 15, 2019 Gregorian calendar: August 15, 2019, Thursday Leo
【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】
Getting married, traveling, taking up a post, repairing graves, recruiting sons-in-law, offering sacrifices, fasting and offering sacrifices, granting amnesty, coming of age, attending school, seeking employment
[Today’s taboos in the almanac]
Meridians enter the house, build, start construction, buy property, break ground, build embankments, release water, accept marriage, pray for blessings, seek offspring, ship goods, raise beams and erect pillars
Burial and drilling started, migration was lifted, and the boat was set alight.
From the above content, we can know that today’s burial [i.e. funeral] is taboo in the lunar calendar, so the 15th day of July in 2019 is not suitable for funerals!

Who does the Ghost Festival commemorate?

The Zhongyuan Festival is commonly known as the Ghost Festival. Traditional folk festivals. It happens on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, and sometimes on the 14th day.
On this day, every family worships their ancestors, and some even hold family banquets, performing rituals when offering sacrifices. Three rounds of pouring wine indicate that the ancestral feast is over and the family will sit together again to have a festive dinner.

After dark, take firecrackers, paper money, incense and candles, find a secluded flat area by a river or pond, and sprinkle a circle with lime to indicate a restricted area. Then pour some rice and water in the circle, burn some paper money, set off firecrackers, and respectfully send the ancestors off to the "underworld".
In the past, people would perform certain rituals to welcome the ghosts of their ancestors back home on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. They would offer tea and meals three times a day, in the morning, noon and evening, until they were sent back on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.
Nowadays, superstition is gradually being eliminated, but the form of memorial ceremony is retained as a way to remember and commemorate ancestors.

What are the taboos to pay attention to during funerals?

1. Avoid holding funerals on double-year dates. Even days are a bad omen, as people believe that a funeral held on an even day means two deaths. Therefore, funerals must be held on odd days and not on even days.
2. Avoid holding funerals at noon. This taboo custom exists in the Li ethnic group area. If someone dies in a Li family, they are usually buried in the afternoon after dying in the morning, or the next day after dying in the afternoon. The body is kept at home for a very short time, but it is taboo to hold the funeral at noon. It is believed that violating taboos will bring disaster.
3. Avoid shedding tears on the corpse. There is a saying circulating in some areas that if someone in the family dies, one should avoid crying when dressing the deceased to avoid spilling tears on the corpse. It is believed that something will happen and the dead will be awakened.
4. Avoid letting the coffin go out through the door. There is a saying that the Manchus have taboo customs. It is believed that doors are places for people to enter and exit, and it is taboo for the deceased to walk sideways, otherwise it is considered unlucky, so there is a custom of taking out the coffin through the window.
5. Cats are not allowed to appear in front of the coffin. Before the funeral, the body is kept at the wake and cats are not allowed to approach. It is believed that if a cat touches or jumps over the body, it will be as if the deceased suddenly stands up, which means harm to the family.

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