22 things you can’t do on the Ghost Festival, Ghost Festival taboos!
The 15th day of the seventh lunar month is the Zhongyuan Festival, commonly known as the Ghost Festival. It is said that on this day the gates of hell open wide and the dead will come to wander the human world. What are the 22 things you cannot do on the Ghost Festival? Ghost Festival taboos! July is also known as the "Orchid Month" because many varieties of orchids choose to bloom in July. Therefore, the orchids in July are filled with fragrance and are therefore called the "Orchid Month." If you want to know more about the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2019, please follow Mr. Shui Mo’s website!22 things you can’t do on the Ghost Festival, Ghost Festival taboos!1. Hang a wind chime at the head of the bedThe sound of wind chimes is very special and many people like it, and the ghost brothers also like this sound. Legend has it that if you hang a wind chime at the head of your bed, it will easily attract ghost brothers, and by the way, when he sees you sleeping, he can't help but do something. 2. Night Tour People with a weak destiny should never go out at night on Ghost Festival, because on this day the gates of hell are wide open and ghosts come out to wander. If they see you with your heavy yin energy, they may mistake you for a companion and invite you to their home. 3. Burning paper money for the dead on non-specific occasions Ghost paper is burned for ghost brothers, and gold paper is burned for gods. On the day of Ghost Festival, most people will burn some paper money in advance for their good brothers passing by, and then wait until the next day to clean up the mess. Therefore, the result of burning ghost paper will only attract more good brothers, who will usually agree to the same time and place. Never burn ghost paper at non-specific occasions and times. 4. Stealing the Offerings On the day of Ghost Festival, people will prepare some offerings for the ghost brothers. Therefore, these are foods belonging to good brothers. If they are used without their consent, they will only bring difficult-to-solve misfortunes to themselves. 5. Drying clothes at night It is best not to hang clothes outside on the night of Ghost Festival, because if a good friend thinks your clothes are nice, he will borrow them to wear and leave his scent on the clothes. 6. Call your name If you have to go out on the night of Ghost Festival, be careful. When you are out at night, don't call out your name. Try to use code names to avoid your friends remembering your name. 7. Swimming It is taboo to go into water on Ghost Festival, because your good brothers will play the game of "ghost lifting feet" with you. If you are not careful, your life will be carried away. 8. Random viewing As the saying goes, if people don't offend ghosts, ghosts won't offend people either. It's a rare opportunity for them to come out, so they are naturally very excited. Good brothers like to hide and scare people. If you look around and get scared, that's the best time for them to invade you. 9. Place a banyan tree at the door In Bagua paranormal science, the banyan tree is a plant that gathers yin and is also the favorite of good brothers. Unless you want good brothers to come to your house to visit, it is best not to place a banyan tree at the door of your house. 10. Staying up late The time when human vitality is weakest is late at night, and the time when ghosts are strongest is also late at night, especially on the day of the Ghost Festival. 11. Against the wall Good brothers usually like to rest on the cold wall, which can easily cause ghosts to possess them. 12. Pick up money on the roadside This money is used to bribe the Ox-Head and Horse-Face. If you infringe on their things, you will easily be taught a lesson by them. 13. Turn back easily When you are walking in the wilderness or a sparsely populated area and you feel someone calling you, don't look back easily, because that person may be a good brother. 14. Don’t hang out with your partner anywhere There are three fires on a person's body, one on the head and one on each shoulder. As long as one of them is extinguished, it is easy for the good brothers to take over. 15. Wear your slippers facing the bed A good brother will look at the direction of the shoe toe to determine where the stranger is. If the shoe toe is facing the head of the bed, then the good brother will go to bed and sleep with you. 16. Stick the chopsticks in the middle of the rice This is a form of worship, just like inserting incense into an incense burner. This will only attract good brothers to share food with you, which is especially taboo on this day. 17. One person A person is likely to attract the covetousness of a good brother, because he will feel that you are alone like him, and it would be better if you could be his companion. 18. Take photos at night This action can easily include friends from the spirit world in the photo and then bring them home. It is even more dangerous to take selfies in front of a mirror at home on Ghost Festival, because there is a high possibility that the ghost brothers will come out of the mirror. 19. Playing with Ouija It is easy for something to go wrong when playing with the Ouija board at normal times, let alone during the Ghost Festival. 20. Place your slippers neatly beside the bed When traveling, if you place your slippers neatly next to your bed, it will attract the curiosity of your friends in the spirit world and cause sleep paralysis, especially on Ghost Festival. 21. Whistle The sounds of whistles and bells are the same to the ghost brothers, and when they hear such sounds they usually think that their companions are calling them. And if the person he sees at the end is a complete stranger like you, he will easily get angry, and then... 22. Avoid sleeping with your hair disheveled During the Ghost Month, there are wandering ghosts everywhere. If you have disheveled hair, be careful that they may mistake you for one of their own and try to get you up to chat. Zhongyuan Festival - Traditional Chinese FestivalThe Zhongyuan Festival, commonly known as the Ghost Festival, falls on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month and is known as the Yulanpen Festival in Buddhism.The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the Shangyuan Festival by the Han people, which is a Lantern Festival that has existed since ancient times; the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is called the Zhongyuan Festival by the Han people, which is a day to worship ancestors; the fifteenth day of the tenth lunar month is called the Xiayuan Festival by the Han people, which is a day to eat cold food and commemorate the wise men. The Ghost Festival falls on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, and some fall on the 14th day of the seventh lunar month. It was the beginning of autumn, and some crops had matured. According to custom, people would worship their ancestors, offering sacrifices such as new rice to report the harvest to them. Therefore, every Ghost Festival, every family worships their ancestors and performs offerings according to the rituals. On July 15th, people visit tombs and worship their ancestors. Legend has it that on this day all ghosts are released from the underworld, and people generally hold activities to worship ghosts. Every family that has a new death has to visit the new grave, and usually they also offer sacrifices to lonely ghosts in the local area. Therefore, the entire festival is centered around worshiping ghosts, and it is one of the largest sacrificial festivals among the Chinese people. |
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