Can’t go out during the Ghost Festival? Why can't you go out during the Ghost Festival?
The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is the Ghost Festival. As the saying goes, "On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, ghosts run rampant." This day is the day when the gates of hell are wide open. Therefore, many people do not go out on this day. Is it really true that we cannot go out on the Ghost Festival? What is the reason why you can't go out? 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!Can’t go out during the Ghost Festival? Why can't you go out?It is said that during this period, the wandering ghosts from the netherworld all scramble to come to the human world to have fun and find some delicious food and drink. Especially on July 15th - the Ghost Festival, the gates of hell are wide open and it is the day with the heaviest yin energy in the world. It is generally believed that it is best not to go out during the Ghost Festival to avoid encountering ghosts, and it is even better not to go to the riverside to avoid accidentally falling and becoming a substitute for a water ghost.Some people also believe that July 14th is the day with the heaviest yin energy in the Ghost Month. Legend has it that if you stay in the wilderness at midnight on this day, you will see the spectacle of hundreds of ghosts parading at night. Hundreds of ghosts came over the Naihe Bridge, and the underworld lit up big red lanterns to lead them, marching towards the Yang World they had been away from for a long time. So it is not advisable to go out this night. Therefore, try to stay at home as little as possible on the Ghost Festival, especially at night, and try to go to bed early. The 15th day of the seventh lunar month every year is the day when the gates of hell open. On the day of the Ghost Festival, the gates of hell open and all ghosts can come down to the world to enjoy the blood and food of the human world. On this day, the living relatives will prepare some dishes, fruits and vegetables, and gold foil clothes and go to the intersection to offer sacrifices to ghosts and gods. This is also to accumulate merits for the deceased relatives, hoping that they can complete their merits as soon as possible, be reborn and ascend to heaven as immortals. Therefore, the Ghost Festival is the time when the yin energy is the strongest. People with insufficient yang energy, children, etc. should avoid going out during this period, and even if they go out, they should return early. Women should not go out at night during their menstrual period or after giving birth or surgery. Ghost Festival Folk RitualsThe Zhongyuan Festival is a very important folk festival in many Chinese societies such as mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, and Penang, Malaysia. Many people will choose a day between the first and 30th day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar to hold sacrificial activities with sacrificial animals, liquor, cakes, candies, fruits, and even whole pigs (commonly known as the sacred pig in the Hokkien dialect) and whole sheep, in order to comfort the good brothers (a respectful term for ghosts in the Hokkien dialect) who are wandering in the world, and to pray for their own peace and success throughout the year. |
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