What is the saying about visiting graves on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month? Can we offer ancestor worship on the Ghost Festival in advance?
The 15th day of the seventh lunar month was originally a folk festival for ancestor worship in ancient times, and was later called the "Zhongyuan Festival". So what is the saying about visiting graves on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month ? Can ancestor worship on the Zhongyuan Festival be brought forward? The seventh month of the lunar calendar is the beginning of the second half of the year, so we also call it the first autumn. To find out what the seventh lunar month of 2019 will be like, come to Shuimoxiansheng.com to find out!What is the saying about visiting graves on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month?The Ghost Festival on July 15th is one of the three traditional ghost festivals in China. Legend has it that on this day ghosts run rampant in the human world and firecrackers are needed to drive them away . Now it has evolved into visiting graves to pay tribute to ancestors, with three for the gods and four for the ghosts. One needs to burn four incense sticks and kowtow four times to express one's longing for them.The 15th day of the seventh month is the Ghost Festival. When visiting the graves, just remember to divide paper money and other items into three parts and place them in three circles with missing items, one with the name of the grave owner, one with the ghost messenger, and one with a few crosses on it. The reasons for doing this are: the first circle allows the grave owner to stand at the gap to avoid being robbed by wild ghosts; the second circle allows the ghost catchers who come up to take advantage of the grave owner on the road; the third circle allows the lonely ghosts to get something as well, firstly to avoid competing with the grave owner, and secondly to hope that the ghosts will take care of the grave owner out of kindness. Can we hold ancestor worship on Ghost Festival in advance?Answer: It is best to worship ancestors on the Ghost Festival, not in advance . The Zhongyuan Festival is on July 15th, and in some places it is on July 14th. The general time to visit the graves is between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon , because according to the ancients, this period of time has the strongest yang energy and is also relatively early. It is harmless to yourself and can also express your grief early. The afternoon time will be too hot and unsuitable for offering sacrifices. Or when the sun sets or the sky darkens, it is not appropriate to offer sacrifices.The Ghost Festival is a day to worship ancestors and remember their ancestors. On this day, the underworld will release all ghosts and allow them to return to the world of the living to reunite with their relatives. Therefore, people generally carry out activities to worship ghosts on this day, such as visiting graves, burning incense, and burning paper. If you burn paper, burn incense, or visit graves in advance, the ghosts of your relatives have not yet returned to the world of the living, and will not be able to receive your kindness. Therefore, according to general folk rules, you cannot visit graves, burn incense, or burn paper in advance on the Ghost Festival. As the saying goes, "A good fate is not as good as good luck." A person's destiny is already determined, and the only thing that can be controlled is his or her "luck." Unexpected changes in the world may happen at any time, so use Mr. Shui Mo's [Premium Calculation] function to learn more about your fortune in 2019! |
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