What are the traditional customs of the Ghost Festival? Is the Ghost Festival a legal holiday?

What are the traditional customs of the Ghost Festival? Is the Ghost Festival a legal holiday?
The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month every year is the Zhongyuan Festival. What are the traditional customs of the Zhongyuan Festival? Is the Ghost Festival a legal holiday? The seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is a traditional Chinese festival - Qixi Festival, also known as Chinese Valentine's Day, which adds a touch of romance to the seventh month of the lunar calendar. Follow Shuimoxiansheng.com and enjoy the romance of the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2019 with you.

What are the traditional customs of the Ghost Festival?

1. Ancestor worship <br /> The Ancestor Worship Festival is on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, so it is simply called "Mid-July" ancestor worship. People believe that their ancestors will return home to visit their descendants at this time, so they need to worship their ancestors. The worship ceremony is usually held in the evening before the end of July and is not limited to a specific day.
2. Burning paper <br /> During the Zhongyuan Festival, the most prominent folk belief is burning paper. According to legend, paper in the world of the living is money in the underworld, and people burn paper to send money to their deceased ancestors and relatives.
3. Release a small boat <br /> The Manchus in Guangzhou have retained the custom of releasing a small boat on the water on July 15th with words such as "straight up to Changbai" written inside. Compatriots living in a foreign land put their wishes of remembering their loved ones and missing their hometown into a small boat floating downstream to show their hope.
4. Sky-Lantern Jumping <br /> There is a sky-lantern jumping custom in Tiandeng, Guangxi during the Ghost Festival. Sky lantern jumping is usually performed on a relatively flat ground at the entrance of the village. Watching the sky lantern jumping at night is like a long dragon dancing in the starlight.

Is the Ghost Festival a legal holiday?

Although the Ghost Festival is a traditional festival in my country, it is not a legal holiday. The Zhongyuan Festival, commonly known as the Ghost Festival, the Giving Celebration to Orphans, and the Mid-Autumn Festival, is called the Ullambana Festival in Buddhism. Along with New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival and Double Ninth Festival, it is China's traditional festival for ancestor worship, and is also a traditional cultural festival popular in countries in the Chinese character cultural circle. There is a custom of releasing river lanterns and burning paper ingots during the Ghost Festival. The Zhongyuan Festival originated from the early "Mid-July" festival when crops were harvested and ancestor worship was offered in autumn. The origin of "Mid-July" can be traced back to the ancient ancestor worship and harvest festivals. In ancient times, people often relied on the protection of gods for a good harvest. Ancestor worship takes place in spring, summer, autumn and winter, but the "autumn festival" is particularly important.

Is there a holiday for the Ghost Festival in 2019?

Lunar calendar: July 15, 2019
Gregorian calendar: Thursday , August 15, 2019 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 ground, buy property, break ground, build embankments, release water, accept marriage proposals, pray for blessings, seek offspring, ship goods, raise beams, erect pillars, bury, start drilling, lift migration, settle incense, and travel by boat
According to the almanac, the Ghost Festival on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month in 2019 is August 15th in the new calendar, which is a Thursday and there is no holiday.
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