Is it taboo to travel far during the Ghost Festival in 2019? What are the taboos during the Ghost Festival?

Is it taboo to travel far during the Ghost Festival in 2019? What are the taboos during the Ghost Festival?
Is it taboo to travel far during the Ghost Festival in 2019? The Zhongyuan Festival refers to the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. This day is the day when Chinese people worship ghosts and gods, so this festival is also called Ghost Festival. Legend has it that every seventh month of the lunar calendar, the gates of the underworld open and hundreds of ghosts roam at night, so the entire seventh month is called the Ghost Month. If you want to know more about the auspicious and inauspicious days in the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2019, please follow Mr. Shuimo’s website.

Is it taboo to travel far during 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 lunar calendar, the 15th day of the seventh lunar month in 2019, the Ghost Festival, is a good day for travel. But after all, it is Ghost Festival, so don’t run around at night.

What are the taboos during the Ghost Festival?

1. Pick up money on the roadside <br /> This money is used to bribe the Ox-Head and Horse-Face. If you violate their things, you will be easily punished by them.
2. Look back easily <br /> When you are walking in the wilderness or a sparsely populated area, if you feel someone calling you, don’t look back easily, because that person may be a good brother.
3. Leaning against the wall <br /> Good brothers usually like to rest against the cold wall, which can easily cause ghosts to possess them.
4. Hang a wind chime at the head of the bed <br /> The sound of the wind chime is very special, many people like it, and the ghost brother also likes this sound. Legend has it that if you hang a wind chime at the head of your bed, it will easily attract good brothers.

Customs of the Ghost Festival

1. Release river lanterns: River lanterns are also called "lotus lanterns". River lanterns usually have a lamp or candle on the base. They are placed in rivers, lakes and seas on the night of the Ghost Festival and allowed to drift. The purpose of releasing river lanterns is to save drowned ghosts and other wandering spirits in the water. There are many river lanterns, and the most spectacular one is the one in the Yellow River.
2. Ancestor worship: Ancestor Festival is on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, so it is referred to as "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.
3. Burning paper: 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.
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