Is March 3rd the Ghost Festival? How many Ghost Festivals are there and when are they celebrated? The "March 3" festival is popular among ethnic minorities such as the Zhuang, Dong, Buyi, Yao, Li, She, and Tu. It’s March again, the season of colorful flowers and green willows. All things come back to life, presenting a beautiful scene of vitality. Shuimoxiansheng.com analyzes every detail of the third month of the lunar calendar in 2019 for you!Is March 3rd the Ghost Festival?When talking about Ghost Festival, everyone’s first reaction should be the Mid-Autumn Festival on July 15th. In fact, it is not just this day. March 3rd is also one of the ghost festivals. No matter how taboo people are, the "Ghost Festival" on March 3rd every year still comes as usual. On the eve of the Ghost Festival, people flock to temples to burn incense and kowtow, praying for blessings from gods and Bodhisattvas. The strong incense from the human world rushed straight to the lotus seat of Guanyin Bodhisattva.How many Ghost Festivals are there and when are they celebrated?1. March 3:On the third day of the third lunar month every year, the boundary between yin and yang, life and death, becomes more relaxed. On the night of the third day of March, the streets of the underworld are decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and the streets and alleys are crowded with gorgeous ghosts. Therefore, on this night, people's souls could not withstand the temptation of the underworld and went to the ghost market to play. 2. Qingming Festival: People visit graves on Qingming Festival and also have the custom of going out for an outing, throwing new soil on the graves to add to the soil. In the past, Qingming Festival was also called Cold Food Festival, which lasted for a hundred days. Cao Cao changed it to one day, and the Tang Dynasty changed it to three days before Qingming Festival. All fires had to be extinguished, and new fires would be lit from the palace after the Cold Food Festival. During the Qingming Festival, people also plant willow branches, wear wicker hats, fly kites and swing on the swings. 3. Ghost Festival: The Zhongyuan Festival, also known as the ancestor worship festival on the 15th day of the seventh month, is also known as the Ghost Festival, the Zhaigu Festival, and the Earth Official Festival. The main festival customs include worshiping ancestors, releasing river lanterns, worshiping the dead, and burning paper ingots. Taoism believes that the 15th day of the seventh lunar month is the birthday of the Earth God. On the day of praying to the Earth God to forgive sins, the underworld will release all ghosts and deceased ancestors can return home for reunion. 4. Cold Clothes Festival: The Cold Clothes Festival, which falls on the first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar every year, is also known as the "October Festival", "Ancestor Worship Festival" and "Mingyin Festival". The people call it the Ghost Head Day. On the Cold Clothes Festival, people burn winter clothes for their deceased ancestors so that they can keep warm in the underworld. Everyone's destiny is different, and perhaps it has been determined on the day we were born. But luck is always changing. Do you want to know when your luck will be good? Then take a look at the [ Excellent Calculation ] below, and may you have peace and happiness in your life! |
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