Are the Lower Yuan Festival and the Zhongyuan Festival the same? How to distinguish between the Lower Yuan Festival and the Zhongyuan Festival?
Introduction: Our country has had many important traditional festivals since ancient times, and the Lower Yuan Festival and the Zhongyuan Festival are also among them. So are the Lower Yuan Festival and the Zhongyuan Festival the same? How to distinguish between the Lower Yuan Festival and the Zhongyuan Festival? The tenth month of the lunar calendar is approaching, and life is gradually entering a new mode. If you want to know more about the exciting content of October 2018 in the lunar calendar, please visit Mr. Shui Mo’s website!Are the Lower Yuan Festival and the Zhongyuan Festival the same? How to distinguish between the Lower Yuan Festival and the Zhongyuan Festival?There are some similarities between the Lower Yuan Festival and the Middle Yuan Festival, but they are not completely similar. The Zhongyuan Festival is a traditional ghost festival, but the Xiayuan Festival is similar to the Ghost Festival but is not a traditional ghost festival.Lower Yuan FestivalThe Xiayuan Festival is a traditional Chinese folk festival that falls on the 15th day of the 10th month in the lunar calendar. It is also known as "Xiayuan Day" or "Xiayuan".The fifteenth day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar is the ancient "Xiayuan Festival". At this time, it is the harvest season in the countryside. Almost every household in Wujin uses glutinous rice flour ground from new grain to make small dumplings, fill them with vegetarian fillings, steam them, and then "fast the sky" outside the gate. Also, there is an old proverb that goes: "On the 15th day of October, people make rice dumplings and fast for the three officials." It turns out that Taoism believes that this day is the birthday of the "Three Officials" (Heavenly Official, Earthly Official, and Water Official). Taoist believers erect poles outside their homes with yellow flags hung on the poles. At night, three sky lanterns are hung on the top of the pole, and three officials are needed to make dumplings. After the Republic of China, this custom gradually fell into disuse, but the folks still held ceremonies such as memorializing the dead and burning the storehouse in advance on the "Zhongyuan Festival" on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. Ghost FestivalThe Zhongyuan Festival is a Taoist term. In ancient China, the 15th day of the first, seventh and tenth months were divided into Shangyuan, Zhongyuan and Xiayuan. Shangyuan is the day when the Heavenly Official bestows blessings, Zhongyuan is the day when the Earthly Official pardons sins, and Xiayuan is the day when the Water Official relieves disasters. Therefore, they would save lonely ghosts during the Zhongyuan Festival. Zhongyuan Festival - the traditional Chinese folk festival "Zhongyuan Festival" on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. In the south, it is also called "Ghost Festival". Some say that the Ghost Festival is on the 14th day of the seventh lunar month. On this day, people bring offerings and go to the graves to pay tribute to their ancestors, which is similar to visiting graves on Qingming Festival. In feudal times, local governments also ordered monks and Taoists in temples to set up ceremonies for lonely souls to commemorate the fallen soldiers. During the Ghost Festival, people would burn large amounts of paper money. Another name for it is the Ullambana Festival. |
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