When is the Zhongyuan Festival and what are the legends?
The Zhongyuan Festival is the traditional ghost festival in my country, and "hundreds of ghosts parading at night" is the best description of the Zhongyuan Festival. It is the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2018, and autumn is approaching. Follow the Fortune Teller website and we will spend a cool autumn day with you.When is the Zhongyuan Festival?In ancient times, the Zhongyuan Festival was a day for Chinese people to worship their ancestors and pray for peace and prosperity. Every year on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, worshiping ghosts and visiting graves became the main theme. The Zhongyuan Festival is the birthday of Earth God, one of the Three Officials of Taoism, and is also a celebration of the Buddhist Yulan Festival. Therefore, in addition to traditional sacrificial activities, there are also Buddhist salvation ceremonies and Taoist activities to forgive sins. It can be said that this day combines the cultures of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. Furthermore, the Zhongyuan Festival is also known as the Ghost Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Day of the Dead in a few areas. It is one of the three ancient festivals. The Zhongyuan Festival on July 15th every year is a traditional festival in my country that commemorates ancient sages.What are the legends of the Zhongyuan Festival?On the first day of the seventh lunar month, the gates of hell open wide and King Yama permits the ghosts in the underworld to return to the world of the living to be worshipped by their descendants. Therefore, people worship their ancestors and pray for the souls of the dead during the Zhongyuan Festival. People in some areas will welcome their ancestors back home at night and offer them three meals a day until the end of July. On the Ghost Festival, people will also pray to their ancestors to bless them with a good harvest in the coming autumn, to drive away diseases and disasters, and to keep their homes safe. In order to prevent wandering ghosts from harming themselves, people would also offer sacrifices to them on the roadside to prevent them from harming the human world due to lack of worshippers. |
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