When is the 2018 Zhongyuan Festival? What are the requirements for worshipping ancestors during this festival?
As a traditional sacrificial festival on par with Qingming Festival, Double Ninth Festival and other festivals, when is the Ghost Festival in 2018? Let’s take a look together. The seventh month of the lunar calendar is the time when summer ends and autumn approaches. The Fortune Teller website will help you understand every day of the seventh lunar month in 2018.When is the Ghost Festival in 2018?The 2018 Ghost Festival is on August 25, 2018, the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, a Saturday. The origin of the Zhongyuan Festival should be related to the land ancestor worship that was popular in ancient China. The birthday of the God of Earth is on July 15th, which is called the Zhongyuan Festival. Its main duty is to forgive sins of the world. Moreover, the underground palace controls the gate to hell. On the Ghost Festival, the underground palace opens the gate to hell so that the deceased ancestors can return home for reunion. Therefore, the Ghost Festival is also called the Ghost Festival. Every Ghost Festival, everyone worships their ancestors, visits graves, and lights lotus lanterns to light the way home for the deceased. The Taoist temple held a grand ceremony to pray for good fortune and to liberate the souls of the dead. People also set up some Taoist temples to put steamed buns for wandering ghosts to eat, so as to prevent the wandering ghosts who did not receive sacrifices from causing trouble.What are the requirements for ancestor worship during the Zhongyuan Festival?The folk ancestor worship during the Ghost Festival is usually held at noon. Every family prepares sumptuous dishes and food. The large eight-immortal table is filled with 24 dishes, seven pairs of chopsticks, a pot of wine and seven jugs, and a fruit box and food plate in the middle. The fruit box is usually a hexagonal prism of hardwood with carved floral decorations. The food plate is also carved into a rectangle with six grids on the top, in which are placed six vegetarian dishes, such as shiitake mushrooms, black fungus, pine mushrooms, day lily, dried bamboo shoots and red dates, commonly known as "Six Flavors Zhai". After the banquet is set, the host lights three incense sticks, two big red candles, holds the incense and kneels down as usual, inviting the ancestors to enjoy the banquet, and hoping that the ancestors will protect the health and safety of their descendants and family, and the prosperity of the family, etc. After a pause, he will ask for permission from the divination cup before burning the gold and silver paper money. The banquet can be dismissed only after the gold paper has been burned up. This is the greatest respect for the ancestors. |
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