What is the difference between the Ghost Festival and the Qingming Festival? Can we worship our ancestors during the Zhongyuan Festival?
Introduction: The Zhongyuan Festival and Qingming Festival are traditional cultural festivals of our country, and both are the legendary "Ghost Festival". However, there are still many differences between the Zhongyuan Festival and Qingming Festival. So what is the difference between the Ghost Festival and the Qingming Festival? Can we worship our ancestors during the Zhongyuan Festival? Let’s follow the editor to find out. The Ghost Festival is on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month every year. On this day, everyone is very particular about how to celebrate, what should and should not be done. Mr. Shui Mo lists the relevant factors for you.What is the difference between the Ghost Festival and the Qingming Festival?The Zhongyuan Festival, commonly known as the Ghost Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, is called the Yulan Festival in Buddhism. A traditional folk festival, the name "Zhongyuan" originated in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It falls on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, and sometimes on the 14th day of the seventh lunar month. It was the beginning of autumn, and some crops had matured. According to custom, people would worship their ancestors, offering sacrifices such as new rice to report the harvest to them. Therefore, every Ghost Festival, every family worships their ancestors and performs offerings according to the rituals. On the 15th day of July, people visit tombs and pay tribute to their ancestors.The Zhongyuan Festival is one of the three ancient festivals. It is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month. The Ghost Festival on July 15th is a time to worship ancestors. The Lower Yuan Festival on October 15th is also the Cold Food Festival. The Zhongyuan Festival on July 15th every year, which commemorates ancient sages, is the main traditional festival in my country. It is known as one of the three major ghost festivals in ancient my country, along with the Cold Food Festival and the Qingming Festival. Every year, sacrificial activities are mainly held on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, but the time is not fixed. In the southern region of my country, people also have the tradition of sacrificing on the 14th day of the seventh lunar month. In some places, the ancestor worship ceremony begins in early July. The ancestors are welcomed back home at night and then offered three meals a day until the end of July. According to legend, on the first day of the seventh lunar month, the gates of hell open wide, and King Yama allows the ghosts in the underworld to return to the world of the living to accept sacrifices from their descendants, while the lonely ghosts that no one sacrifices to will wander around the world looking for food. People believe in ancestor worship and believe that during the Ghost Festival their ancestors will return to their homes on earth to visit their descendants. Therefore, people would worship their ancestors and pray for the souls of the dead during the Ghost Festival. Qingming Festival is one of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar. It is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, which is 108 days after the winter solstice. The solar terms are formulated according to the lunar calendar, which has no leap year. The traditional Qingming Festival of the Han Chinese began in the Zhou Dynasty. It originated from the fact that Duke Wen of Jin commemorated his loyal minister Jie Zitui to show that he would not forget the "Qingming" ambition. For ordinary people, it is a form of ancestor worship. It has a history of more than 2,500 years. "Almanac" records: "Fifteen days after the vernal equinox, the Big Dipper points to Ding, which is Qingming. At this time, all things are clean and bright. It is named this because the weather is clear and the scenery is bright, and all things are visible." When Qingming arrives, the temperature rises, and it is a good time for spring ploughing and planting. Hence the saying "Plant melons and beans before and after Qingming." Qingming Festival is a festival for ancestor worship, and the traditional activity is tomb sweeping. Although both festivals are held to commemorate ancestors, the Zhongyuan Festival is very different from the Qingming Festival. There are two views on the Zhongyuan Festival: first, this day is the day to judge the crimes of all ghosts, and various rituals are held on the earth to help eliminate the sins of all ghosts so that they can be liberated; second, on this day, the gates of hell open and all ghosts parade, so food must be prepared so that the ancestors can eat before leaving. Nowadays, apart from Buddhism and Taoism, there are fewer large-scale celebrations of the Ghost Festival among the people. It only still exists in places like Shanxi, and the celebration of the Ghost Festival must be held at dusk, after the sun sets. Can we worship our ancestors during the Zhongyuan Festival?The Zhongyuan Festival, commonly known as the Ghost Festival, the Giving Celebration to Orphans, and the Mid-Autumn Festival, is called the Ullambana Festival in Buddhism. Along with New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival and Double Ninth Festival, it is China's traditional festival for ancestor worship, and is also a traditional cultural festival popular in countries in the Chinese character cultural circle. There is a custom of releasing river lanterns and burning paper ingots during the Ghost Festival. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the Shangyuan Festival, which is the Lantern Festival and has existed since ancient times; the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is called the Zhongyuan Festival, which is used to worship ancestors; the fifteenth day of the tenth lunar month is called the Xiayuan Festival, which is used to eat cold food and commemorate the wise. The Ghost Festival falls on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, and on the 14th day of the seventh lunar month in some areas. The Zhongyuan Festival originally fell in the beginning of autumn, when some crops had matured. People would worship their ancestors according to custom, offering sacrifices such as new rice to report the harvest to their ancestors. Therefore, every Ghost Festival, every family worships their ancestors and performs offerings according to the rituals. On July 15th, people visit tombs and worship their ancestors. Overseas Chinese will send small amounts of money during the four festivals: Qingming, Zhongyuan, Winter Solstice and New Year's Day. Otherwise, they will be regarded as disrespectful to their ancestors, unfilial to their elders, irresponsible to their wives and good-for-nothings. Legend has it that on the day of the Ghost Festival, all ghosts will be released from the underworld, and people will generally hold activities to worship ghosts. Every family that has a new death must visit the new grave, and usually offer sacrifices to the wandering ghosts in the local area, making it one of the largest sacrificial festivals among the Chinese people.Summary: Through the above article, we know the difference between the Ghost Festival and the Qingming Festival, and that there is a custom of ancestor worship on the Ghost Festival. I hope it can help everyone! |
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