What is the date of July 15th in 2017? What is the best thing to eat during the Ghost Festival?
The Zhongyuan Festival is a traditional festival in my country. Its long history has led to various customs. For those who want to maintain good health, they pay special attention to food. So what day is the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2017? What is the best thing to eat during the Ghost Festival? Let’s take a look together. The most important tradition in July is the Zhongyuan Festival. There have been many legends about the Zhongyuan Festival, and the key point is ancestor worship. On this day, relatives will go to the graves to worship their ancestors and pray for peace. Mr. Shuimo has compiled many elements about the Zhongyuan Festival, please feel free to check it out.What is the date of July 15th in 2017?July 15th 2017 is September 5th 2017 in the Gregorian calendar, July 15th 2017 in the lunar calendar, which is Tuesday, and is in conflict with the Ox (Jichou) and the West.According to folklore, the deceased ancestors will be released by the King of Hell for half a month at the beginning of the seventh lunar month. Therefore, there is a custom of welcoming the ancestors at the beginning of July and sending them off on the 15th day of July. The 15th day of the seventh lunar month is the day to send off the ancestors. When sending off the ancestors, a lot of paper money and other ghostly offerings are burned so that the "ancestors can enjoy them". At the same time, money and paper are put into a paper envelope with the name of the beneficiary written on it and burned during the sacrifice, which is called "burning the envelope". For those who died within the year, new envelopes are burned with great fanfare. For those who have died more than a year ago, old envelopes are burned. Every family, regardless of their wealth, must prepare wine, food and paper money to commemorate the deceased to show their remembrance of their ancestors. The Ghost Festival usually lasts seven days, and there is a distinction between the newly deceased and the old deceased. Those who died within three years are called new deceased, and those who died more than three years ago are called old deceased. Superstition says that the new and old deceased will return home during this period, and that the time they return is different, with the new deceased returning first and the old deceased returning later, so they need to be memorialized separately. What is the best thing to eat during the Ghost Festival?1. Eat Rice Noodles <br /> During the Ghost Festival, Dongguan has the custom of eating rice noodles, and it is common in almost all of Dongguan. Of course, the way of eating rice noodles is different in different areas. Rice noodle is a traditional food at Dongguan’s birthday banquet, symbolizing longevity, good fortune and longevity.2. Steamed Lamb <br /> In the old Beijing and rural areas of North China, it was a popular custom for grandfathers and uncles to give live lambs to their nephews on the 15th day of the seventh month. Legend has it that this custom is related to the legend of Chenxiang splitting the mountain to save his mother. After Chenxiang split the mountain to save his mother, he wanted to hunt down his uncle Erlangshen who abused his mother. In order to restore the friendship between brother and sister and uncle and nephew, Erlangshen would send Chenxiang a pair of live sheep on July 15th every year. It is said that this is a homonym of Erlangshen and Chenxiang's mother's surname "Yang" in order to restore the friendship between the two families. From then on, the custom of uncle sending a live sheep was left behind among the people, and later it gradually evolved into sending a pair of sheep. 3. Eat flower buns <br /> Before the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, women in the countryside are very active in making dough sculptures, especially in northern Shanxi. A family steamed flower buns, and the neighbors came to help. First, according to the actual number of people in the family, make a big flower bun for each person. The flower buns given to younger generations should be pinched into a flat shape, called a "mianyang", which means a lamb kneeling on its knees to drink milk, hoping that the younger generations will not forget the grace of their parents' upbringing; the flower buns given to older generations should be pinched into a human shape, called a "mianren", which means a house full of children and grandchildren, and a long life; the flower buns given to peers should be pinched into a fish shape, called a "mianyu", which means abundance year after year. 4. Eating duck <br /> On the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, the Ghost Festival, people in many parts of the country choose to eat duck. Why? It turns out that "鸭" means "压", which is a homonym for "鸭". Eating duck is to suppress ghosts. Moreover, duck claws are shaped like rakes, which can easily scratch the ghost's clothes off (perhaps because they are afraid of accumulating resentment and refusing to return to the original place), so it is reasonable to choose a duck with flat feet. People in Dongguan usually eat lotus root stewed with duck. 5. Eat Dumplings <br /> In Dongxian Township, Jiangsu Province, many villagers eat Dumplings (a dustpan-shaped food made of flour and sugar) on the day of the Ghost Festival. Nowadays, some people call flatbreads dumplings, but in fact, flatbreads and dumplings are very different. The difference between flatbread and dumplings lies first in the skin and second in the filling. 6. Eat dumplings In Tiantai, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, they eat "jiaobing", a food similar to spring rolls, during the Ghost Festival. According to legend, the dumpling roll was left by Jigong: When Jigong was a monk in Guoqing Temple, he saw a lot of leftovers from every meal, which he thought was a waste, so he wrapped the vegetables in hulatai skin and kept them for the next meal. This practice was loved by the monks and spread among the people. |
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