Is Winter Solstice the Ghost Festival? What are the taboos and taboos on the Winter Solstice?

Is Winter Solstice the Ghost Festival? What are the taboos and taboos on the Winter Solstice?
Speaking of the Winter Solstice, I believe everyone is familiar with it. So, let’s take a look at whether the Winter Solstice is the Ghost Festival? What are the taboos and taboos on the Winter Solstice? The eleventh month of the lunar calendar heralds the arrival of the new year. The fortunes of each day are different. Please follow Mr. Shui Mo's website to check the lunar calendar information for the eleventh month of the lunar calendar in 2021!

Is Winter Solstice the Ghost Festival?

No, the Winter Solstice is not the Ghost Festival.
Some people think that the Winter Solstice is the Ghost Festival, mainly because there is a custom of sacrificial offerings on the day of the Winter Solstice. Also, in ancient times people would go home early on the day of the Winter Solstice because it gets dark early and is the coldest point in the universe. So some people think that the Winter Solstice is the Ghost Festival.
But in fact, the Winter Solstice is not the Ghost Festival. According to the record in Qing Jia Lu by Gu Lu of the Qing Dynasty: "The local people worship the dead, and regard Qingming, the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, and the morning of the tenth lunar month as the Ghost Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival, the Winter Solstice, and New Year's Eve are the Human Festivals."
The four major ghost festivals in my country are:
There are four festivals: Shangsi Festival (March 3), Qingming Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Cold Clothes Festival. So, the Winter Solstice is not the Ghost Festival.

What are the taboos and taboos on the Winter Solstice?

You can’t go back to your parents’ home on the winter solstice
Some cities in northern my country believe that people cannot go back to their parents' home during the winter solstice.
You can’t get married on the winter solstice
Generally speaking, it is not suitable to get married before or after the solar terms. The ancients believed that the day before the four solstices and four solstices should be avoided when getting married. That is, the day before the Beginning of Spring, Beginning of Summer, Beginning of Autumn, Beginning of Winter and the Vernal Equinox, Autumnal Equinox, Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice cannot be used as the day because the energy field of the universe is in a chaotic state. Traditional customs believe that these are the four absolute days and the four separation days and it is unlucky to get married at these times.
Don’t travel far on the winter solstice
In the legend of the Winter Solstice, it’s not that you can’t go out, but that you can’t travel far.

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