When is the Ghost Festival in July and a half? What should I pay attention to and what are the taboos?

1. Mid-Autumn Festival, commonly known as Ghost Festival, usually falls on July 15 of the lunar calendar, and in some places it also falls on July 14.

Mid-Autumn Festival is usually called Ghost Festival. Folk traditional festivals. It's on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, and it's also on the fourteenth of July. On this day, every family should pay homage to their ancestors, and some even hold family dinners to pay tribute to their ancestors like a memorial ceremony. Three rounds of wine shows that after the ancestor feast, the family will sit together and eat a holiday meal. After the power failure, take firecrackers, paper money and incense sticks, find a quiet riverside or pond, and sprinkle a circle of lime to mark the restricted area. Then pour some water and rice in the circle, burn some paper money, set off firecrackers, send our ancestors on their way and turn to the "underworld" In the past, on the seventh day of July, people would take the ghosts of their ancestors home through some ceremony, and provide tea and rice three times a day in the morning, noon and dusk until July 15th. Now, superstition has gradually disappeared, and the form of memorial service has been preserved as a memory and commemoration of our ancestors.

Second, the Mid-Autumn Festival taboo:

1, avoid hanging clothes in the middle of the night.

Wet clothes are easily stuck by free electric waves and are not easy to come out. They say hanging clothes in the middle of the night is like setting a trap to catch ghosts in a ghost month.

2. Avoid sleeping with long hair.

Legend has it that when there is a ghost moon, there are wandering ghosts everywhere. If it is long hair, be careful to be mistaken for the same kind by them, and stick to chatting.

3. Avoid the physiological period

People think that female compatriots are unclean during their physiological period, and it is not appropriate to watch things like construction and sacrifice, so as not to offend the gods, cause misfortune, or make the fortifications unable to proceed smoothly.

Whether this statement is true or not, female compatriots should be more cautious during the physiological period because their physical condition is really susceptible to other powerful magnetic fields.

4, avoid talking nonsense

On the day of Purdue in the Central Plains, their nests were almost full of ghosts, especially the scene of Purdue Fa Conference, which was absolutely full of ghosts. Therefore, in Purdue, it is best to be cautious in words and deeds. Don't talk nonsense except the word "ghost".

5. Avoid stepping on paper.

Ghost paper is a sacrifice for ghosts. When it burns, ghosts will come around and grab it. If you jump on it, it won't hinder their action.

6. Avoid patting others on the shoulder.

This taboo is related to folk customs. People think that everyone has three fires, which gather on his shoulders and overhead, which will make ghosts afraid to get close. Therefore, patting others on the shoulder at random in Purdue, the most haunted place in the Central Plains, is equivalent to trying to put out each other's fire and let ghosts find trouble with him.

7. Avoid turning back easily

Walking in the wild or sparsely populated places, it feels like someone is calling you. Don't turn around easily Probably good brothers.

Reminder: People think this month is an unlucky month, neither getting married nor moving. It's right to go home early at night these days. Try to choose vegetarian food.

Extend the significance of Mid-Autumn Festival;

From the legends about the Mid-Autumn Festival, we can deeply realize that the Mid-Autumn Festival sacrifice has dual meanings, one is to show filial piety in memory of ancestors, and the other is to carry forward the righteous act of pushing oneself and others and being charitable. This is all from the perspective of compassion, which is very human. So while celebrating the Central Plains, we should get rid of the ghost's point of view and look forward to mutual love.