What is the significance of the first Ghost Festival in October?

Introduction: The first day of October is a traditional festival in China. It is also called Ghost Festival. Ghost Festival is a taboo festival, so there are many precautions on the first day of October. So, where can I find the taboo encyclopedia of the first ghost festival in October? What is the emphasis on the first ghost festival in October? If you want to know, you can have a look at my introduction.

On the first day of October, the book of ghost festival taboos

First, send warm clothes to protect our ancestors from the cold.

The first day of October is the first day of winter month. The weather is getting cold, and people are preparing cotton-padded clothes for the winter. Thinking that the ancestors in the underground also need to keep out the cold, they fold the paper into clothes and let them wear them after melting, which is called "sending cold clothes"

Sending cold clothes is very particular:

1, cold clothes are best folded by yourself.

2. Be sure to tell your ancestors when it melts, so as not to fall into their hands.

3, where the burning of clothing, coins and other things, must be fully burned, Hua Song paper ash. According to legend, only when it is completely burned will it become paper ash, and these banknotes and clothes can be used in the underworld. It's no use for the dead to hold it if it's not finished.

If you can't go home to sweep the grave, you can burn paper money at the crossroads in the direction of your hometown.

Lonely ghosts also need relief to send warm clothes to their loved ones, and at the same time burn some five-color paper to send them away to avoid preemption.

Second, go to the grave and express grief.

1, basic product

Incense, fruits, snacks, vegetables, wine, banknotes, yellow paper, five-color paper, luggage.

2. The best time to go to the grave

It is best to worship ancestors and sweep graves at 9: 00 am-13 noon, when the sun is shining.

Step 3: taboo

On this day, don't go to the cemetery after dark; Don't play games in the cemetery; Don't say disrespectful things in the cemetery.

Third, buried together to reunite the deceased ancestors.

Life is worse than death, which was once an ancient oath to love and marriage. This shows that the ancients regarded the same point as a symbol of life and death. Folklore has always attached great importance to joint burial. Even those who were lonely before their death, their relatives should try their best to form a "ghost relationship" for them, so that they will not be lonely after their death. After the husband and wife died successively, if the cemetery could not be buried together because the direction of the mountain was not open at that time, it was necessary to wait until 10/month 1 day after the direction of the mountain was opened.

Fourth, move the grave to seek a better resting place for our ancestors.

1. For some reason, if you need to move the grave, you can only move it on October 1st and Tomb-Sweeping Day. For example, the feng shui of the original cemetery is not good and needs to be improved, or the cemetery is occupied and forcibly moved at will, which should be carried out on the first day of October.

2. The weak should wear amulets. People with weak numerology, it is best not to go to the cemetery alone, and it is best to ask a stronger person to accompany them. Especially those who need to be buried together or moved to the grave, protective measures should be taken in advance.

3, pious salute, tell ancestors. Kneel down, burn incense, burn paper money, salute and worship. Tell the ancestors that it is not that the descendants are unfilial, but that they should disturb the ancestors for some reason. Please forgive our ancestors and bless our descendants. In other words, first tell ancestors what to do in the cemetery and why to do it. I hope that the ancestors will bless and be safe and smooth.

4. Precautions for groundbreaking:

(1) When breaking ground, dig from the front of the ancestral grave, not from the back. Digging the ground and opening the grave should respect the order of the young and the old, remember to dig from the front first, and avoid digging from the back to avoid the danger of "death".

(2) Put the tombstone first, and then break the ground.

(3) Don't kill lucky creatures. If you find lucky creatures such as turtles, snakes, rats and toads, don't kill them at will.

(4) Avoid burying coffins when opening coffins. After breaking the ground and seeing the coffin, continue to dig around the coffin, so that no soil will fall into the coffin from above when opening the coffin.

(5) Cover the whole grave with a parasol before opening the coffin.

(6) Wait a moment after opening the coffin. After shading, don't open all coffins first, but open a gap in the coffin to let the body breathe, and then open it later.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) repairs the grave.

The rainy season in summer, irrigation in spring and summer, animals digging caves, etc. It is easy to cause the grave to overflow and collapse, disturbing the peace under the ancestors. In this case, it is necessary to repair the grave. But graves can't be built at ordinary times, only in Tomb-Sweeping Day and October 1st every year. Therefore, on October 1st, many people will pull up weeds, clean up trees and repair cemeteries to ensure that our ancestors will not suffer from wind and rain underground.

Sixth, you'd better wear some red.

You'd better get your clothes ready before you go to the cemetery. Wearing red underwear, red socks, red hat, etc. The shade of the cemetery is heavy, especially on October 1st. Wearing red can ward off evil spirits and is good for your health.

Warm reminder: On such a day as October 1st, we also send warm clothes to the deceased ancestors and pass on our customs in the ceremony to commemorate the deceased.

7. Avoid bringing red ropes, bells, wind chimes, etc. And try to avoid going out. If you encounter strange events such as ghost crushing, don't panic, concentrate all your attention and open your eyes.

What's so particular about the first Ghost Festival in October?

1, you can't pay homage to people who die suddenly.

2. Worship in front of the ancestral temple or memorial tablet, and there are not many other processes. Just light three incense sticks, call your ancestors when burning paper, and make a wish to protect your family.

Draw an unclosed circle with a small opening on the boundary of the ground, so that the ancestors can get the blessing of worship.

4. Burn some paper outside the circle first to reward the land of the five parties and the empty past.

5. Burn paper in the circle and ask the land and vanity to bring these blessings to their ancestors in the past.

6. You can make a wish to your ancestors when you burn paper.

Infants and young children before the age of 7 or 3 are emotionally unstable and cannot participate in any worship activities.

8. Pregnant women, no matter how long they are pregnant (just pregnant/the critical period of three months has passed/the fetus is in labor), can't participate in any sacrificial activities, which will hurt the fetus (the soul of the fetus is also unstable at this time).

9. Menstrual female friends can't participate in any form of worship.

10, weak people, don't attend any form of worship.

Introduction on the first day of October

On the first day of October, it is called "October Dynasty", also known as "ancestor worship festival", also known as Cold Clothes Festival, also known as Ghost Festival. On this day, special attention is paid to paying homage to those who died first. In order to prevent their ancestors from getting cold in the underworld, people will burn paper for them, send them warm clothes and send them warmth together, a lonely soul and wild ghost. In the eyes of Taoist priests, offering sacrifices to ancestors on Cold Clothes Festival is not only to send money and things to ancestors, but also to increase happiness and change luck for themselves.