When do Shangyuan Festival, Xiayuan Festival and Zhongyuan Festival refer to respectively?

Shangyuan is the 15th day of the first month (Lantern Festival), Zhongyuan is the 15th day of July (Zhongyuan Festival), and Xia Yuan is the 15th day of October.

Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Xiaoyuanyuan Festival, Yuanxi Festival or Lantern Festival, is the 15th day of the first lunar month and the last important festival of China Spring Festival. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The ancients called "night", so the fifteenth day of the first full moon in a year was called Lantern Festival.

Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in China, also known as July 30th, July14th, Ancestor's Day, Orchid Festival and Local Officials' Day. Festival customs mainly include ancestor worship, river lanterns, sacrifice to the dead, burning paper ingots, land sacrifice and so on. "Mid-Autumn Festival" is the name of Taoism, which is called "July 30th" (or "July 14th") in folklore. Its appearance can be traced back to ancestor worship and related festivals in ancient times.

The Lunar New Year Festival is a traditional festival in China. It is also called "the Lunar New Year Festival" and "the Lunar New Year Festival" on October 15th. It is one of the traditional folk festivals in China.

Next Yuan Festival is also one of the fasting dates stipulated in the Taoist fasting law. Taoism believes that all things that rely on divine power, such as praying for blessings, overcoming disasters, pulling out suffering, atoning for sins, seeking longevity, prolonging life, crossing the dead, etc. , should be borrowed. There are two ways to practice fasting: one is just three, and the other is to provide fasting. That is, set up an altar to fast and immerse in God to avoid disaster.

There were nine ways to set up altars in ancient times: the upper three altars were set up by the state, the middle three altars were set up by officials and the lower three altars were set up by scholars. Later generations gradually relaxed the altar. Because fasting can "accumulate virtue and heal wounds"; 2. go on a diet. Before the sacrifice, the ancients had to bathe and change clothes, not to drink or eat meat, so as to keep the outside clean and the inside clean and empty, to show sincerity and respect. This is called fasting. Fasting can "live with God"; Three-hearted fasting can be "quiet and calm".

With the passage of the sun and the moon, the Next Yuan Festival has gradually evolved into a traditional festival offering rich dishes, offering sacrifices to ancestors and the dead, and praying for prosperity. Enjoying ancestor worship is first of all a manifestation of ancestor belief, and human belief in ancestors is human worship of themselves. Believing in ancestors, offering sacrifices to ancestors and expressing piety to their souls are aimed at praying for their protection for future generations.