Is Halloween June 14 or June 15?

Is July 14 a ghost festival? Is July 14 or 15 a ghost festival?

There are different opinions about whether July of 14 is Ghost Festival. Generally speaking, the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is regarded as the Ghost Festival, but the fourteenth of July is the fiercest, and the gate of hell will be closed on the evening of the fifteenth of July, which is the ghost month of the lunar calendar. In some places, paper can be burned from July 1 day to July 15, but July 15 is a positive day. Children should not go out in the evening of July 14, and come back as early as possible if they have something to go out. The real paper burning is on July 15.

The Origin of July 14 Ghost Festival

According to legend, there is no Mid-Autumn Festival in the south, which was introduced by Han people who moved south in ancient times. The reason why July 14 was designated as the Ghost Festival was because during the Song Dynasty and the war in the north, a group of Han people decided to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival one day earlier to gather the souls of their ancestors, and then fled to the south with their ancestral tablets to take refuge.

Later, in order to commemorate this day, Han people who fled to the south changed the Mid-Autumn Festival to the 14th day of the seventh lunar month every year. Now, July 14 is a common festival for many southern Han people and ethnic minorities. Southerners celebrate July 14, while northerners celebrate July 15. Both festivals are called the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is also called Ghost Festival. Now, the Buddhist community in China regards the 15th day of the seventh lunar month as the "Orchid Festival".

Halloween statement 1

According to legend, there is no Mid-Autumn Festival in the south, which was introduced by Han people who moved south in ancient times. But why does the South celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival on July 14th instead of July 15th? There is a legend that during the Song Dynasty, there was a war in the north, and a group of Han people fled to the south in a hurry. But on the eve of their escape, they encountered a difficult problem: how to take their ancestors away? Traditionally, only on New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Double Ninth Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival do ancestors' spirits gather home and follow their spirits. At this time, there is only one day before the Mid-Autumn Festival (the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month), but they can't wait.

In order to gather ancestral spirits, they decided to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival one day in advance to gather ancestral spirits, and then fled to the south with their ancestral tablets. Later, in order to commemorate this day, Han people who fled to the south changed the Mid-Autumn Festival to the 14th day of the seventh lunar month every year. Now, "July 14th" is a common festival for many southern Han people and ethnic minorities.

Halloween statement 2

According to the survey, the festival celebrated by southerners is July 14, and that celebrated by northerners is July 15. Both of these festivals are called the Mid-Yuan Festival, that is, Ghost Festival. Southerners celebrate this festival on July 14, because foreign enemies invaded before. In order to avoid being caught by the enemy, the ancestors advanced the festival by one day. The custom of Halloween is more complicated. In some places, it is on the 14th, and in some places it is on the 15th, even on the 13th and 12th. In some places, before the Mid-Autumn Festival in July 15, an auspicious day is chosen to worship the "family immortals" and ancestral graves, so it will be chosen on 13 or 14.

Halloween taboo

1, wind chimes are hung on the bedside.

2. Burning paper for non-specific occasions

Step 3 steal sacrifices

Step 4 whistle

Step 5 swim

6. Look around.

7. The banyan tree is at home.

8. The slipper head faces the bed.

9. Don't go back and forth anywhere.

What are the customs of Ghost Festival?

1, ancestor worship

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, many people begin to worship their ancestors, so it is also called "July and a half". At this time, the midsummer has passed and the autumn cool has just begun. Folk believe that ancestors will return home to visit their children and grandchildren at this time, so they need to worship their ancestors. Worship ceremonies are usually held in the evening, and the time is limited to July 15. In the "July 30th" ancestor worship, ancestors' memorial tablets should be invited out one by one, respectfully placed on the dedicated altar, and then incense should be burned in front of each ancestor's memorial tablet until July 30th. When it comes back, it will burn paper money and clothes, or the temple will do a ceremony of crossing over. In some areas of Jiangxi and Hunan, Mid-Autumn Festival is more important than Tomb-Sweeping Day or Double Ninth Festival, both of which are sacrificial festivals.

2. Sacrifice land

July 15 is also the birthday of a magistrate who pardons human sins, so people still worship land and crops. Sprinkle the offerings in the fields, burn the paper, and then wrap the five-color paper cut into strips on the ears of crops. Can bless the harvest of autumn crops.

3. River lamp

People think that Mid-Autumn Festival is a ghost festival, so we should hang lanterns to celebrate the festival for ghosts. Water and ghosts are turbid, which reminds people of the legendary ghost hell. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called a river lantern because it is in the water. Usually, there are lights or candles on the base of river lanterns, which float in rivers, lakes and oceans during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The function of river lanterns is to drown ghosts and other ghosts in Purdue water. However, nowadays, river lanterns have become a happy activity, and those beautifully made river lanterns are very popular with children and young people.

4. Sheep Festival

The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is also called "Sheep Festival". In ancient times, sheep always had auspicious meaning. In the rural areas of northern China, on July 15, grandpa and uncles will send live sheep to their nephews.