How about getting married in July 15, 2022?

July 15 is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is also a ghost festival in folklore. It is said that the underworld will open the gates of hell on this day, so people usually worship their ancestors and sweep the graves at this time, so few people usually choose to get married on Halloween. So the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, that is, the day after July 15, is it suitable for marriage?

1.How about getting married in July 2022 15 days later? The day after July 15 in 2022 is July 16 in the lunar calendar and Monday, August 23rd in the solar calendar, which is also a summer solar term. If we pay more attention to the choice of auspicious days, from the perspective of the old yellow calendar, July 16 of the lunar calendar in 2022 is suitable for marriage, marriage and licensing, and it is not a bad day. However, local customs are different, and you should pay attention to the choice of wedding date. You can choose according to the actual situation and local customs.

2. How about getting married after Mid-Autumn Festival? From the perspective of folklore, it is not suitable to get married around the Mid-Autumn Festival, on the same day, or even the whole July of the lunar calendar. However, in modern society, the time of marriage is not so particular.

The folk custom is that the whole July of the lunar calendar is not celebrated, because there is a big festival "Mid-Autumn Festival" in July of the lunar calendar, and many areas even call it "Ghost Festival" or "July and a half" directly. According to folklore, Yan opens the gate of hell on the first day of July every year, allowing ghosts to come out and enjoy sacrifices. By July 15, the gate of hell was wide open, and it was completely closed until July 30. Therefore, people usually avoid weddings, housewarming, birthdays and other major activities throughout the July of the lunar calendar, and even avoid going out at night.

3. Why can't we get married too close to Ghost Festival, which is also the Mid-Autumn Festival? It is said that on this day, the gates of the underworld will be opened to the maximum, and all kinds of ghosts without owners will come to the dead to find food. Mid-Autumn Festival is a folk custom for the dead, that is, mourning for the dead. Marriage is a happy event, and it is inevitable that you will feel unlucky and collide on the same day. There is a saying of "Yin and Yang" in China traditional culture, which holds that ghosts are Yin and people are Yang, and the two cannot collide. Because of this, everyone is reluctant to hold some large-scale activities when it is too close to Halloween, so as not to affect their marriage and their luck. Moreover, many places think that the seventh month of the lunar calendar is a "ghost month", so it is usually avoided.