What is Shinto Day on the 20th14.7.12 of the lunar calendar?

July and a half is a traditional Ghost Festival, which starts from the seventh day of the seventh lunar month to the fifteenth of July. Every family has its own festivals, which cannot be changed at will. Among them, July 7th and July 12th are the most popular. The twelfth day of the seventh lunar month is a traditional ghost festival in our Xiaoshao area. On this day, the underground palace opens the door of hell, and it is also a day when the dead ancestors can go home and reunite, and it is a day when the gates of hell are wide open. Folklore says that there will be many ghosts wandering around the dead during this time.

People say that in the first hour of the twelfth day of the seventh lunar month, the gate of hell in Fengdu opened. In order to worship those ghosts, Xiaoshan people also have their own traditions. On this day, there is a tradition of putting river lanterns and dirty incense in the upper Xiaoshan area, while pumpkin pie will be made in the southern Xiaoshan area, and every household is brightly lit. Chinese cabbage, jiaozi and green cakes are also essential. Hand-made cabbage jiaozi and green cake are unique specialties of Xiaoshan, which are deeply loved by Xiaoshan people. They are the necessary food for the "July 30th" and the winter solstice. Vegetable dumplings and green cakes are all tanned with glutinous rice, and finally all kinds of patterns are stuck by hand. The shape of jiaozi is similar to that of jiaozi. The stuffing is mostly fried with pickles, dried bean curd, shredded pork and water bamboo, which is particularly delicious. When tanning, the boiled Artemisia argyi leaves were added to the green cake, so it turned blue. Its stuffing is mashed black cowpea, because it tastes sweet with sugar.