When is the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2022?

As we all know, Mid-Autumn Festival has always been a festival about sacrifice. The Mid-Autumn Festival was originally handed down by the people, and later spread to each other in Taoism and Buddhism. Later, influenced by the three parties, it was agreed that the Mid-Autumn Festival was both a traditional festival of sacrifice and a ghost festival. So when is the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2022? Next, we will take you to understand the culture of Mid-Autumn Festival.

When is the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2022?

In 2022, the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on Friday, August/0/2, and the lunar calendar falls on July/0/5 in the year of Renyin. But the Mid-Autumn Festival will be called July and a half in many areas, and it will be misled into thinking that it is July 15th in the solar calendar. Actually, it is not. The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated in the lunar calendar, so the date of the lunar calendar is fixed, but the time of the solar calendar is not. On the other hand, Tomb-Sweeping Day celebrates on April 5th of the Gregorian calendar every year. The following are the detailed dates of the 2022 Mid-Autumn Festival solar calendar and lunar calendar:

1.2022 lunar calendar specific date: July 15th, Wushen month, Ding Youri, the year of Renyin.

2. The specific date of the Mid-Autumn Festival solar calendar in 2022: 12 August Friday, which is also the International Youth Day.

: Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival to worship ancestors, just like Tomb-Sweeping Day. But the difference is that the Mid-Autumn Festival needs to be prepared several days in advance, and then some areas will burn steamed buns on the evening of July 14 or 15 in the lunar calendar. The place to burn steamed stuffed buns is not at home, nor a cemetery, but at home or in the wild. At the same time, it should be noted that Mid-Autumn Festival is the name of Taoism, which is usually called July 30, July 14 and ancestor worship festival among the people, while Buddhist festivals are usually called Lanpen Festival.

Ancestor worship: People believe that ancestors will return home to visit their descendants in July and a half, so they need to worship their ancestors. Please take out the ancestral tablets one by one, respectfully put them on the sacrificial table, then burn incense in front of each ancestral tablet and provide tea and rice three times a day.

Burning paper: During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the most prominent folk belief behavior is burning paper. According to legend, dead paper is money from the underworld, and people burn paper to send money to their dead ancestors and relatives.

Incense burner: Incense burner and "Bao" are burned outside the door in the evening of July 14 or June 15 every year.

You can't hang wind chimes on the bedside, which is easy to attract ghosts; Don't steal sacrifices, these are food belonging to ghosts; You can't step on ghost paper, it's a sacrifice for ghosts. Don't trample on it.

In ancient times, July and a half was a folk festival to worship ancestors, and it was a festival to remember ancestors. There are not many taboos. These so-called taboos were attached by later generations in the development and evolution of festivals.

Generally speaking, the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2022 is in August 12 in the solar calendar and July 15 in the lunar calendar. This is a festival to worship ancestors, just like Tomb-Sweeping Day, but the sacrificial activities will be very different.