Can I burn paper a few days in advance on July 15 and burn incense at home on July 15?

July 15th is also commonly known as July Ghost Festival. At this time, people will burn paper to pay homage to their deceased relatives. However, since the festival is a working day, burning paper a few days in advance in July 15 has become the most concerned issue for everyone. Next, let's get to know it with Bian Xiao!

How many days in advance can I burn paper on July 15?

You can burn paper two or three days in advance on July 15, but the customs vary from place to place, depending on where you are.

Speaking of burning paper in July, our folk custom was decided in advance according to Huang Heiping's theory on July 12th, 13th and 14th. If there is an auspicious day, burn it on the auspicious day. If you can't find the auspicious day of the zodiac, you will choose Daji time to burn on July 13, but there is also 14, because you saw someone else burn half-moon buns on July 13, so you only think of July 14.

Can I buy paper money to go home in advance in July?

You can buy back what you want to burn to the couple who died before. No problem. This is normal.

Whether you can buy paper money to go home in advance in July is a question that everyone has before the Mid-Autumn Festival. Its realization is done by many people, and there is nothing to say. Paper money is one of the traditional "ghost money" in China, which is used for offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods, funerals and sweeping graves. Paper money is usually cut into the shape of copper coins, or scattered in wild cemeteries or incinerated to the dead. Our country firmly believes in the concept of immortality of the soul. People care about the life of their dead relatives in heaven and earth, so they make paper money for the use of the dead.

Can I burn incense at home on July 15?

You can burn incense at the Buddhist temple at home on July 15th.

Although July 15 is Ghost Festival, incense can be burned on this day, but one thing to pay attention to when burning incense is to let the incense burn out before dark. If the incense is not burned after dark, it is easy to attract ghosts. Remember, when you go to the temple, don't take incense home, don't run around in the temple, and take a shower and change clothes when you go home.