No bathing in Mid-Autumn Festival.

The reason why you can't take a bath in the Mid-Autumn Festival is because it is said that on this day, the portal of the underworld will be opened, and bathing may attract evil spirits.

You can't take a bath in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Some places require that you can't bathe in the river. According to folk rumors, on July 15, yin and evil were rampant. If you bathe in the river, it is easy to cause accidents. This is how the two proverbs "Don't stand by and watch the river if you have nothing to do on July Ghost Festival" and "You are not afraid of ghosts in July and water in July."

In fact, there is a scientific basis for not taking a bath in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is not as horrible as the saying goes. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is the first festival after beginning of autumn according to the solar terms.

After beginning of autumn, the weather will turn cold, especially the temperature difference between morning and evening will be particularly large, the temperature will be low in the morning and evening, and the temperature will be high at noon. If you don't keep warm at this time, it's easy to catch a cold. For example, in the northeast where I live, the temperature dropped significantly after beginning of autumn. The highest temperature during the day was only 25 degrees, and only a dozen degrees at night.

The custom of Mid-Autumn festival

Sacrifice ancestors. On the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, after the gate of hell is opened, people will sacrifice ancestors and burn some paper money and clothes made of paper, so that ancestors can live happily there. Some people don't care much about their children and grandchildren, and pray for ancestors to bless their families. There are also some hard things in life, expressing their sadness to the elderly. There is no specific time for this festival, they are usually there.

Eating ducks is an activity to worship ancestors in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and people also like to eat ducks. Some people say that eating ducks can ward off evil spirits, and "duck" and "pressure" are homophonic, so people think that eating ducks can kill ghosts. This is also a beautiful vision for the ancients to worship their souls, ancestors and pray for the safety of their families.