What are the three Halloween festivals in China?

The three Halloween festivals in China refer to Tomb-Sweeping Day, Zhongyuan Festival and Hanyi Festival.

1, Tomb-Sweeping Day

Qingming is one of the twenty-four solar terms and the fifth solar term in spring. It will clear up when the sun reaches 15. Tomb-Sweeping Day was named after "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival shows everything".

2. Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival is called July and a half in folklore, and it is called the Arahara Festival in Buddhism. Festival customs mainly include offering sacrifices to ancestors, setting off river lanterns, offering sacrifices to the dead, burning paper ingots and offering sacrifices to the ground. Its birth can be traced back to ancestor worship and related festivals in ancient times.

3. Cold Clothes Festival

Hanyi Festival, also known as "October Dynasty", "Ancestor Festival", "Ghost Festival", "Autumn Festival" and "October 1st", is a traditional sacrificial festival in China. People will offer sacrifices on this day to commemorate their deceased relatives. This is called sending cold clothes.

The historical development of China Ghost Festival;

According to historical documents, autumn ancestor worship activities existed in the pre-Qin period. The custom of ancestor worship in July and a half is the product of local culture, and inclusive festivals are more complicated. It is not only an autumn festival for ancestor worship, but also the Mid-Autumn Festival of Taoism and the Bonin Festival of Buddhism. The folk, Taoism and monks are integrated.

In the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the crops are ripe, and some places in China have a tradition of holding ancestor worship ceremonies at this time since ancient times. The ancients offered sacrifices to their ancestors in spring, summer, autumn and winter. In July, they will provide newly harvested fruits, vegetables, millet and other grains, which is called "autumn tasting", also known as "recommending new things" and "tasting new things", that is, let ancestors taste new things in autumn.