The origin of July 14 Ghost Festival.

Every July 14 of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Ghost Festival or Magnolia Festival, which is a big festival to worship ghosts and gods. The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from Taoism, and later Buddhism changed it to what is now commonly known as Ghost Festival.

In India, Magnolia Festival means "hanging upside down". "Hanging upside down" means that after the death of the mother of the ten sons of Sakyamuni, she was hungry and could not eat. Later, I got help from Sakyamuni. Support the ten gods and buddhas with a hundred flavors and five fruits, and save the mother with merits. So now, in order to worship the ghosts, Purdue Festival is held in July of the lunar calendar, which is now called Ghost Festival.

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In the past, the atmosphere of "July 14th" was quite strong. The time to celebrate the festival is noon. In many places in Guangdong and Guangxi, ducks are used to worship ancestors.

According to legend, a duck is a god who carries the souls of his ancestors across the river. Killing ducks for the holidays is to let them accomplish this mission. In fact, because the ducks ate a lot of grains scattered in the fields in the "June farm" (that is, the early harvest season), they were full of fat. It was the right time to eat, and after sacrificing their ancestors, the delicious and tender duck meat could be feasted.