What festival is the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month?

July 15th in the summer calendar is an important traditional festival in China. Mid-Autumn Festival is the name of Taoism in China. On July 15th in the summer calendar, Buddhism called it "Kasahara Festival" and folks called it "Ghost Festival". Of course, the Taoist Mid-Autumn Festival, the Buddhist Bonner Festival and the folk Ghost Festival have different forms of expression, but these three festivals also have the same cultural connotation of offering sacrifices to ancestors and advocating loyalty.

The festival of ancestor worship is on the fifteenth day of July in the lunar calendar, so it is called "July and a half" for short. Folk believe that ancestors will return home to visit their children and grandchildren at this time, so they need to worship their ancestors. Worship ceremonies are usually held in the evening before the end of July, and are not limited to a specific day.

River lanterns are also called "lotus lanterns". Generally, lights or candles are placed on the base, and they are placed in rivers, lakes and seas during the Mid-Autumn Festival, allowing them to float. The purpose of river lanterns is to pray and pray. Setting off river lanterns, especially in the Yellow River, is very spectacular.

Mid-Autumn Festival is a Buddhist bonsai;

According to legend, Sakyamuni had a disciple whose parents died. Before he chose to practice, he missed his mother very much. After successful cultivation, he wanted to see his mother again, so he opened his eyes and tried to find her in hell and look at her again. However, he found that his mother had fallen in the hungry ghost road and could not eat enough. All food will turn into flames as long as it enters his mouth, and he is tortured by hunger day and night.

Seeing his mother like this, he couldn't save himself, so he had to turn to the Buddha in the hope of saving his mother. The filial piety of the venerable touched the Buddha, who awarded him the Lanpen Buddhist Scripture. Every year on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, every monk prepares a lot of vegetarian meals with a bonsai, offering sacrifices to all beings in the underworld, including the venerable Master, so that he can save his mother.

Every year, Buddhists have a grand "bonsai", which is passed down from mouth to mouth. Everyone knows the origin of this festival. Who doesn't have one or two relatives underground? In order to make their underground relatives live better, some places are also very concerned about Ghost Festival.