What's the date of "Ghost Festival"?

"Ghost Festival" is the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the Mid-Autumn Festival, commonly known as Ghost Festival, and the second half of July, which is called Orchid Festival in Buddhism.

Legend has it that all the ghosts were released to the underworld on that day, and people usually carry out activities to sacrifice ghosts. Where there is a new funeral, people will go to the new grave, but generally speaking, ghosts will sacrifice in the local area. Therefore, it is a festival centered on the worship of ghosts and gods as a whole, and it is one of the largest folk festivals in China.

Shangyuan Festival is the Lantern Festival on earth, and people decorate lanterns to celebrate it. "Central Plains" comes from Shangyuan. People think that the Mid-Autumn Festival is a ghost festival, and lanterns should also be put on to celebrate the festival for ghosts. But people and ghosts are different, so the lanterns in the Central Plains are different from those in Shangyuan. People are yang, ghosts are yin; The earth is yang and the water is yin. The mysterious darkness underwater reminds people of the legendary hell and the place where ghosts sink. So Shangyuan lanterns are on land and Zhongyuan lanterns are in water.

In ancient China, July 15 was the Mid-Autumn Festival, commonly known as Ghost Festival. Legend has it that on this day, the gates of hell are wide open and the dead will wander around the world, so the living should prepare some sacrifices to worship ghosts on this day. Since the Song Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival is no longer held in July 15, but from July 1 1 to July 15. But different places have the same Halloween taboo.