202 1 can I sweep graves on Halloween? Is Halloween a ghost festival in the west?

202 1 can I sweep graves on Halloween? Halloween on 202 1 falls on September 27th of the lunar calendar, and on Monday of the new calendar 1 1.

Suitable for the old yellow calendar

Today's little red sand, don't use it for big things.

Taboo of the old yellow calendar

Today's little red sand, don't use it for big things.

Auspicious spirit should follow: longevity, vividness, grace, six instruments, mother warehouse and four phases.

Evil spirits should be avoided: plough, moon killing, little red sand, small consumption, alienation, Xuanwu mafia, moon evil spirit, small consumption, eight specialties, touching water dragons and being abandoned.

Judging from the Halloween Gregorian calendar of 202 1, this day is "Little Red Sand Day", which is a fierce day and it is not suitable for sweeping graves.

Is Halloween a ghost festival in the west? Halloween has always been called "Western Ghost Festival", but in fact, Halloween is a "all saints' ceremony" festival of Catholicism and Orthodox Church, and it is a festival to celebrate all saints in heaven.

However, with the development of history, Halloween is now more like a carnival for young people. There are also some folklore about "ghosts" abroad, so some customs are also related to it (such as dressing up and begging for candy, etc. ) Ghost Festival is a folk name for ancestor worship festivals such as Tomb-Sweeping Day and Zhongyuan Festival in China, so it makes sense to call Halloween "Western Ghost Festival".

What are the legends of Halloween? The most famous legend of Halloween is related to jack-o'-lanterns. Its name is jack-o'-lanterns.

Legend has it that there was a drunken Irishman in Ireland named stingy Jack. One day, he invited the devil to drink. Because he had no money to pay the bill after drinking, he persuaded the devil to turn into sixpence to pay for the drink. But instead of paying, Jack used a piece of silver paper to stop the devil from coming out.

Later, the devil promised Jack not to scare him for a whole year, and Jack let the devil out. The next year, the Halloween demon appeared again. It promised not to harass Jack for a year, but before the year was over, Jack died. Heaven will not accept him after death, because he is stingy; Hell won't keep him because he plays tricks on the devil. Desperate, he finally had to continue walking, carrying white radish, which contained charcoal fire sent by the devil to light up the road and find a place to rest.

Later, Irish people made lanterns with potatoes or kohlrabi. /kloc-in the 1980 s, they came to the United States with new immigrants. They found a better material than white radish, that is pumpkin. So the pumpkin lanterns you see are usually made of pumpkins.