Legends about Ghost Festival

The origin of Ghost Festival, it is said that Ghost Festival-Ghost has a Qian Qian knot.

One. Tracing the origin of ghost festival-the entanglement between people and ghosts.

There are three ghost festivals in China: Tomb-Sweeping Day, Zhongyuan Festival (July 15) and Hanyi Festival (10/day).

China people are not only humane to people, but also to ghosts. The most outstanding performance is the Ghost Festival on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. The Ghost Festival in China ── whose real name is "Yulan Festival" refers to the Taoist Mid-Autumn Festival.

This day is also the day when Buddhism holds bonsai. It is said that on this day, the earth treasure bodhisattva will open the door of hell, and the ghosts in hell will come out to accept the crossing over and enjoy the sacrifice. On this day, every family

Every family should make sacrifices to their dead relatives.

Taoist saying: "Zhongyuan" is a Taoist saying: According to Five Magazine, Taoist festivals are divided into three times throughout the year (collectively called "Sanyuan"), and the Taoist scriptures take the fifteenth day of the first month as "Shangyuan".

Official blessing day; Mainly to hold a blessing ceremony; July 15 is the "Central Plains", which is the day when local officials forgive sins. Forgive the sins of the dead. Sacrifice in the Central Plains is to atone for the dead, but it can never be completely solved.

Apart from their sins, they were just freed. I hope they can rest in peace in the dry days. 10 15 is the "Xia Yuan", which is the day when the officials of the water department help Eritrea. The scripture says, "On the Mid-Autumn Festival in July, local officials descended to earth to determine the good and evil on earth."

Relieve bad luck for those who are at fault. During the ceremony, they will not only turn over for the dead souls, but also save their friends from those who died for their country and died in battle. I got it in the ceremony.

Sesame money is mainly used to buy sacrifices. Taoist priests recite scriptures at night, and prisoners are free from hunger. Therefore, on July 15, people will prepare rich sacrificial ceremonies to worship local officials.

The great emperor and his ancestors. The origin of the Orchid Festival is to express a wide range of love.

Buddhist allusion: The original intention of Yulan Festival is congratulations and thanks, which originated in India in the 5th century BC. According to the Buddhist scriptures "cangue blue sutra", "eye worm sutra" and "Mulian rescue mother sutra", its phase

It is said that Buddha Sakyamuni received ten disciples when he was alive. One of them, Manglian (Manglian or Manglian), is the most powerful disciple under the throne of Buddha. He is a great dutiful son. In the process of practicing Buddhism, he developed the potential of wisdom and body. He has the reputation of "divine power first" (that is, he has special functions) and can observe the world with his "eye of heaven". My parents died before I got the news. Because I miss my dead mother, I look at how my mother lives in hell with my eyes. It turns out that they have become hungry ghosts and have not eaten or drunk. They are connected by flesh and blood, suffering day and night, and their situation is pitiful. So I used my magic to give my mother some food. Unfortunately, as soon as the food was delivered to my mouth, it immediately turned into a flame. My eyes hurt, so I asked the Buddha for help. The Buddha taught that my mother planted many sins when she was alive, so she fell into endless hell in A Bi after her death, suffered endless sufferings and was doomed in the hungry ghost road. This evil cannot be solved by him alone, but must be solved by the people. On July 15, when monks were free (during the rainy season in India, monks settled in summer for three months, which is their day of settlement), they were placed with 100 kinds of food. So "Manglietia" combined with other eminent monks, held a banquet for ten monks to fast, held a large-scale worship ceremony, and waited for the ten monks to recite the scriptures for their mother, and also turned over the ghost for Manglietia's mother, so that her mother could get peace.

The word "eye bug basin" is transliterated in Sanskrit, meaning to save the upside down. The Kasahara Society is a ceremonial gathering held on July 15 every year, and it is called "Ulamana" (Hindi).

ULLAMBANA), that is, the Orchid Club, is the most suitable for wandering ghosts because July 15 is close to the harvest season and is also an important time of the year that is neither too hot nor too cold. Future generations will follow each other.

Imitating them, they all gave a feast to the ten monks on July 15, hoping that their ancestors would get peace after their death. This story and custom spread from the mage to China. China people surprisingly thought.

Instead of asking monks to fast, it is better to provide offerings to the ghosts that troubled our ancestors. Slowly, the Magnolia Festival on July 15 was changed from China to the Ghost Festival on July 14. On this day, every family

Every family lays out offerings to pay homage to their ancestors and to the ghosts nearby, hoping that their families will be smooth sailing and their ancestors will be safe.

In China, the name "Zhongyuan Festival" originated from the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it is also called "Ghost Festival" or "Orchid Festival". The pain of life is like a bat hanging upside down from a tree, hanging miserably. for

To save all living beings from the pain of hanging upside down, we need to recite ... >>

What are the three "ghost festivals" in China? What are the legends? Qingming, Central Plains, Cold Clothes

Qingming Festival

The time is around the first day of the third month of the lunar calendar (April 4-6 of the Gregorian calendar)

Tomb-Sweeping Day went to the grave and had the custom of going for an outing. In the past, Tomb-Sweeping Day was also called Cold Food Festival, which lasted for one hundred days. Cao Cao changed it to one day, and Tang changed it to three days before Qingming. All the fires went out, and after the cold food was served, a new fire broke out in the palace.

Satoshi Nakamoto

(July 15)

It was originally a day of folk ancestor worship, and later it was designated as Christmas in the underground palace, which is in charge of the gates of hell. On this day, the underground palace opened the door of hell, and it was also a day when the dead ancestors could go home and reunite. Therefore, it is also the Ghost Festival, which is the most important of the three Ghost Festivals in China. There is a Dojo inside, and steamed bread is for ghosts to eat and ghosts to eat. On this day, it is necessary to worship ancestors, go to graves and light lamps to light the way home for the deceased. The Taoist temple held a grand ceremony to pray for the auspicious Dojo, the content of which was to cross over the soul of the deceased.

Winter clothes

Every year, the first day of October in the lunar calendar is called "October Dynasty", also known as "ancestor worship festival". Cold clothes festival

On this day, special attention is paid to paying homage to those who died first, which is called sending cold clothes. Tomb-Sweeping Day in spring and Mid-Autumn Festival in autumn are also called the three "ghost festivals" in a year. In order to prevent their ancestors from catching cold in the underworld, on this day, people will burn five-color paper, send them warm clothes, and send them warmth, a ghost. On the first day of October, burning cold clothes entrusted the memories of the old people and carried the pity of the living for the dead. At the same time, this day also marks the arrival of severe winter, so it is also a day for parents and lovers to send warm clothes to people they care about.

What is the origin of "Ghost Festival"? According to legend, from July 1st every year, the King of Yan ordered the gates of hell to be opened wide, so that the ghosts who suffered and were imprisoned in hell all the year round could get out of hell, get a short stroll and enjoy human blood. Therefore, people call July a ghost month, and this month is considered as an unlucky month, neither getting married nor moving.

Every year, the 14th/15th day of the seventh lunar month is Magnolia Festival, also known as Mid-Autumn Festival, July 30th or Ghost Festival. In the past, people prepared a meal, wine, rice, gold, silver, clothes and paper at the intersection on this night to worship ghosts and gods.

Lunar July 14/ 15 is the biggest festival in the underworld-Ghost Festival, also known as Zhongyuan Festival or Arahara Festival, and it is one of the three major festivals in the underworld in China. There is a folk legend that the Lantern Festival is celebrated in the underworld and the Ghost Festival is celebrated in the underworld. It is said that on that day, Yan Xihui will spend the festive season with ghosts dressed in costumes. Let us living people bless them together and wish people in another world all their wishes come true and enjoy the happiness that this world has not had time to enjoy. Therefore, many local festivals in our country will hold activities such as offering sacrifices, chanting Buddha, sweeping graves, reviewing, enjoying flowers and fishing to celebrate.

Ghost Festival originated from the story of Manglietia's rescue of mother: "People with Manglietia monks have great strength. His mother fell into the hungry ghost road, and the food mouth turned into flames. Hunger was too bitter. Unable to save her mother, Manglietia asked the Buddha for advice. In order to talk about the Lanpen Sutra, he taught July 15 to be a Lanpen to save his mother. " It is said that at that time, after experiencing all kinds of hardships in the underworld, Manglietia met her dead mother Liu and found that she was tortured by a group of hungry ghosts. Manglietia tried to give her a bowl of vegetable rice, but the vegetable rice was taken away by the hungry ghost. Manglietia had to ask the Buddha for help. The Buddha was moved by Manglietia's filial piety and gave him the Lanjing. According to the instructions, Manglietia dedicated a rare fruit vegetarian meal to her mother on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month. The hungry mother finally got the food. Buddhists hold a grand "bonsai" every year to commemorate the filial piety of Manglietia, which is what we now call "Ghost Festival".

According to the book, on this day in ancient times, people would set up a magician's seat and a stone drum platform in front of Jiekou Village in advance. There is a bodhisattva in front of the mage's seat, and the earth treasure king passes through the underworld. Here is a dish of peach rice. Shigu stood on the stage, holding three spiritual cards and evocative complex items in his hand. After noon, families put whole pigs, whole sheep, chickens, ducks and geese and various cakes, fruits and melons on the stone drum stage. The person in charge inserted a triangular paper flag of blue, red and green on each sacrifice, and wrote the words "Yulan Festival" and "Manna Gate Open". The ceremony began with solemn temple music. Then, the mage rang the bell and led the monks in the seat to recite various spells and mantras. Then feed, sprinkle a plate of peaches and rice in all directions and repeat three times. This ceremony is called the opening ceremony. Wang Kaitai, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty, once wrote a poem: "The Dojo is full of ghosts, and the original ancient meaning of Magnolia still exists. However, it is strange that the red plaque is attached to the door, and the meat mountain wine sea celebrates the Central Plains. " It describes the Halloween customs along the southeast coast of China.

It can be seen that "Ghost Festival" is due to the filial piety of traditional virtues. Nowadays, people in northern China still burn paper money on this day to pay homage to their ancestors who died young and express their thoughts for their loved ones. Although the sacrificial way is simple, it basically retains the simple meaning of Ghost Festival. Because of the call of blood, the extension of feelings and the reminder of one's future, Ghost Festival is endowed with rich humanistic connotation. Even if the years are different and the burned gifts are different, the living will never finish reading endless grief and deep nostalgia for their distant relatives. However, "people of different ages have different feelings about this special festival, because the future festival is coming to them mercilessly, from obscurity to clarity, from missing to fear, from fear to calmness." When I miss people in the past, I am actually thinking about my experience, content, way and pursuit of living today. "

On July 14/ 15, the gate of hell opened wide. Whether it's burning paper money to send blessings, holding daisies to mourn, offering sacrifices to ancestors on the Internet, or putting out river lanterns, today's living people miss the past and send blessings to their ancestors together. This is the spontaneity of human spirit, the extension of feelings and the most basic belief. And at the same time, "the living should cherish every day, not be ashamed of society and friends, and not be ashamed of their loved ones who have left forever." Because, one day we will meet them. At that time, you can proudly say that you are a hero on earth and a ghost hero in the underworld! "...& gt& gt

Legend has it that from July 1st every year, Yan ordered to open the gates of hell, so that ghosts who suffered and were imprisoned in hell all the year round could get out of hell, get a short visit and enjoy human blood. Therefore, people call July a ghost month, and this month is considered an unlucky month. They neither get married nor move.

Every year, the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is the Yulan Festival, also known as the Mid-Yuan Festival, Magu Festival, July 30th or Ghost Festival. In the past, people would prepare some dishes, wine, rice, gold and silver clothes and paper on this night to worship ghosts and gods at the intersection.

The custom of tolerance festival on July 15 is complicated, including folk ghost festival, Taoist Mid-Autumn Festival, Buddhist Bonner Festival, and the festival of integration of Buddhism, Taoism and Buddhism. Taoism has so-called heavenly officials, local officials and water officials, which are collectively called the three officials. These three officials are the representatives sent to the world by the Jade Emperor. Every year, they inspect the good and evil on earth and report to heaven. The birthdays of the three officials are the fifteenth day of the first month, the fifteenth day of July and the fifteenth day of October, also known as Sanyuan. July 15th, known as the Central Plains, was the time when local officials were pardoned. On this day, he will take out a thick roster and draw a picture according to the performance of immortals, mortals and animals, so as to atone and avoid punishment. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, people engage in some sacrificial activities to save those ghosts and ghosts, which should be related to the forgiveness of sins by local officials. July 15 is the Buddhist Boni Festival. Legend has it that Manglietia saved her mother. From the Buddhist legend, Manglietia's mother (Manglietia is a Buddhist figure and one of the top ten disciples of Sakyamuni) fell into the hungry ghost road and lived a life without food. Mu Lian turned his divine power into food and gave it to his mother, but her mother did not change her greed. When she saw the food coming, she was afraid that other evil spirits would take her food. When the food is greedy, it immediately turns into charcoal and can't be swallowed. Although Mu Lian has magical powers, as a son of man, he can't save his mother, which is very painful. What about Buddha? The Buddha read the Bible of bonsai to him and told him to make a bonsai for his mother on July 15th. According to the instructions of the Buddhist group, Manglietia prepared various fruits and utensils on July 15th, and put them into pots to support ten monks. His mother just left the evil world and ascended to heaven. In view of this, the Buddha, by extension, asked Buddhist disciples to be filial and become a Buddhist monk on July 15 every year to repay their parents' kindness. The significance of Buddhist bonsai coincides with Confucian filial piety, and this day has become a ghost festival for folk sacrifices to deceased parents and ancestors.

July 15 of the lunar calendar is the biggest festival in the underworld-Ghost Festival, also known as Zhongyuan Festival or Arahara Festival, and it is one of the three major festivals in China. There is a folk legend that the Lantern Festival is celebrated in the underworld and the Ghost Festival is celebrated in the underworld. It is said that on that day, Yan Xihui will spend the festive season with ghosts dressed in costumes. Let us living people bless them together and wish people in another world all their wishes come true and enjoy the happiness that this world has not had time to enjoy. Therefore, many local festivals in our country will hold activities such as offering sacrifices, chanting Buddha, sweeping graves, reviewing, enjoying flowers and fishing to celebrate.

On July 15, the gate of hell was wide open. Whether it's burning paper money to send blessings, holding daisies to mourn, offering sacrifices to ancestors on the Internet, or putting out river lanterns, today's living people miss the past and send blessings to their ancestors together. This is the spontaneity of human spirit, the extension of feelings and the most basic belief. And at the same time, "the living should cherish every day, not be ashamed of society and friends, and not be ashamed of their loved ones who have left forever." Because, one day we will meet them. At that time, you can proudly say that you are a hero on earth and a ghost hero in the underworld! "

Don't talk nonsense unless you know the legend of Halloween! Zhongyuan Festival, Buddha's Birthday Festival and Arahara Festival are traditional festivals in China cultural circle. Taoism calls it Zhongyuan Festival and officials' birthdays, while Buddhism calls it Buddha's Happy Day, Monks' Happy Day and Bonin Festival (referred to as Bonin Festival for short), commonly known as Ghost Festival and July and a half. There are related festivals in many areas of Chinese character cultural circle. The customs in modern times include Buddhist Happy Festival, Kasahara Festival, Taoist Mid-Autumn Festival, witchcraft and folk beliefs in East Asia.

The date of the festival is July 15th of the lunar calendar (in some places, especially in southern China, it is July 14th). After the Meiji Restoration in Japan, some areas changed the solar calendar to July 15, and some areas changed the solar calendar to August, which was close to the original date of the lunar calendar.

The customs in Chinese areas are mainly ancestor worship and ghost worship (also known as "good brothers"), which is called street clothing burning in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. In modern times, some people often regard Mid-Autumn Festival and Orchid Festival as weird ghost festivals. There are many taboos, such as not sticking to the wall, not moving in July, not getting married, and hanging clothes at midnight. However, some taboos, such as not going out at night, have no traditional cultural basis, because traditionally many official birthday sacrifices and celebrations are held at night, which is contrary to traditional customs.

Counting the legends of China's three major Halloween festivals, what are the taboos? Lunar July 15, also known as Mid-Autumn Festival.

Taoist festivals can correspond to traditional folk customs, mainly based on the same world view: the three realms of heaven, earth and water, deified as the three realms of government under the jurisdiction of heaven, earth and water officials, and the three realms of god, commonly known as the three realms of public. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty in China, Taoism in Shi Tian had integrated the pre-Taoist world outlook. After the first visit to the shrine, three officials will write calligraphy and throw it into the sky, the earth and the water respectively to express their remorse and pray for peace. After the development of the Six Dynasties, the three-day meeting was combined with the ternary thought. In the Tang Dynasty, the three-day meeting of Shangyuan, Zhongyuan and Xia Yuan was officially finalized and became a ternary festival to pray for Emperor Xuanyuan (Tai Shang Lao Jun and Lao Zi). The emperor led hundreds of officials to attend the festival ceremony. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, it has become a folk festival.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, Han people call it Shangyuan Festival to celebrate Yuanxiao, which has existed since ancient times. On July 15, the Han people called the Mid-Autumn Festival a festival to worship ancestors. 1October15th, the Han people call it the next yuan festival, which is a cold food to commemorate the sages.

* * * It is a traditional folk custom of the Han nationality to set off river lanterns and pray for blessings by Taoist priests in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Buddhism and Taoism have different interpretations of the significance of this festival. Taoism emphasizes filial piety; Buddhism, on the other hand, focuses on the "Purdue" of ghosts and ghosts released from the underworld.

Taoist festivals are divided into three times throughout the year (collectively referred to as Sanyuan), which is considered as another name for the three officials of heaven, earth and water. The 15th of the first month, the 15th of July and the 15th of October are the birthdays of the three officials respectively. According to the records of Five Magazine, the Daojing takes the 15th day of the first month as Shang Yuan, the 15th day of July as Zhong Yuan, and the 15th day of October as Xia Yuan. The fifteenth day of the first month is called Shangyuan, which is mainly a blessing ceremony. July 15 is called the central plains, which is used to forgive the sins of the dead. (Zhongyuan ceremony is to forgive the sins of the dead, but it can never be completely relieved, just mitigated. I hope they can rest in peace soon. ); 10 15 was called Xia Yuan, in order to alleviate the bad luck of those who were at fault. Taoism's "Three Official Classics of Taishang" says: God helps the people, the local officials forgive sins, the water officials release Eritrea, and all beings are under the water officials of heaven and earth. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Taoist temples such as the Fire Temple in Di 'anmen and the Baiyun Temple outside Xibianmen held a blessing and auspicious Dojo as usual to pray for good weather, peace and prosperity. Because of fear, people combine Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in their daily lives, which becomes the Mid-Autumn Festival in July 15 of the lunar calendar, and people call July the ghost month. [ 1]

After Buddhism was introduced, Buddhists recommended their ancestors according to a Buddhist ceremony in India. On this day, Buddhism also held a meeting to transcend Dharma, which was called ULLAMBANA (Indian word), that is, Menglan meeting. Dream orchid basin means hanging upside down. The pain of life is like a bat hanging upside down from a tree, which is very miserable. In order to save all living beings from the suffering of hanging upside down, we must recite scriptures and give ghosts food. This coincides with China's worship of the ghost moon, so the Mid-Autumn Festival and Menglan will be handed down at the same time. [2] There are many legends about Mid-Autumn Festival. The most important thing in Taoism is to practice. Remember that the Mid-Autumn Festival in mid-July, when local officials descended, good and evil on earth were decided. Taoist priests recite scriptures at night, and prisoners are free from hunger. Every year on the first day of the seventh lunar month, Yan Luowang opens the gate of hell, releasing a group of ghosts who are not worshipped and enjoying people's sacrifices among the dead. On the last day of July, these ghosts had to return to the underworld before the gate of hell closed again.

The bonihara Festival in Buddhism originated from the story of Mulian saving his mother, which came from the Tripitaka (Buddhism was introduced from India). The story of Manglietia Manglietia saving her mother: Among the disciples of Buddha, Manglietia Manglietia, the most powerful, misses her dead mother. With his magical power, he saw that his mother's greed was rewarded before her death, and after her death, she fell into evil spirits and lived a life without food. Mu Yulian used his divine power to turn it into food and gave it to his mother, but her mother did not change her greed. When she saw the food coming, she was afraid that other evil spirits would take her food. When the food is greedy, it immediately turns into charcoal and can't be swallowed. Although Mu Yulian has magical power, as the son of human beings, she can't save her mother, which is very painful. What about Buddha? Buddha said: July 15th is the last day of summer, full of dharma and goodness. On this day ... >>

The story of the origin of Ghost Festival comes from the story of Mu Lian saving his mother: "He who has a monk in his eyes has great strength. His mother fell into the hungry ghost road, and the food mouth turned into flames. Hunger was too bitter. Unable to save her mother, Manglietia asked the Buddha for advice. In order to talk about the Lanpen Sutra, he taught July 15 to be a Lanpen to save his mother. " It is said that at that time, after experiencing all kinds of hardships in the underworld, Manglietia met her dead mother Liu and found that she was tortured by a group of hungry ghosts. Manglietia tried to give her a bowl of vegetable rice, but the vegetable rice was taken away by the hungry ghost. Manglietia had to ask the Buddha for help. The Buddha was moved by Manglietia's filial piety and gave him the Lanjing. According to the instructions, Manglietia dedicated a rare fruit vegetarian meal to her mother on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month. The hungry mother finally got the food. Buddhists hold a grand "bonsai" every year to commemorate the filial piety of Manglietia, which is what we now call "Ghost Festival".

History of Halloween:

Grave-sweeping in Tomb-Sweeping Day is related to funeral customs. According to records, in ancient China, "tombs were not graves", that is to say, only graves were dug, and no graves were built, so there was no way to offer sacrifices to sweep them. Later, graves and graves, the custom of offering sacrifices to sweep graves, were supported. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, offering sacrifices to tombs has become an indispensable custom. "Once"? The Book of Ming Di quoted the official etiquette of the Han Dynasty as saying: "In ancient times, there was no tomb sacrifice, and Qin Shihuang slept next to the tomb, so Han remained unchanged. All tombs serve meals with gloom, hope, 24, dog days, society, wax and four o'clock. " The emperor is almost a festival. Ordinary officials and ordinary people don't have so much time and money, so Tomb-Sweeping Day gradually freezes in the 24 solar terms. At that time, the government will allow officials to take time off to offer sacrifices to sweep, and the people will also "go to their parents' graves for fields and roads, full of scholars and women, humble servants and beggars." "In the Tang Dynasty, the sweeping ceremony had combined cold food with Tomb-Sweeping Day. Bloom is warm in spring, so you can go to the grave with wine in your hand. Tomb-Sweeping Day is not only a ghost festival for sacrifice, but also a day for outing and entertainment.

From a secular point of view, the setting of these two ghost festivals is just right. Qingming coincides with the melting of snow and ice in the north. After rain erosion in autumn and winter and snow cover in winter, some loess on the tomb was washed down and became shorter and smaller. Sweep it with Qingming and add some soil to prevent the ancestors' houses from leaking and getting wet. July 15, beginning of autumn has passed, and the weather is getting colder and colder. It's time to add clothes. It's time to send some money to the underground ancestors to buy some clothes so as not to catch cold in winter.

What is the origin of Ghost Festival? The origin of the Ghost Festival in July and a half is the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is an important traditional festival in China, and falls on July 15 in the summer calendar every year. However, 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. First, the "Mid-Autumn Festival" of Taoism According to the cultural logic of Taoism, the time and space of a year should be divided into upper and lower yin and yang. Moreover, according to Taoism in China, the three basic elements for nurturing everything in the world are heaven, earth and water. Therefore, Taoism regards the first half of the year as a celestial official and the second half as a local official. What needs to be explained here is that the "official" mentioned here does not refer to the "official" of human officials, but refers to the fragments in the process of time and space flow, similar to the "official" in China Weiqi game. Taoism in China is mainly produced in the developed areas of agricultural civilization in China. Therefore, Taoism in China has always believed that heaven and earth are mysterious, everything is born on the earth, water is the foundation of life, and the earth contains water. That is to say, because China's agricultural civilization pays attention to the important role of soil and water in human beings, China's Taoist cultural concept has always contained the "ontology", "epistemology" and "methodology" of observing the world with the earth as the center. According to the Taoist worldview, Taoism is used to calling the fifteenth day of the first month of the year "Tianguan" (the first half of the year) and "Shangyuan Festival"; In the second half of the year, July 15th, the local official festival, was called "Mid-Autumn Festival". Because the earth contains water, water acts on the earth, so1October 15 in the second half of each year is "Xiayuan Festival". These three elements, namely, upper, middle and lower elements, constitute a systematic understanding of the trinity world of Taoism. Taoism in China is different from many religions in the world. Many religions in the world are the unity of god and man, or just like Christianity, they pay attention to the trinity of "Tao into flesh", which makes religious communicators often highly deified. The purpose of China's Taoist missionary work is very clear. Taoist communicators are not gods, but people. So Taoism teaches students in accordance with their aptitude. For people with high wisdom, the truth in Tao Te Ching is very clear; For those who lack wisdom or have little time to deeply reflect on their own moral and ethical construction, writing stories is to explain the truth. "Education through fun" is a missionary method originated from Taoism in China. The Mid-Autumn Festival of Taoism in China is actually a festival to spread morality and ethics, that is, to advocate people to pay attention to Xiu De on this day. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, people with thoughts and time will get together to study Laozi's Tao Te Ching, communicate with each other and reflect on themselves. For the general congregation, Taoism has created some stories of "entertaining through education". For example, in the invention of Taoism, a man named Chen Ziqi married the daughter of the Dragon King and gave birth to three children, namely, the "celestial officer, local officer and water officer" on the 15th of the first month, the 15th of July and the 15th of October. These "three officials" are in charge of the three tasks of human blessing, sin forgiveness and salvation respectively. They have infinite magic power, and they want to tour the world in these three days to check whether people's moral quality is good or bad. However, Taoism in China is a very tolerant religion, giving people the opportunity to change and renew themselves at any time. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is not only a festival of rewarding good and punishing evil, but also a festival of atonement. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also a confession festival and atonement festival in China. People who have committed crimes for one year can have various ceremonies on the Mid-Autumn Festival. Secondly, according to the Buddhist Orchid Festival, there was a man named Mulian who dreamed that his dead mother was reduced to a hungry ghost, so he sent his mother food, but he failed repeatedly. Manglietia told the Buddha about it, and the Buddha advised him to support the monks to do more good deeds in order to free his mother from the sins of the underworld. Manglietia made a basin on July 15 (Brahman means "saving upside down"), so Buddhist monks collectively recited scriptures for Manglietia's mother and freed her from her suffering. It can be seen that Buddhists' Boni Festival on July 15 has two meanings, one is to educate people to support religious monks, and the other is to educate people to do more good deeds to transcend the sins of their ancestors and advocate filial piety. Third, the folk "Ghost Festival" is called "Ghost Festival" on July 15th. This may be because people burn paper money and offer sacrifices to their ancestors from the first half of July to this month 15. This atmosphere of dialogue between man and soul leads people to say that ghost festivals are held. China >>