What are the origins and customs of Mid-Autumn Festival?

The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is that the Mid-Autumn Festival originated from Taoism, and later Buddhism was changed to what is now commonly known as Ghost Festival. In Hindi, Orchid Festival means hanging upside down, which means that the mother of Mulian, the top ten disciple of Sakyamuni, suffered from hunger after her death and could not eat. Customs include burning paper and praying for Buddha to cross over.

Ghost Festival, also known as Zhongyuan Festival, originated from Buddhist bonsai. According to legend, before Sakyamuni's disciple Mulian Venerable became a monk, his parents died and he missed his mother very much. After getting the word, he opened his eyes and found his mother in hell. I found that his mother had fallen into the hungry ghost road, and the food entrance turned into a flame. Hunger was too bitter. Unable to save her mother, Manglietia asked the Buddha for advice to save her mother. The Buddha was moved by Manglietia's filial piety and gave him the orchid flowerpot Buddhist scriptures.

According to the instructions, Master Venerable Mulian and monks provided food and vegetarian food to all living beings in hell on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month to save their mothers. So Buddhists have a grand "bonsai" every year, which is what we call "Ghost Festival".

The significance of Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival. Festivals need to be passed down. Inheriting the Mid-Autumn Festival is conducive to promoting Chinese culture. Ancestor worship is a form of inheritance of China culture, which has the most far-reaching influence. The Mid-Autumn Festival carries rich and colorful folk culture, and carrying forward the Mid-Autumn Festival is to inherit Chinese culture. The Mid-Autumn Festival is conducive to promoting the culture of filial piety.

In China culture, both Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism advocate filial piety. Confucianism says that "filial piety of all virtues comes first", and folk ancestor worship naturally lies in inheriting written law and promoting filial piety. The purpose of the Buddhist Bonsai Society is also to save the mother, and Taoist officials also stress filial piety. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival ancestor worship is also to promote the culture of filial piety.

Inheriting the Mid-Autumn Festival is conducive to preserving and maintaining the characteristics of our Chinese nation. The competition in 2 1 century is not only the competition of science and technology and resources, but also the competition of culture. Without national characteristics, culture will lose in the competition, so remember your own culture.