Are there any traditional customs for the Chinese New Year Festival? How to celebrate the Mid-Yuan Festival?

The Day of the River Lantern, ancestors, but also organized activities to pray for a good harvest, the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar every year is China's traditional festival of the Day of the River Lantern, folklore is commonly known as the Ghost Festival, the legend says that this day will be the netherworld will open the door of the ghosts, ghosts in the netherworld will be released to accept the sacrifices, and the people of the Yangwang will be prepared for the rich offerings to pay tribute to the deceased, in addition to this, the Day of the River Lantern is in fact a very In addition to the traditional customs, this day will also hold a variety of grand prayers type of activities.

One of them is the release of river lanterns.

In recent years our country strongly advocate civilized worship, not allowed to burn paper money, etc., so that both clean and hygienic but also to protect the environment, so more and more people are choosing other ways to send their condolences, put the river lamps is one of the very good choice, river lamps are a wide range of types, styles and exquisite, but also in the river lamps within the write down a good wish or want to say something to their loved ones, floating river lamps bear such a good The river lamps will carry such a good wish to go forward.

The second is to worship ancestors.

July 15 is a big day of worship, in addition to releasing the river lanterns, but also to organize a grand ceremony, will be home to the ancestors of the platoon solemnly taken out to be enshrined in front of the table, and then will be prepared for a rich offering, such as pigs, cows, goats, etc., morning, noon and night each worship once, when the whole family to participate in it, the worship of the ancestors to silently examine their own year to review their own behavior, whether there is not sound, and then pray for the ancestors to bless the next family members. Afterwards, we pray for the ancestors to bless the family to be safe and healthy in the next year.

Third, pray for a good harvest.

Every year on this day, in addition to the rituals will also organize other activities, such as organizing dragon and lion dances to pray for the next year's wind and rain. And in the evening period, every family will be in front of the house incense sticks on behalf of next year's sowing, the more incense sticks on behalf of next year's sowing the more smooth stand, will be a good harvest. In addition to some special areas in this day there is an uncle to nephews send sheep custom, which is derived from the story of Erlang Shen and Shenxiang, Shenxiang after the rescue of his mother and Erlang Shen and make up for the first time, and then send sheep to indicate that the two families will always end of the good.