When is July 30?

"July 30th" was originally an ancient folk festival to worship ancestors, but it was called "Central Plains Festival" and originated from Taoism after the Eastern Han Dynasty. Buddhism calls July and a half the "Kasahara Festival". In a sense, the ancestor worship festival in July and a half belongs to folk customs, the Mid-Autumn Festival belongs to Taoism, and the Arahara Festival belongs to Buddhism.

Sacrificing ancestors on July 14 and 15 are traditional cultural festivals popular in countries with Chinese character culture circle and overseas Chinese areas. On this day, through pious sacrificial activities, I expressed my feelings of pursuing the future with caution. New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Chung Yeung Festival are traditional festivals for Chinese people to worship their ancestors.

Chinese custom

Hebei: Botou City and Nanpi County carried fruits, bacon, wine and money to their ancestral graves on July 15. It is called "recommending new things" to hold a hemp valley to a field stalk. The Mid-Autumn Festival in Guangping County offers fresh food to worship ancestors, and prepares fruits and vegetables and steamed sheep for grandchildren, which is called "sending sheep". On July 15, Qinghe County went to the grave to pay a sacrifice and offer steamed sheep to her daughter.

Shanxi: Scholars in Yonghe County sacrifice Kuixing on this day. The shepherd family in Zhangzi County slaughtered sheep in the Mid-Autumn Festival, competing with the gods. It is said that this can increase the output of sheep. Meat is also given to relatives, while those who are poor and have no sheep use steamed noodles in the shape of sheep instead. Farmers in Yangcheng county make cats, tigers and grains from wheat crumbs and sacrifice them in the fields, which is called "going to the fields".

Henan: In Shangqiu County, when the Central Plains worships local officials, a paper flag is hung at the door, which is said to prevent insects. Flying kites during Mid-Autumn Festival in Mengjin County. Jia county drew a gray circle in front of the door on July 15, and burned paper in the circle to worship the ancestors.