Can I celebrate my birthday in the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Mid-Autumn Festival is just a traditional ancestor worship festival in China, which can be a normal birthday.

Zhongyuan Festival is the name of Taoism, which is called July 30, July 14 and ancestor worship festival in folklore, and the festival in Buddhism is called Orchid Festival. Festival customs mainly include offering sacrifices to ancestors, setting off river lanterns, offering sacrifices to the dead, burning paper ingots, and offering sacrifices to places. "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".

People believe that ancestors will go home to visit their descendants in July and a half, so they need to worship their ancestors. This kind of ancestor worship is the embodiment of the traditional ethics of being cautious and pursuing the future, and it is also the cultural tradition of thanking ancestors. In fact, the Mid-Autumn Festival is just a traditional ancestor worship festival in China, which can be celebrated normally. However, if you are afraid of any taboos, you can also celebrate your birthday one day in advance or make up for it later. Generally speaking, you don't have to be too taboo.

The origin of the Mid-Autumn festival

This festival originated from the "July and a half" harvest in early autumn to worship ancestors. The birth of "July 30" can be traced back to ancient ancestor worship and harvest festival. In ancient times, people often relied on the blessing of the gods to obtain a bumper harvest in agriculture. Worship ancestors in spring, summer, autumn and winter, but the "autumn flavor" in early autumn is very important. Autumn is the harvest season. People hold ceremonies to offer sacrifices to ancestors' souls, first offering the best seasonal products to the gods, and then tasting the fruits of these labors themselves, hoping for a good harvest in the coming year.

"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. Taoism has a "ternary theory", and the name of "Zhongyuan" comes from "Heaven officials bless Yuan, local officials forgive sins in Yuan, and water officials slow down in Yuan". Buddhism calls July and a half the "Kasahara Festival". In the Tang Dynasty, the rulers respected Taoism, and the Taoist Mid-Autumn Festival became popular, and gradually fixed the "Mid-Autumn Festival" as the name of the festival, which was set on July 15 and has continued to this day.