What festivals are the Upper, Middle and Lower Yuan Festivals?

The Upper, Middle and Lower Yuan Festivals are the Lantern Festival, the Ghost Festival and the Moon Festival.

1, the Lantern Festival

The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, also known as the "Lantern Festival", the Lantern Festival, is one of the traditional Chinese festivals. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, the ancients called the night for the "night", and the 15th is the first full moon night of the year, so the first month of the 15th for the Lantern Festival. It is also known as the Small New Year's Day, the Lantern Festival, or the Lantern Festival, and is the first major festival after the Spring Festival. Eating lanterns, enjoying lanterns and guessing riddles are a few important Lantern Festival folk customs.

2, Zhongyuan Festival

The Zhongyuan Festival is a Taoist saying that the 15th day of the month of January, July and October in ancient China was called Shangyuan, Zhongyuan and Xiaoyuan. Zhongyuan Festival, July 15 on the lunar calendar, the traditional Chinese folk festival "Zhongyuan Festival". In the south, it is also known as the "Ghost Festival", and it is also said to be celebrated on July 14th on the lunar calendar. On the day of the festival, people bring offerings and go to the graves to honor their ancestors, similar to going to the graves on the Qingming Festival.

3, the next Yuan Festival

The next Yuan Festival is a traditional Chinese folk festival, the fifteenth day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, also known as the "next Yuan Day", "next Yuan". On the fifteenth day of the first month, the Han Chinese call it the "Shangyuan Festival", which is a celebration of the Lantern Festival, and has been around since ancient times; on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the Han Chinese call it the "Zhongyuan Festival", which is a festival of ancestors; and on the fifteenth day of the tenth month, the Han Chinese call it the "Xiaoyuan Festival", which is a festival of ancestors. The Lower Yuan Festival is also the last Moon Festival of the year, in which people perform the most significant ancestor worship activities when the moon is full.