Only China people burn paper money? What about foreigners? Is there a similar custom?

Like China, every country in the world has a day to pay homage to the deceased relatives and friends every year. We can also call it the foreign "Tomb-Sweeping Day".

Kogasawara Festival in Japan

In Japan, the "Orchid Festival" is a grand event second only to New Year's Day. According to legend, in order to rescue the mother trapped on the road of hungry ghosts, according to Buddhist teachings, every year on July 15 (lunar calendar), all kinds of food are offered as offerings. This activity was very popular in ancient India and China, but it began in the Japanese Asuka period and then spread widely. It's about August of Gregorian calendar 13, and every household has set up a shrine to light the fire of the soul, which has become a unique activity in Japan to pay homage to the ancestors.

Japan attaches great importance to the "Orchid Festival", and institutions, factories, mines, organizations and enterprises will have a three-day holiday during the festival to organize sacrificial activities. Activities in rural areas are more lively. Every family goes to the cemetery to worship their ancestors, and those who can't come back to worship their ancestors will also entrust others to pay homage. Students have summer vacation in August, and people who leave their hometown to work in other places also use this time to go back to their hometown and reunite with their families. Because all the people in the city returned to the countryside during the "Kasahara Festival", it can be described as a "great national movement", which made big cities such as Tokyo really seem a little deserted.

"Kasahara Festival" is naturally indispensable to Kasahara dance. It has changed from expressing people's joy in getting rid of suffering to a folk dance with local ethnic characteristics. On a warm summer night, with the drums, the whole village danced in a big circle, which was very lively. They used this unique way to comfort the dead and cherish the happy life in front of them, which became a unique cultural landscape in Japan.

"Martyrs Day" in Syria

Syria is located in West Asia, bordering Turkey in the north, Iraq in the east, Jordan in the south, Lebanon and Israel in the southwest and the Mediterranean Sea in the west. Syria has a history of more than 4,000 years. It was conquered and ruled by the Roman Empire, the army of Khalifa Arabia, the Egyptian Ma Mruck Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire for a long time. It was not until September 28th 196 1 that Syria broke away from the United Arab Republic and re-established the Syrian Arab Republic.

May 6th in early summer every year is a legal holiday stipulated by the Syrian government, also known as Martyrs' Day. On this day, various commemorative activities will be held all over the country, offering wreaths to the martyrs' memorial, sweeping graves for martyrs and expressing condolences to their families. On the night of the festival, Syrian government officials will also hold a special dinner for the relatives of martyrs to comfort those martyrs who fought bloody battles in history and sacrificed heroically for the motherland.

The Day of the Dead in Poland

Poland is located in the northeast of Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea in the north. Polish is the official language. Most residents believe in Catholicism. The Republic of China was founded on July 22, 1944. 1949 65438+1established diplomatic relations with China on October 7th. When it comes to Poland, people naturally think of Chopin and Madame Curie. Chopin is a great composer and pianist that Poles are proud of. Madame Curie is the first female scientist in the world to win the Nobel Prize twice.

Every June/KOOC-0/65438+/KOOC-0/October/KOOC-0/day, Poland holds a "Day of the Dead" to mourn the dead. On this day, people will take their children and their families to the cemetery to pay homage to their dead ancestors and relatives. When worshipping, the elderly light candles and let their children respectfully offer them, which can not only remember the deceased, but also educate future generations not to forget their ancestors and relatives.

"Mourning Day" in Tanzania

Tanzania, located in the east of Africa, south of the equator, is a country that believes in primitive fetishism, Catholicism and Islam. Dar es Salaam, its capital, is one of the cradles of ancient mankind. In order to mourn the martyrs who died for their country, the Tanzanian people set September 2 as the "mourning day" every year. On this day, people consciously and voluntarily came to the cemetery to offer flowers to sweep the grave. Even the national leaders visited the cemetery of the martyrs cemetery and participated in the sweeping activities devoutly. Some people also came to the monument in Independence Square to lay a wreath to express their grief for the martyrs.

Mexican "Tomb-Sweeping Day"

Mexico's "Tomb-Sweeping Day", also known as "Day of the Dead", originated from the activities of Colombians to commemorate their ancestors, and gradually became a * * * festival for many ethnic groups in Mexico. Every year from 1 to 1 1.2, every family in Mexico is busy paying homage to the dead. In the afternoon or evening, they specially prepared "bread for the dead", candy bars in the shape of skulls, food loved by deceased relatives, tobacco and alcohol, and went to the cemetery as sacrifices. After the sacrificial ceremony, the whole family spread a tablecloth in front of their loved ones' graves, then sat on the floor and lit candles. People are eating, drinking, singing and dancing in strange clothes and masks of people, animals, gods and ghosts, and finally * * * eat sacrifices, drink pug wine and leave; Or wake for an old friend, or even stay up all night. The time for sweeping graves varies from place to place in Mexico, some during the day and some at night.

France's "All Souls Festival"

France's "All Souls' Day", also known as "All Hallows Festival" and "Holy Spirit Festival", is one of the Christian festivals, and the date is 10/day 1 every year. On this day, France has a national holiday 1 day. At first, this festival was just to commemorate the martyrs, and later it gradually expanded to commemorate all the saved "saints". The folk custom is that people go to the cemetery to pay homage to their deceased relatives or to remember the martyrs who died for their country. French grave sweepers mainly offer flowers, mostly chrysanthemums, and rarely see pine, cypress and white paper flowers used in the East. This day is equivalent to Tomb-Sweeping Day in China. Every year, the Paris Commune Monument and dozens of anti-fascist monuments, which are not far from the Paris cemetery, are the places with the largest number of mourners, and flowers dedicated to the martyrs are all around the monuments.

America's "Memorial Day"

"Memorial Day" is a holiday to be commemorated in most American states. It was originally May 30th, but later many states changed it to the last Monday in May.

In the American Civil War, countless soldiers were killed in the war. At the end of the war, in order to pay tribute to the soldiers who died in the war, both north and south, they presented flowers to the graves of the dead on both sides in spring, which they regarded as a symbol of national unity. Today, it has become a national memorial day, and its significance is very similar to that of Tomb-Sweeping Day in China. At first, people only paid homage to all the war victims on "Memorial Day", and later it gradually evolved into a general family to pay homage to their deceased relatives. Every Memorial Day, American servicemen and veterans have to queue up to go to the cemetery, especially Arlington National Cemetery. People put many crosses on the beach. While offering wreaths to the martyrs, they also fired guns at the sky to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers, and blew out the lights in the army to let the fallen soldiers rest in peace.