How many days is July and a half?

On what day does July 30th start and end? What day does July 30th end?

July 30 begins at 0: 00 on July 15 and ends at 24: 00 on July 15. Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as "Orchid Festival", is a fixed festival on July 15th of the lunar calendar every year (in some places, especially in southern China, it is July 14th), and some places are also commonly known as Ghost Festival and Shigu.

When the gate of hell opens.

The gate of hell opened in early July and closed on July 30.

In the traditional culture of China, the seventh month of the lunar calendar is a "ghost month". The first day of July is the first day of the "Death Gate". From the first day of July when the door of death was opened to the 30th when it was closed, there were many homeless ghosts when the ghosts of the underworld returned to the deceased to reunite with their relatives. Homeless ghosts in the underworld will flock to the dead and wander anywhere where people can find food. So how much paper money do you have to give them so as not to be too angry?

But it was not until July 14 that the gate of hell was opened, and it continued until July 15, and then it was slowly closed until July 30.

The custom of ghost festival in July and a half

1. ancestor worship: to remember ancestors and worship local officials. The dead will prepare rich sacrifices, burn incense and paper and worship these ancestors from the underworld.

2. River lanterns: River lanterns are also called "lotus lanterns" and "water lanterns", which are generally paper-pasted or origami lotus flowers. Put a small candle or oil lamp on the base, and let it drift in rivers, lakes and seas on Mid-Autumn Festival night to illuminate the way home of the deceased.

3. Pray for a bumper harvest: Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching the autumn harvest season. In addition to offering sacrifices to lonely souls, it also undertakes the task of praying for a bumper harvest. On the night of Shigu, every household will burn incense at home to pray for a bumper harvest of rice and put incense on the ground. This is called "planting rice" (transplanting rice). The more you plant, the better, which symbolizes the bumper harvest of rice in autumn.

4. Burning lanterns: There are two ways to put lanterns on Ghost Festival. One is to take your bad luck as far away as possible. At this time, it is very taboo for other people's sky lanterns to fall in their own places. If they fall, they must be released again. Secondly, every family wants their dead ancestors to enter the Elysium, and putting lanterns on Halloween is to illuminate the way for ancestors to ascend to the Elysium.

5. Making eggplant cakes: According to some old people, there is an old custom of making eggplant cakes in the South of the Yangtze River during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Some big families should make more and give them to relatives. The main purpose of eggplant cake is "serving". After serving, adults and children will share it to avoid waste. Fried eggplant cake, shaped like a half moon, with fluffy and crisp skin and delicious stuffing, is also an attractive food.

6. Eat Duck: On the Mid-Autumn Festival on July 15th of the lunar calendar, many places in the country will choose to eat duck. It turns out that "duck" means "pressure", which is homophonic. Eating ducks is to crush ghosts. As for how to eat, you can do it according to your own preferences. As a "duck capital", the way ducks eat is self-evident and varied. On Halloween, you might as well "chop a duck" to suppress evil spirits.