How much do you know about the customs of Zhongyuan Festival in Laiwu, Shandong?

The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month every year, which is a traditional folk festival in China. There is a custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors on the occasion of festivals everywhere. In Laiwu, Shandong Province, the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is the most important festival in a year, second only to the Spring Festival, and its grand degree even surprises many foreigners. Then today's calendar will introduce the custom of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Laiwu, Shandong.

It is said that Shandong people attach great importance to the concept of "home". Indeed, compared with the Mid-Autumn Festival in other places, the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month in Laiwu is more like Thanksgiving, which is not only a favor to worship ancestors, but also a good opportunity to establish a good family style.

In folklore, the gate of hell opens on the Lantern Festival, and a group of ghosts go out for a carnival. It is an unlucky festival with a heavy yin, but in Laiwu, people regard it as an important festival to sacrifice ancestors and reunite relatives and friends, which can be compared with the grand Spring Festival.

In ancient times, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, if the wanderers in Laiwu were too far away from home to come back, they would send a letter from home to express their nostalgia for their families and pay homage to their ancestors. Today, if Laiwu's children are too far away from home, they will not come back for some time. They will definitely call to say hello, and those who are close will take time off to go home.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, according to Laiwu's custom, every family should present a table of dining tables and invite the family to worship their ancestors, and paper money and ingots are also indispensable. In the afternoon, after burning incense for the last time, I will send my family to my home. The elders in the family will lead the whole family to burn incense and paper outside, set off firecrackers and pray for God to bless the whole family and let their souls rest in peace.

Because of this grand custom, Laiwu in Mid-Autumn Festival is deserted as soon as it gets dark, and most shops are closed, making it difficult for foreigners to find restaurants to eat. In addition, there is a taboo in Laiwu, that is, a daughter married on July 15 of the lunar calendar can't go back to her parents' home, and if she does, her parents will be unhappy.

Every Mid-Autumn Festival, Laiwu people, whether rich or poor, should prepare snacks, drinks and paper money to pay homage to the deceased to show their nostalgia for the deceased ancestors. The Mid-Autumn Festival is usually seven days, and there are old and new people. Those who die within three years are called new deaths, and those who died three years ago are called old deaths. It is said that the old and new dead will go home to see them during this time, and the time when the old and new dead come back is different. The newly dead return first, and the old dead return later. So it is necessary to visit the shrine alone.

In some places, ancestors are worshipped before dark in the afternoon. The time to burn paper money is at night. Sprinkle a few circles of lime in the yard first, saying that paper money is burned in the circle, and ghosts dare not rob it, and then burn it in piles. When burning, I kept chanting: "So-and-so will get the money." Finally, we have to burn a pile outside the circle, saying it is for ghosts. On the day when the deceased goes back, both rich and poor people should cook a good meal to commemorate the deceased, which is also called "seeing the deceased off".

In some places, it is the early morning of the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, so please invite the family first. That is to say, sacrifice the ancestral tablets and put fresh fruits for the ancestors to use. Apples, grapes, begonia and watermelons filled the table, and later, all kinds of vegetables, chicken, duck, fish and fragrant wine were burned all day.

At night, every household sets off firecrackers and burns ancestral tablets in secret money, which means sending ancestors back, that is, to the family hall, and then the whole family gets together to talk about the harvest and mood in the past six months. Speaking of late at night, they are affectionate and reluctant to part. On this night, the traffic in Laiwu will be particularly busy.

In some places, no one is invited to the Mid-Autumn Festival, but a sacrificial table must be set at home before sunset at night to burn paper money for ancestors. While burning, you should say, "So-and-so ancestor, I hope you won't suffer there ..." or "So-and-so immortal, give you some money to bless our family ..." Those who have children at home or are still at school will deliberately burn more money to Master Wenchang.

The Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month is not only a memory and commemoration for ancestors, but also a blessing for a better life. Now, the Mid-Autumn Festival of Laiwu people has also incorporated many modern elements, and the festival customs are more colorful, which has become a way for people to remember their ancestors, inherit culture and express their blessings for a better life now.

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