The Mid-Autumn Festival in Lijiang, Yunnan, also known as the Jiangdeng Festival, is a day for people to worship their ancestors and pray for blessings. Why do they light river lights?

Lantern Festival is a traditional folk festival of Hezhe nationality. Hezhe people, who have been fishing for generations, set off river lanterns every July 15 of the lunar calendar to offer sacrifices to the river gods, in order to pray for a safe harvest for the people.

At night, every household will put river lanterns made of red paper, candles, boards and other materials into the Wusuli River. Small lights swimming on the river, colorful fireworks and blazing flames on the shore make the lotus fragrance on the river colorful, brightly lit and filled with festive atmosphere everywhere. People dance the national dance around the bonfire-Winkini. Express your best wishes.

The 15th day of the seventh lunar month is a traditional festival in China. It is gradually evolved from "Yulan Festival" and "Zhongyuan Festival", also known as "Ghost Festival". This is a traditional day for China to pay homage to his ancestors.

As the saying goes: "In July and a half, ghosts go ashore, set off river lanterns, burn incense and hold candles to offer sacrifices to the river god". Which means today. The 13th to 14th day of the seventh lunar month is a traditional festival for people of all ethnic groups in Ziyuan County, which is 0/07km away from Guilin/KLOC. Whenever festivals come, Han, Yao and Miao compatriots commemorate their ancestors with traditional customs with strong folk customs.

According to legend, from July 1st every year, the Prince of Yan ordered the gate of hell to be opened wide. Let those ghosts who suffer all the year round and are imprisoned in hell get out of hell, get a short wandering and enjoy human blood. So people call July a ghost month. This month is considered unlucky, neither getting married nor moving. In the past, on this night, people would prepare some dishes, wine, rice, gold and silver clothes and paper to worship ghosts and gods other than their ancestors.

Legend has it that all wandering ghosts are looking forward to this day, crossing the dark river and reincarnating in the lotus lanterns put by their relatives. It seems that the road to the world of death is dark, and light is needed to find their way, so river lanterns have become the most important sacrificial activity on this day, and people will put them on this day to cross the lost soul between Yin and Yang.