When is the next Lantern Festival? What are the customs?

Next Yuan Festival is a traditional folk festival in China, which falls on the 15th day of the 10th lunar month. Also known as "Xiayuan Day" and "Xiayuan Day".

The custom of the next Lantern Festival:

1, pray for the gods. From the evolution of sacrificial contents and objects, the Next Yuan Festival has been integrated into many sacrificial customs in agricultural production, and has become another agricultural festival to worship gods, pray for evil spirits and a bumper harvest.

2. Enjoy ancestor worship. Enjoying ancestor worship is not only the embodiment of ancestor belief, but also a prayer for ancestors to protect their descendants.

3. Eat seasonal food. On the day of the next Yuan Dynasty, villagers cooked rice cakes at home, presented them to relatives and friends, and steamed rotten buns. This is also the happiest day for rural children in the past. They can eat many fruit foods called "Fuyu" after the sacrifice.

4. Banquet. Next Yuan Day is one of the fasting dates stipulated in the Taoist fasting law. The methods of fasting can be roughly divided into two categories: one is slightly three, the other is fasting, the other is dieting, and the third is three hearts.

Extended data:

The origin of the next Yuan Festival is related to Taoism. There are three kinds of Taoist officials: heavenly officials, local officials, water officials and God bless the people. Local officials forgive sins and water conservancy officials relieve Eritrea. The dates of birth of these three officials are the 15th day of the first month, the 15th day of July and the 15th day of October of the lunar calendar, which are called Shangyuan Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Xiayuan Festival. The next Yuan Festival is the day when the officials of the Ministry of Water Affairs and the Emperor Gu solved the city, commonly known as the Day.

On this day, as a Dojo, the Taoist temple offered sacrifices to the dead and prayed for the next Yuan Dynasty water official to solve the problem. In ancient times, the imperial court had regulations prohibiting slaughter and delaying the execution date of death penalty. In addition, in the folk, there is also the custom of folk craftsmen offering sacrifices to the furnace god on the next Yuan Festival. The furnace god is the too old gentleman, probably from the Taoist furnace alchemy.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-next yuan festival