What does Mid-Autumn Festival mean? July 15 Ghost Festival or July 30th.

Mid-Autumn Festival and Cultural Heritage of China Festival

On the 14th day of the seventh lunar month (July 15th i

What does Mid-Autumn Festival mean? July 15 Ghost Festival or July 30th.

Mid-Autumn Festival and Cultural Heritage of China Festival

On the 14th day of the seventh lunar month (July 15th in some places), Taoism is called Zhongyuan Festival, Buddhism is called Yulan Festival, and folk custom is called Ghost Festival, also called Day of the Dead and Half Moon Festival. Known as Kogasawara Festival, Buddhists hold Kogasawara Festival to recommend their ancestors. The Orchid Sutra in Buddhist scriptures aims at cultivating filial piety and inspiring Buddhist disciples, which is in line with the belief of pursuing the first and mourning for distant places in our country, so it is becoming more and more popular. The name of "Central Plains" originated from the Northern Wei Dynasty, and ancestor worship activities were widely carried out on the Central Plains Festival. No matter rich or poor, we should prepare food, wine and paper money to pay homage to the deceased to show our memory of the deceased ancestors. Of course, celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival is not only for worshipping the dead relatives, but also for Buddhists, it is a day to commemorate Mu Lian and praise his filial piety.

"Every inch of acacia has become a tear, and the voice of sadness and joy makes you cry wet. I can't wake up in my dreams, and my children and grandchildren dare not try again. " Mid-Autumn Festival is a big day for China people to sacrifice their dead relatives and mourn their ancestors in a year. Monks, Taoists and mediocrities have different interpretations of the significance of this festival. Every time Buddhists meet this festival, there will be a grand orchid festival. According to Zhu Fahu's translation of the Buddhist Sutra of Menglan Pot in the Western Jin Dynasty, they will hold Buddhist ceremonies beyond those recommended by their ancestors to commemorate Mu Lian's filial piety and emphasize it. Taoism focuses on "sailing the sea with kindness"; "Taoist Collection" contains: "On the day of the mid-Yuan Dynasty, local officials collected and selected people to distinguish good from evil ... They recited classics, ten sages and Qi Yongling's articles day and night. When the prisoner was hungry, he was relieved. " Most people miss their loved ones on this festival and place good wishes for the future.

"The crimson festival floats in the palace, and the pilgrimage in the middle of the Yuan Dynasty." China used to call Mid-Autumn Festival Ghost Month, which means that the gate of the ghost gate is always closed this month, and July 14 is the heaviest day of Ghost Month. According to legend, at midnight that day, the gates of hell were opened, the ghosts of the underworld would be released, and all the ghosts could travel on the earth. The owner goes home, the owner wanders around, and wanders to places where anyone can find food. When people stay in the wild, they will see the wonders of ghosts walking at night: ghosts come from Naihe Bridge, and they light red lanterns to lead them to the long-lost Yang world. Therefore, the southern region has the custom of Purdue on this day. People hold "Purdue" by chanting scriptures and other things in order to cross over ordinary ghosts, fearing that they are a disaster on earth, or praying for ghosts to help cure diseases and protect the safety of their homes.

Legend has it that at the end of the Song Dynasty, when people were preparing for the festival, Yuan soldiers suddenly invaded and had to mention the day before to sacrifice their ancestors, so the festival was advanced. On this day, people take sacrifices to the graves to pay homage to their ancestors, similar to Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping. In feudal times, local officials also ordered monks and Taoist priests in temples to set up a lonely soul Dojo to pay homage to the dead soldiers.

"Dojo Purdue ghosts and gods, the original Languyi. However, it is strange that the red plaque is attached to the door, and the meat mountain wine sea celebrates the Central Plains. " The custom of ancestor worship in Mid-Autumn Festival is quite common in Shandong. They usually go to the grave to worship their ancestors in the afternoon. The diet is usually steamed buns, jiaozi and steamed bread, and seasonal fruits such as apples, watermelons, grapes and pears are eaten after meals. Eat stir-fried cabbage, shallots mixed with tofu, mushroom soup and other rough tea and light rice. Lingxian County is the only place that makes an exception and calls the Mid-Autumn Festival the Drunk Festival. In old Beijing, there are also activities or customs such as shipbuilding, putting on lotus lanterns, playing lotus lanterns, offering sacrifices to ancestors and singing "Xing Jing Xi".

The most lively is Purdue. During Purdue, sacrifices will be placed on the altar in front of every house, and paper lanterns will be hung under the eaves to illuminate the road, so that ghosts can find a place to support. Usually, the temple is the center, and nearby residents bring sacrifices to worship in the temple. Water discharge lamp activity. This is a unique activity near the port, aiming at the ghosts in the water. Because when we get to the seaside, people often drown or crew members get off the boat and encounter unfortunate situations, so besides ghosts on land, we should also take care of those in the water. The most famous Lantern Festival in Taiwan Province Province is Keelung, which attracts a large number of tourists every year. Robbing orphans. That is to say, in some places in Taiwan Province Province, the activity of robbing orphans became popular in the mid-Yuan Dynasty. The orphan shed consists of four pillars coated with butter. Participants were divided into four teams and climbed up the orphan shed from four directions. On the top of the orphan shed, there are sacrifices on all sides, and the team that grabs it first wins. This activity has become the most important activity in Shantou, attracting many tourists.

As we all know, there are eight important traditional festivals in China, namely Shangyuan (Lantern Festival), Qingming, Long Summer, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Winter Solstice and New Year's Eve. "Sacrifice to ancestors.

China people have been walking for a long time, and they are famous at home and abroad, unparalleled in the world and passed down from generation to generation. "The Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Mid-Autumn Festival are traditional sacrificial days for China people, expressing people's feelings of cautious pursuit of the future. During the Spring Festival in ancient China, the government and people held solemn and pious sacrificial activities to repay the kindness of heaven and earth.

Feel the gratitude of our ancestors. Tomb-Sweeping Day is similar to the Central Plains, and its content is ancestor worship. People hold sacrifices in spring and autumn to remember and thank their ancestors, because filial piety and sacrifice have been integrated in China.

Facing the sea, spring blossoms. Yes, whether you are an ordinary person or a saint, no matter how terrible and heroic you live, you will die. If you leave this world, you will never have any information. I'm sorry. In the countryside, we often hear about the possession of ghosts. In the eyes of many people, this is superstition, but it is best not to be categorical, because some things are really unclear. Many people wish there were ghosts in the world. How I wish there was no pain and no disaster in that unknown world.

In today's increasingly integrated world economy, adhering to national culture has almost become a belief. The long-standing cultural customs and remains of a nation and a region are the foundation and driving force for the development of this nation and this region, reflecting the unique way of thinking and cultural value. "Yes, culture is a symbol of national identity. Without its own culture, a nation will lose itself in the tide of globalization. How to inherit and carry forward the traditional festival culture in modern social life has increasingly become a realistic problem that people pay attention to.

Time is selfless, and history is ruthless. Undoubtedly, although traditional festivals are of great significance, it is a severe social reality that they are quietly disappearing. Foreign festivals are flourishing in China, but traditional festivals are deserted. In particular, young people's enthusiasm for foreign festivals far exceeds that of traditional festivals, such as Valentine's Day and Christmas Carnival. In fact, they don't know that Tanabata in China is our traditional Valentine's Day and Lantern Festival is our domestic carnival.

"A person is a stranger in a foreign land and misses his relatives on holidays." There are many traditional festivals in China, which are an indispensable part of the splendid China culture. This not only inherits the living habits and national psychology of the Chinese nation, but also is the cultural "symbol" and symbol of the Chinese nation. Chinese traditional festivals contain rich educational resources, condense the national spirit of the Chinese nation, and are an important spiritual link to safeguard national unity, national unity and social harmony. They play a great role in demonstrating patriotism in the historical process of building a well-off society in an all-round way and building a harmonious socialist society, and have the functions of carrying forward patriotism and enhancing national cohesion. It has the functions of harmony and unity, pursuing peace and promoting harmony, and has the functions of diligence, courage and initiative. Diligence, courage and self-improvement are the important contents of Chinese excellent national spirit, and traditional festivals are the carriers of national culture, which fully demonstrate the Chinese national spirit. Therefore, carrying forward the traditional festival culture is an inevitable requirement for building a harmonious socialist society and an inevitable choice for building an advanced socialist culture. We should learn from it seriously, be good at developing and utilizing rich traditional festival resources, and persistently cultivate and carry forward the great Chinese national spirit.

First, we should strengthen education. Russian educator ushinski said: "The most basic way of human education is faith, and only faith can affect faith." . Traditional festivals and customs should be protected according to the standards of intangible cultural heritage, and traditional festivals and cultural education should run through the whole process of education. Schools should offer traditional culture courses, whether written by the people or by the education authorities, and greatly increase the content of China ancient culture collection, so that students can clearly understand the ins and outs of traditional festivals and cultures, and through education, let them feel warm and respectful about their traditional festivals. By feeling the profoundness of Chinese excellent traditional culture embodied in traditional festivals, they can make.

Second, we should vigorously publicize it. Construct the education system of traditional festivals and fully develop the comprehensive functions of traditional festivals in material, spiritual, cultural, entertainment and aesthetic aspects. The government and the media should strengthen the publicity, packaging and innovation of traditional festivals, vigorously explore and carry forward the rich humanistic spirit and cultural heritage contained in traditional festivals in China, and make traditional festivals adapt to modern lifestyles.

The third is to innovate the carrier and form, enrich the connotation and enhance the attraction of traditional festivals. Actively participate in traditional festival culture, re-recognize traditional culture through various ways, and enhance the awareness of protecting national traditional culture. By understanding traditional culture, we can know how our predecessors and ancestors thought, what kind of life they lived at each stage and what new changes and developments have taken place in modern society.

Fourth, establish a "festival-holding" mechanism advocated by the government and independently by the people, and establish the idea of "festival-holding" mainly in market towns and supplemented by "festival-holding" in rural areas, combine protection, inheritance and innovation, integrate traditional folk culture with eco-tourism resources, and combine the inheritance and development of traditional folk festival culture with the cultivation of modern festival culture.

In short, with the deepening of global economic integration and cultural exchanges between the East and the West, people's ideas and lifestyles are increasingly westernized, and even traditional festivals closely related to China people's daily life are in danger of being replaced by foreign festivals, which directly threaten the maintenance and inheritance of our national culture. We don't object to the younger generation celebrating foreign festivals, but we have the responsibility to guide the younger generation to live their own festivals. To rebuild China's festival culture, we should pay attention to the innovation from concept to form, strengthen the excellent cultural tradition of the Chinese nation, keep pace with the times, absorb and integrate the lively and humorous elements of foreign festivals, and pay attention to communication and humanistic care.

Time is a golden river, don't let it slip gently at your fingertips. How time flies! It's already July and a half. Today is not an ordinary day. The traditional festival number is the Central Plains. Anyone who knows the name of the Central Plains is fresh, and it is called Ghost Festival in July and a half. The flowers in the garden are my love, and the lively Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. Dancing with a smart card is the most swinging, and having a happy guy is the most enjoyable. Come with all kinds of happiness, and take this opportunity to hi together. It is my expectation to let the happy ghost hold hands with you. It is the most heroic to say loudly that the unlucky ghost will go away. You are like the most beautiful cloud. Let me leave my blessing to you and sing the most dazzling Halloween wind. Mid-Autumn Festival will be happy!

Mid-Autumn Festival, the taste of missing, sending feelings to mountains and rivers, establishing true feelings, precipitating the color of liberation from happiness, always accompanying; Good wishes, condensed into starlight, flashing memories, reflecting the days of intoxication and blessing, embellished from time to time. Send a happy ghost to you to teach you the road to success: whether you are a ghost or not, there is no distinction between "ghost" and "ghost" at work. As long as you persist and the "ghost" is working hard, you will definitely become a "ghost" with great wealth.

I wish all China people in the world a happy and sweet Mid-Autumn Festival!

Author: Chen Yingfeng (column)