How much do you know about the traditional customs of Mid-Autumn Festival?

The Mid-Autumn Festival, commonly known as the Day of the Dead and July 30th, is a traditional festival in ancient China, which is also called the Three Ghost Festivals together with Tomb-Sweeping Day and Hanyi Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Northern Wei Dynasty and has a history of more than 1000 years. On this day, the custom of reincarnating ghosts was inherited by the times and incorporated into the characteristics of the times in the process of development. In Buddhism's view, July and a half is a day to thank parents for their kindness in growing up. Therefore, in the Mid-Autumn Festival, a person's death, a person's life, can not only pin the grief of the deceased, but also make people remember the kindness of their parents.

Legend has it that the underground palace is in charge of the gates of hell. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the underground palace opens the door of hell, which is also the day when the deceased ancestors can go home and reunite. Therefore, it is also a ghost festival. Therefore, people should set up Dojo and put steamed bread for ghosts. On this day, they will worship their ancestors, go to graves and light lanterns to light the way home for the deceased. The Taoist temple held a grand ceremony to pray for the auspicious Dojo, the content of which was to cross over the soul of the deceased.

Now, ancestor worship ceremonies have been simplified, and most areas hold ancestor worship ceremonies on the evening of July 15th or 14th of the lunar calendar. The ancestor worship ceremony has also been simplified, gradually eliminating the superstitious color and retaining the memorial form as a memory and commemoration of the ancestors.