Why is July 14 called Ghost Festival? Is July 14 a ghost festival?
Why is July 14 called Ghost Festival? Is July 14 a ghost festival?
July 14 is Ghost Festival. Many people want to know that it's not July 15? Why is this? In fact, many places have different opinions about China Ghost Festival, and some places will designate July as 14 Ghost Festival.
Report 1
According to legend, there is no Mid-Autumn Festival in the south, which was introduced by Han people who moved south in ancient times. But why does the South celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival on July 14th instead of July 15th? There is a legend that during the Song Dynasty, there was a war in the north, and a group of Han people fled to the south in a hurry. But on the eve of their escape, they encountered a difficult problem: how to take their ancestors away? Traditionally, only on New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Double Ninth Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival do ancestors' spirits gather home and follow their spirits. At this time, there is only one day before the Mid-Autumn Festival (the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month), but they can't wait.
In order to gather ancestral spirits, they decided to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival one day in advance to gather ancestral spirits, and then fled to the south with their ancestral tablets. Later, in order to commemorate this day, Han people who fled to the south changed the Mid-Autumn Festival to the 14th day of the seventh lunar month every year. Now, "July 14th" is a common festival for many southern Han people and ethnic minorities.
Statement 2
According to the survey, the festival celebrated by southerners is July 14, and that celebrated by northerners is July 15. Both of these festivals are called the Mid-Yuan Festival, that is, Ghost Festival. Southerners celebrate this festival on July 14, because foreign enemies invaded before. In order to avoid being caught by the enemy, the ancestors advanced the festival by one day.
The custom of Halloween is more complicated. In some places, it is on the 14th, and in some places it is on the 15th, even on the 13th and 12th. In some places, before the Mid-Autumn Festival on July 15, an auspicious day will be chosen to worship the "family immortals" and ancestral graves, so it will be chosen on 13 or 14.
July 14 ghost festival legend
About the Song Dynasty, there was a war in the north, and a group of Han people fled to the south in a hurry. But on the eve of their escape, they encountered a difficult problem: how to take their ancestors away? Traditionally, only on New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Double Ninth Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival do ancestors' spirits gather home and follow their spirits. At this time, there is only one day before the Mid-Autumn Festival (the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month), but they can't wait.
In order to gather the souls of their ancestors, they decided to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival one day in advance, gather the souls of their ancestors, and then fled to the south to take refuge with their ancestral tablets. Later, in order to commemorate this day, Han people who fled to the south changed the Mid-Autumn Festival to the 14th day of the seventh lunar month every year. Now, "July 14th" is a common festival for many southern Han people and ethnic minorities.
/kloc-how do southerners celebrate Halloween in July of 0/4?
As far as I know, in fact, southerners and northerners spend different time on Halloween. Southerners are celebrating it on 14. Because foreign enemies invaded before, in order to avoid being caught by the enemy because of the festival, the ancestors advanced the festival by one day to avoid disaster.
July 14, books are banned on Halloween.
1, avoid sleeping with long hair. During the ghost month, wandering ghosts were everywhere. If you have long hair, be careful that they mistake you for the same kind and insist that you get up and chat.
2, the taboo of physiological period. People think that female compatriots are unclean during their physiological period, and it is not appropriate to watch things like construction and sacrifice, so as not to offend the gods, cause misfortune, or make the fortifications unable to proceed smoothly.
3, avoid talking nonsense. On the day of Purdue in the Central Plains, their nests were almost full of ghosts, especially Purdue, which was absolutely full of ghosts. Therefore, when you are in Purdue, you'd better be careful what you say. Don't talk nonsense except the word "ghost". Be careful of ghosts around you!
4. Avoid celebrating birthdays in the middle of the night. People born in July are a little pathetic. When you celebrate your birthday at night, there will be some unknown "people" singing birthday songs together. It's better to celebrate during the day.
5. Avoid patting others on the shoulder. This taboo is related to folk customs. People think that everyone has three fires, which gather on his shoulders and overhead, which will make ghosts afraid to get close. Therefore, in Purdue, the Central Plains where ghosts are the most, you can pat others on the shoulder at will, just to put out the fire of the other party and let ghosts find trouble with him.
6.avoid catching dragonflies and owls. Folk believe that these two kinds of insects are the embodiment of ghosts. Grab at will and be careful to attract ghosts to the door.
7. worship the door. On the first day of July, as soon as the "gate of hell" is opened, all lonely wild ghosts who are allowed to go back to the underworld to visit relatives will flock out of the underworld and rush out to grab food and offerings. Therefore, on the afternoon of the first day of the Ghost Moon, every family has to make a sacrifice in front of their own house, which is called "worshipping the door". Because we just let the passing brothers have a rest and pray not to disturb their families, we don't need to provide too many offerings.
8, avoid hanging clothes in the middle of the night. Wet clothes are easy for free waves to stick to and not easy to come out. Hanging clothes in the middle of the night is like setting a trap to catch ghosts in the ghost month. Who bothers you?
9. Avoid stepping on paper. Ghost paper is a sacrifice for ghosts. When it burns, ghosts will come around and grab it. If you step on it and jump around, it won't hinder their actions. When a ghost is angry, it will naturally be bad for you.
10, avoid putting chopsticks on the rice bowl. When eating, you can't put chopsticks on your rice bowl. Its shape is like putting incense on an incense burner, which will attract good brothers to share food with you.