The origin of the next yuan festival

China is one of the countries with rich beliefs. Today, I mainly introduce a solar term related to Taoism. Taoism once called the fifteenth day of the first month Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of July Zhongyuan Festival, and the fifteenth day of October Xiayuan Festival, collectively known as Sanyuan Festival. The gods worshipped by Wudou Midao, an important school of Taoism in the late Han Dynasty, were celestial officials, local officials and water officials. They said that God bless the people, the local officials forgive sins, and the water officials relieve Eritrea. They used three yuan to match the three officials, saying that Shangyuan Tianguan was born on the fifteenth day of the first month, Zhongyuan was born on the fifteenth day of July, and Xiayuan Shuiguan was born on the fifteenth day of October. This 10 month 15 day is called the next yuan festival.

There are rich sayings about the next Yuan Festival in ancient books. According to the records of China customs, October is the festival of the next Yuan Dynasty, the time for releasing water from the Palace, fasting and chanting. 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. Song and Wu's Dream: (October 15th), the day when the water official released Eritrea, the palace official visited Shu Ren, set up a village and built an altar, or released Eritrea, or recommended its death. And Hebei's "Records of Xuanhua County": When the water official was released from Ecuador, people also fasted. 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.

With the passage of the sun and the moon, the Next Yuan Festival has gradually evolved into a traditional festival offering rich dishes, offering sacrifices to ancestors and the dead, and praying for prosperity. The most important thing is to enjoy ancestor worship, which is the embodiment of ancestor belief. Man's belief in his ancestors is his worship of himself. At this time, people will worship their ancestors and show piety to their souls in order to pray for their protection for future generations. The emergence of ancestor worship is related to the ancient concept of soul belief.

At the same time, the next Yuan Day is also one of the fasting dates stipulated in the Taoist fasting law. Taoism believes that all things that rely on divine power, such as praying for blessings, overcoming disasters, pulling out suffering, atoning for sins, seeking longevity, prolonging life, crossing the dead, etc. , should be borrowed.