Mid-Autumn Festival in August 17

Today is August 20 16 on the Gregorian calendar 17, and July 15 on the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Ghost Festival.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is scheduled for July 15th of the lunar calendar, commonly known as July 30th. Legend has it that all the ghosts were released to the underworld on that day, and people usually carry out activities to sacrifice ghosts. It is a festival centering on the whole worship of ghosts, and it is the largest folk ghost festival in China.

Mid-Autumn Festival is usually called Ghost Festival. Folk traditional festivals. It's on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, and it's also on the fourteenth of July. On this day, every family should pay homage to their ancestors, and some even hold family dinners to pay tribute to their ancestors like a memorial ceremony. Three rounds of wine shows that after the ancestor feast, the family will sit together and eat a festive meal. After the power failure, take firecrackers, paper money and incense sticks, find a quiet riverside or pond, and sprinkle a circle of lime to mark the restricted area. Then pour some water and rice in the circle, burn some paper money, set off firecrackers, send our ancestors on their way and turn to the "underworld" In the past, on the seventh day of July, people would take the ghosts of their ancestors home through some ceremony, and provide tea and rice three times a day in the morning, noon and dusk until July 15th. Now, superstition has gradually disappeared, and the form of memorial service has been preserved as a memory and commemoration of our ancestors.

"Gregorian calendar 20 16-8- 17" query information is as follows:

Gregorian calendar: 20 16 August 17 Wednesday Leo

Lunar calendar: July 15, Year of the Monkey.

Four pillars: Bin Shen Bing Xin Wei

Solar terms: the second day of the third day.

Birthday: Mid-Autumn Festival

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