What festival is the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month? What's the point?
Note 1: Paper burning time
The time of burning paper in Mid-Autumn Festival is very particular. People generally don't choose to burn paper during the day, because the sun is too strong during the day and ghosts can't receive paper money. However, it is not appropriate to burn paper late at night, because the yin is too strong at night, especially on Ghost Festival, where there are many ghosts. Burning paper too late is easily influenced by evil spirits and brings misfortune.
Note 2: the position of burning paper
The location of burning paper is also very particular, and the location of burning paper is different in different places. In some areas, a brazier will be placed in front of the house, and then paper will be burned for the ancestors in the brazier; And some areas will choose to burn paper far from home, and will choose at the crossroads. The location of burning paper can be chosen according to local customs.
Note 3: Draw a circle when burning paper.
Friends who burn paper money will think that their elders will clean up the ground before burning paper, then draw a circle on the ground with a small stick and burn paper in the circle. However, it should be noted that this circle must not be drawn as a solid circle, and an opening should be left for it. The position of the opening is generally southwest.
Note 4: burning paper inside and outside the circle
Inside the circle, you burn paper for the dead relatives, outside the circle, you burn paper to appease the homeless ghosts. When burning paper, you must remember to burn some inside and outside the circle, so that other ghosts will not bring you unnecessary trouble.
Note 5: When burning paper, do not rotate too much.
When burning paper money, people usually take a wooden stick to stir the paper money and let it burn fully, but we must pay attention to it, because it is easy to scatter the paper money, so it is best to let it burn as a whole.