What about hanging clothes on Halloween night?
You can't hang clothes on Halloween night, especially outside, because after hanging clothes, ghosts will borrow your clothes and leave a smell on them. People will get sick easily if they wear this clothes again, so you can't hang clothes on Halloween night.
Ten taboos of ghost festival in July and a half
1, don't swim at night, people with light personality don't swim at night, it's easy to get into trouble.
2. Don't burn paper on non-specific occasions. Paper is for ghosts, and gold paper is for gods. Burning paper will only attract more ghosts.
3. Don't steal sacrifices. These foods belong to ghosts. If you use them without their consent, it will only bring you bad luck.
4. Don't hang clothes at night. When ghosts think your clothes look good, red is the most taboo.
5. Go to places with heavy yin, such as Shan Ye Alleys (cinemas, places where the light is not seen all the year round).
6. Try not to go to a sparsely populated place alone at noon, at night and late at night.
7. Don't pick up money on the roadside. Money is used to buy cow's head and horse's face.
8. Don't turn around easily. Walking in the wild or sparsely populated places, you feel like someone is calling you. Don't turn around easily. Maybe a ghost is calling you.
9. Don't talk nonsense when you see others worship ghosts and gods. This is disrespectful to our ancestors.
10. Don't put chopsticks in the middle when eating. This is a mode of worship, just like burning incense in an incense burner. This will only attract ghosts to share food with you. (Ghosts and gods say, if you believe, there will be, if you don't believe, there will be no)
Introduction of ghost festival in July and a half
The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Orchid Festival. In some places, it is usually called "Ghost Festival" and "Stone Drum", also known as the Day of the Dead and July 30th.
"Ghost Festival", commonly known as "July and a half" (13th or 14th in some areas). It is said that the dead ancestors were released by Yan for half a month at the beginning of July, so there is a custom of receiving their ancestors at the beginning of July and seeing them off at the end of July. When I sent it to my ancestors, I burned a lot of paper money for "ancestors to enjoy". At the same time, put the money paper in a paper envelope with the owner's name written on it and burn it at the time of sacrifice. This is the so-called "burning bag". Burn new bags that died within the year, and burn old bags that died more than one year.
No matter rich or poor, we should prepare food, wine and paper money to pay homage to the deceased to show our memory of the deceased ancestors. The Mid-Autumn Festival is usually seven days, and there are old and new people. Those who die within three years are called new deaths, and those who died three years ago are called old deaths. It is said that the old and new dead will go home during this time. Some people say that the new and old dead come back at different times. The new dead come back first, and the old dead come back later, so we should pay homage to each other.
The time to burn paper money is in the dead of night. Sprinkle a few circles of lime in the yard first, saying that the paper money is burned in the circle and the ghosts dare not rob it, and then burn it in piles. When burning, I kept chanting: "So-and-so will get the money." Finally, we have to burn a pile outside the circle, saying it is for ghosts. On the day when the deceased goes back, both rich and poor people should cook a good meal to commemorate the deceased, which is also called "seeing the deceased off".
In Indian Buddhist ceremonies, Buddhists hold "Bonbon meetings" to recommend their ancestors. Bonism in Buddhist scriptures is used to cultivate filial piety and encourage Buddhist disciples, which is in line with the popular belief of seeking first and then going far in China, so it is becoming more and more popular. The story of Manglietia chrysantha saving agaric is widely circulated among the people: "People with Manglietia chrysantha monks have great strength. His mother fell into the hungry ghost road, and the food mouth turned into flames. Hunger was too bitter. Unable to save his mother, Mu Lian asked the Buddha for advice. In order to talk about the Lanpen Sutra, she taught July 15th to make a Lanpen to save her mother. "
China followed this practice from the Liang Dynasty and became the Mid-Yuan Festival. But later, in addition to setting a fast for monks, activities such as repentance and setting fire to burners were added.
The traditional custom of ghost festival in July and a half
1. ancestor worship
People believe that ancestors will go home to visit their children in July and a half, so they need to worship their ancestors. This kind of ancestor worship is a reflection of the traditional ethics, and it is also a cultural tradition of being grateful for morality.
Burning paper
According to legend, the dead paper is money from the underworld, and people burn paper to give money to their dead ancestors and relatives. Usually, you should leave a few pieces of paper on the grave and burn it at the crossroads. The purpose is to give some alms to the wild ghosts who can go back to You's home, so that they can stop robbing their ancestors.
Burning incense and guns
Every night on July 14 or 15, we burn incense and set off firecrackers outside the door, "burning bags" (also called "recommending bags").
Eat duck meat
Many places in the country will choose to eat ducks in July and a half, because ducks swim in the water, taking the meaning of their river lanterns to pray.
Step 5 sacrifice land
On July 15, offering sacrifices to land and crops is still a folk custom. Scatter sacrifices in the fields. After burning the paper, wrap it on the ears of crops with cut five-color paper. Legend has it that autumn can avoid hail and get a bumper harvest.