What can’t you eat during the Ghost Festival? What can you eat to ward off evil spirits?
The Zhongyuan Festival is also called the Ghost Festival because people always have a taboo about ghosts. Therefore, during the Ghost Festival, and even the entire Ghost Month, people will have many requirements, many of which are reflected in food. So, what can’t we eat during the Ghost Festival on July 15th? What can you eat to ward off evil spirits? The seventh month of the lunar calendar is known as the Ghost Festival, which is a folk festival for ghosts, so the seventh month is also called the Ghost Month. More information about the seventh lunar month of 2021 has been prepared for you. You can click on Shui Mo Network to find out more.What can’t you eat during the Ghost Festival?--chicken.On the Ghost Festival on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, sacrificial activities are held in various places, and many foods are prepared as offerings. Chickens cannot be used as offerings because the chicken's claws will dig out the money and things sent to the ancestors. The wishes of the younger generations cannot be conveyed to their ancestors, so they send ducks as messengers of sacrifice. What can you eat to ward off evil spirits?1. DuckMyth 1: In Guangxi, people eat duck to ward off evil spirits on Ghost Festival. Duck means "pressure", which means to suppress the ghosts. Moreover, duck claws are shaped like rakes, so they can easily scratch the ghost's clothes off (perhaps because they are afraid of accumulating resentment and are unwilling to return to the original place). The second theory: It is said that deceased ancestors will return home to visit relatives on the Ghost Festival and have to cross the Naihe Bridge, but they cannot cross without a boat. Therefore, the living people would send some ducks down so that the ducks could swim and carry them back. Over time, this became a tradition of eating ducks during the Ghost Festival. Later, people from different places gave it various legends, which generally meant to exorcise demons and ward off evil spirits. 2. Steamed Buns Myth 1: Jiangxi people choose to eat steamed buns on this day to ward off evil spirits. Legend has it that in the past, when the wizard Ai Jian was performing a spell, he would scatter steamed buns, fruits and other things to the audience. A woman who had not been pregnant for a long time grabbed the bun and became pregnant the next year. Therefore, eating buns on Ghost Festival also symbolizes the wish for early birth of a son. Explanation 2: Eating buns means safety for children, and they will be free from shock throughout their lives. |
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