What activities will be held during the Zhongyuan Festival and what do these activities represent?
Let’s take a look at what customs and activities are held during the Ghost Festival. July has beautiful names such as Qiao Yue, Gua Yue, Orchid Autumn, Zhao Qiu, Xin Qiu, Shou Qiu, Xiang Yue, Meng Qiu and Chu Qiu. Let’s enjoy the seventh lunar month of 2018 with the Fortune Teller website.What activities will be held during the Zhongyuan Festival?1. Release river lanterns: River lanterns usually have a lamp or candle on a base and are placed in rivers, lakes, or seas on the night of the Ghost Festival, allowing them to drift. The purpose of releasing river lanterns is to save drowned ghosts and other wandering spirits in the water. There are many river lanterns, and the most spectacular one is the one in the Yellow River. 2. Burning street clothes: prepare incense, candles, gold and silver paper and some offerings such as tofu and rice to worship on the roadside. The purpose of people "burning street clothes" is to provide those homeless souls with clothes to keep warm and food to fill their stomachs. 3. Paper bundles: In Sichuan Province, it is customary to burn paper bundles during the Zhongyuan Festival to worship ancestors. That is, a stack of paper money is put into a small envelope with the recipient's title and name, the number of envelopes received, the name of the person who burned the silk and the time written on it. It is said that the gates of hell close on July 15th, and every family must give gifts to orphans and children. 4. Ancestor worship The Ancestor Worship Festival is on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, so it is referred to as "Mid-July" ancestor worship. People believe that their ancestors will return home to visit their descendants at this time, so they need to worship their ancestors. The worship ceremony is usually held in the evening before the end of July and is not limited to a specific day. 5. Pray for a good harvest. Offering sacrifices to lonely souls on the Ghost Festival is often linked with praying for a good harvest. On the night of Shi Gu, every household would burn incense at their doorsteps and pray for a good rice harvest. They would also stick incense sticks into the ground, which was called "butian" (transplanting rice seedlings). The more they planted, the better, as it symbolized a good rice harvest in autumn. |
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