What are the customs of the Zhongyuan Festival and what is the significance of releasing river lanterns?
We know that during the period from the Beginning of Autumn to the Ghost Festival, many places will release river lanterns in the river. Do you know what other customs and activities there are besides releasing river lanterns? What is the meaning of releasing river lanterns? It is not until the seventh month of the lunar calendar that people truly enter the hot summer, with the scorching sun making it unbearable. To know more details about the seventh lunar month of 2018, welcome to the Fortune Teller website.What are the customs of the Zhongyuan Festival?1. Purdue: Some people who attach great importance to this festival will invite monks and Taoists to chant sutras and perform rituals to liberate the souls of the dead. During this period, some people would place statues of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Maudgalyayana and other Buddhas on a high platform, or ask artists to play the role of the exorcist god Zhong Kui (some people would ask artists to control Zhong Kui's puppets) to eliminate the resentment of the dead souls. 2. Worship Kuixing: People in some places will hold activities to worship Kuixing. During the Ghost Festival, the people of Mayi County make children's shapes out of wheat flour, called "noodle men", and give them to each other's relatives' children. Farmers in Xin County hang colorful paper on the stalks of the fields during the Ghost Festival. 3. Burning paper: On the 15th day of the seventh month, the gates of hell close and every family has to give gifts to orphans and children. In the Chengdu area, people make "flower plates" out of paper, put paper money and fruit offerings on them, hold them in their hands, and walk around the house chanting: "Dear friends, neighbors, former residents, the souls who are reluctant to go back, all the lonely ghosts, please get on the flower plate, I will send you back!" After saying this, they take the paper to burn it outside the house.What is the significance of releasing river lanterns during the Ghost Festival?Firstly, releasing river lanterns can express people’s thoughts for their ancestors, and also means letting bad luck flow away with the flowing water, never to return. Secondly, river lanterns are used to pray for the souls of those who drowned, hoping that these water ghosts will no longer suffer and be reincarnated as soon as possible to avoid harming the human world. Third, the river in the human world is connected to the river in Fengdu Ghost City. People bring their thoughts about their ancestors and their words to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to the underworld through river lanterns. |
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