Is the Zhongyuan Festival on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month? Why is the climax of welcoming the ghost month on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month?

Is the Zhongyuan Festival on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month? Why is the climax of welcoming the ghost month on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month?
Basically, traditional festivals have different names due to their time and significance, and there are many official and unofficial names. So, is the official name of the Ghost Festival the same as what we call the Mid-Autumn Festival? 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.

Is the Ghost Festival on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month?

The Zhongyuan Festival, also known as the Yulanpen Festival or the Ghost Festival, falls on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month every year, so it is also called the Mid-July Festival. Therefore, the Ghost Festival is on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. The Zhongyuan Festival is a traditional folk festival in my country. On this day, people prepare snacks, paper money, etc. to commemorate their ancestors and appease wandering ghosts. Because on the day of the Ghost Festival, the deceased ancestors will be released by the King of Hell for half a month, there is a custom of welcoming the ancestors in the beginning of July and sending them off on the 15th day of July. The 15th day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is the day to send off the ancestors. When sending off the ancestors, a lot of paper money and other ghostly offerings are burned so that the "ancestors can enjoy them".

The Ghost Month climaxes in the 15th day of July

The middle of July is the time to welcome autumn. In the traditional concept of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements of the Han nationality, spring, summer, autumn and winter are Shaoyang, Taiyang, Shaoyin and Taiyin respectively. The cold season is Yin and the hot season is Yang. The south is yang and the north is yin. Pure Yin ghosts correspond to the Yin of winter, cold, and the north. The pure yin ghost begins to become active in July, reaches its peak in November, and becomes quiet in March of the following year. This is reflected in folk customs in the emergence of the three major ghost festivals: the Ghost Festival in July, the Cold Clothes Festival in November, and the Qingming Festival in March of the following year. Hence the saying goes: “March and July are the months when ghosts are most active.” Therefore, the 15th day of the seventh lunar month is the traditional "climax of welcoming ghosts".

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