The first day of October in the lunar calendar is a traditional cold clothing festival in China, which is also called Autumn Festival, Ghost Head Day, October Dynasty, Ancestor Festival, Clothing Burning Festival, Clothing Awarding Festival, etc. Because one of the pious symbols of ancestor worship on Ghost Festival is crying, it is also called "Crying Festival", and it is also called the four ghost festivals in China with March 3rd, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Zhongyuan Festival. On this day, people will pay homage to their ancestors and express their grief in various ways.
2. Tomb-Sweeping Day
Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the Walking Festival, is one of the traditional festivals in China and one of the most important sacrificial festivals at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, that is, the first 104 day after the winter solstice. It is a day to worship ancestors and sweep graves.
3. Shangsi Festival
Commonly known as March 3rd, Shangsi Festival in ancient times is a festival to commemorate the Yellow Emperor. According to legend, March 3 is the birthday of the Yellow Emperor. Since ancient times, the Central Plains has had "February 2, the dragon looked up; On March 3rd, I was born in Xuanyuan. After Wei and Jin Dynasties, Shangsi Festival was changed to March 3rd, which was followed by later generations, thus becoming a festival of drinking by the water and having a spring outing in the suburbs.
Fourth, the Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Yuan Festival, commonly known as Ghost Festival, is called the Bonin Festival in Buddhism. The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on July 15th of the lunar calendar and partly on July 14th. It used to be Xiaoqiu, and a number of crops were ripe. As a rule, the people wanted to worship their ancestors, offering new rice and other sacrifices and reporting to their ancestors about Qiu Cheng. Therefore, every Mid-Autumn Festival, every family offers sacrifices to their ancestors, and when offering sacrifices, they salute like an instrument. On July 15th, I went to the grave to pay homage to my ancestors.