Statement 1:
The Mid-Autumn Festival is also called Ghost Festival and July 30. People born on this day are hard-fated, especially when they are young (23: 00 am 1 hour). People call people born at this time Tiantai.
Statement 2:
Because it is the time when ghosts haunt during the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is said that the children born on this day are wandering imps. Therefore, people born on this day, people with heavy yin are prone to qi deficiency, stomach cold, cold limbs, and easy to attract evil spirits.
Statement 3:
It is generally believed that July 14th is the day when the ghost gate is wide open, so people seldom go out at night. It is said that friends born on the Mid-Autumn Festival will see some unclean things, and some say that people born on the Mid-Autumn Festival will have a rough fate. Why is the Mid-Autumn Festival Ghost Festival?
According to records, in ancient times, the 15th of July was called the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was a traditional festival in China. It was the day when the ancients set up river lanterns to pray, and it was also the day when Taoist priests built incense sticks to pray.
Among them, Buddhism and Taoism have different explanations about this festival. Taoism emphasizes filial piety, while Buddhism focuses on making a universal journey for those orphaned souls released from the underworld.
There are three officials in Taoism, namely, Tianguan, Diguan and Shuiguan. Heavenly god blesses the people, whose birthday is the 15th day of the first month, is called Shangyuan Festival. Local officials forgive sins, and the birth date is July 15, which is called the Mid-Yuan Festival. Shui Guan Jie Er, born on October 15th, is called the Next Yuan Festival.
There is such a legend about this statement. According to legend, a long time ago, there was a man named Chen Ziqi in Taoism. After he married the daughter of the Dragon King, he gave birth to three children, namely Tianguan, Diguan and Shuiguan, on the 15th of the first month, July and October respectively.
These three officials are in charge of the three major tasks of human blessing, forgiveness of sins and salvation. The Mid-Autumn Festival on July 15th every year coincides with the time when the local officials and schools forgive sins. On this day, the magistrate will take out a thick roster, tick off the paintings according to the performance of immortals, mortals and animals, and forgive sins and punishments.
Therefore, on the Mid-Autumn Festival, all the sacrificial activities carried out by the people are aimed at saving those lonely souls and wild ghosts, hoping that the local officials will forgive them all their crimes.
What are the three major Halloween festivals in China?
1, Tomb-Sweeping Day
Going to the grave on Qingming Festival, there is a custom of going for an outing at the same time. In the past, Qingming Festival was also called Cold Food Festival, which lasted for a hundred days. Cao Cao changed it to one day, and Tang Dynasty changed it to three days before Qingming Festival. All fires had to be extinguished. After the cold food was served, new fires came from the palace.
2. Mid-Autumn Festival
Zhongyuan (July 15th) was originally a folk day to worship ancestors, and later it was designated as Christmas in the underground palace, which was in charge of the gates of hell. On this day, the underground palace opened the gates of hell, and the deceased ancestors could go home for reunion, so it was also Ghost Festival, the most important of the three ghost festivals in China. It was equipped with an Dojo, and steamed bread was given to ghosts and ghosts to eat. On this day, ancestors were worshipped, graves were visited and lanterns were lit. Taoist temple held a grand ceremony to pray for auspicious Dojo, the content of which was to cross over the soul of the deceased.
3. Cold Clothes Festival
Every year, the first day of the tenth lunar month is called the October Dynasty, also known as the ancestor worship festival, which is the Cold Clothes Festival. Also known as Ghost Festival, this day pays special attention to paying homage to those who die first, which is called sending cold clothes. In order to prevent the ancestors from getting cold in the underworld, on this day, people will burn five-color paper, send them warm clothes, and give them to send warm, a ghost. On the first day of October, the burning of cold clothes entrusts the memory of the old people and carries the compassion of the living for the dead. At the same time, this day also marks the arrival of severe winter, so it is also a day for parents and lovers to send warm clothes to people they care about.
This day of Buddhism is the day of the Orchid Club, and the content is also to cross over for the dead. The original intention of Orchid is to liberate and hang upside down, which comes from the story of Mulian saving his mother.