Look at the lunar calendar. Now we have entered the seventh month of the lunar calendar. This month is a bit special, because there is a saying of "ghost month" in July. In fact, there are four ghost festivals. What are the four ghost festivals?

1, Tomb-Sweeping Day: Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional major spring festival. It is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation for thousands of years to pay homage to the graves and remember the ancestors. It is not only conducive to promoting filial piety, awakening family memories, but also promoting the cohesion and identity of family members and even the nation.

2. Mid-Autumn Festival: Mid-Autumn Festival, that is, ancestor worship festival in July and a half, also known as shi gu Festival, Ghost Festival, Solitary Festival and Local Official Festival. Festival customs mainly include ancestor worship, setting off river lanterns, worshiping the dead and burning paper ingots. The Mid-Autumn Festival evolved from "July and a half" in ancient times, when crops were harvested in autumn and ancestors were sacrificed. July and a half is a festival to celebrate the harvest and reward the earth in the early autumn, and some crops are ripe. According to the law, people should worship their ancestors and report Qiu Cheng to their ancestors with new rice. It is a traditional cultural festival to remember their ancestors, and its cultural core is to respect their ancestors and be filial.

3. Shangsi Festival: In ancient times, Shangsi Festival was a day of "Zan", and there was an ominous ritual custom of removing Zan at the waterfront. After Wei and Jin Dynasties, Shangsi Festival was changed to March 3rd, and gradually became a festival for drinking at the water's edge and having a spring outing in the suburbs. It is said that Shangsi Festival originated from the witchcraft activities of Lan Tang to ward off evil spirits, so as to drive away evil spirits.

4. Cold Clothes Festival: On the first day of the tenth lunar month, it is also called "October Dynasty", "Ancestor Festival" and "Ghost Festival". People call it Ghost Day, which is a traditional festival of sacrifice in China. It is said that it originated in the Zhou Dynasty. The Cold Clothes Festival is popular in the north, and many northerners will offer sacrifices on this day to commemorate their deceased relatives, which is called sending cold clothes.

At present, Halloween is a custom in many rural areas, and now there is no such custom in big cities.