The 15th day of the seventh lunar month is a traditional ancestor worship festival in China, which is also called the Mid-Autumn Festival, Ghost Festival, Local Officials' Day and so on. The most important traditional custom of the Mid-Autumn Festival is to worship ancestors and the dead. Generally, people will burn paper money to remember their ancestors and their deceased relatives.

What you may not know is that the Mid-Autumn Festival actually evolved from the autumn harvest in July and a half in ancient times to worship ancestors. At that time, there was no such term as Mid-Autumn Festival. At that time, July and a half was a festival to celebrate the harvest and reward the earth in the early autumn. When a number of crops are ripe, according to the law, the people will worship their ancestors and report Qiu Cheng to their ancestors with new rice and other sacrifices. Therefore, in July and a half, there is only a simple content of worshipping ancestors to celebrate the harvest. The customs on the Mid-Autumn Festival mainly include: crossing the river lanterns to be lonely, offering sacrifices to ancestors, jumping the sky lanterns, offering sacrifices to the land, praying for a bumper harvest, etc. 1. Crossing the river lanterns to be lonely

Crossing the river lanterns to be lonely, also known as "putting lotus lanterns", is a traditional custom of the Chinese nation, which first evolved from the custom of decorating lanterns on the Lantern Festival. Lotus lanterns usually put lamps or candles on the base, put them into rivers, lakes and seas and let them drift. The purpose of putting on lotus lanterns is to pray and pray, to mourn the deceased relatives and to bless the people in this world. Every year on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, when night falls, people who mourn for their deceased relatives come to the riverside one after another, lighting up lotus lanterns and throwing them into rivers, lakes and seas, letting them drift with the tide, hoping to bring people's thoughts and good prayers to their deceased ancestors and pray for peace and happiness! 2 ancestor worship

the folk custom of ancestor worship has a long history, which has been passed down for thousands of years. It is a grand folk activity and a tradition of respecting the ancestral culture, and it is also a manifestation of the traditional ethics of pursuing the future with caution and thinking about the source.

The custom of ancestor worship on the Mid-Autumn Festival came into being because the people believed that their ancestors would return home to visit their descendants in July and a half, so they had the custom of ancestor worship.

In ancient times, folk ancestors paid great attention to the worship ceremony, and the worship ceremony on the Mid-Autumn Festival was usually held in the evening of mid-July. When worshipping, the head of the family should first worship the portraits of ancestors in the ancestral hall, and then burn incense, candles and paper. At this time, the whole family will all come to the ancestral temple and perform ancestor worship rituals in the order of seniority and age.

As it happens, the ancestor worship ceremony of the Mid-Autumn Festival caught up with the harvest of crops in Xiaoqiu, so this day's sacrifice activity is also called "autumn harvest for farming", and the younger generation should share the joy of harvest with their ancestors. 3. the custom of praying for a bumper harvest

is similar to the custom of offering sacrifices to the land, because the Mid-Autumn Festival coincides with the bumper harvest in the small autumn, and the people hope to pray for a bumper harvest in the fields in this form. The difference between the custom of "praying for a bumper harvest" and the custom of "offering sacrifices to the land" lies in the form. In ancient times, the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival was also called shi gu Night. On this night, every family had to burn incense at their doorstep to pray for a bumper harvest of rice, and put incense sticks on the ground. This is called "spreading fields" (transplanting rice), and the more you insert, the better, which symbolizes the bumper harvest of rice in autumn.

what folk customs have been handed down from place to place? As the soul of Guangxi people, I would like to introduce my hometown customs to you.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the traditional ancestor worship festivals in China, so the first custom is of course ancestor worship. We in Guangxi are no exception. Generally, we will kill a duck to eat on this day, so we will also joke that the Mid-Autumn Festival is "Duck Festival". Of course, ducks are used for eating, but chickens are used for sacrifice (usually white-cut chickens). Worship god during the day, please come back first;

Pay homage to Taigong in the evening, and invite people to dinner first;

farewell to the ancestors after the second watch

here, I mainly talk about the second watch. That is, after dinner, from 9: 11 to 11: 11, adults team up to set a table at the intersection of the village to offer offerings. We children are responsible for lighting incense sticks and incense sticks and inserting them on the side of the road, and inserting a column every one meter until it reaches the end of the road, at the village edge of another village. From a distance, it looks like a salamander swimming. Finally, when adults pack their things and go home, children will run around on the road and have fun. It is called a happy July 15th, which is of practical significance to us.

The values advocated in traditional folk customs, such as honoring parents, remembering ancestors, inheriting culture, promoting neighborhood harmony and caring for vulnerable groups, are in the same strain as those in today's society. The mourning of Zhongyuan has both cultural origin and practical significance. As long as we actively guide, the Mid-Autumn Festival can still be very rich.

These are the folk customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Guangxi, so what customs are there in your place? Welcome everyone to leave a message.