You can go out on the night of the Ghost Festival.

The Hungry Ghost Festival is also called Ghost Festival, July Half, and in a few areas it is also called the Day of the Dead. It is one of the three ancient festivals. It is the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, celebrating the Lantern Festival on the first lunar month. The Ghost Festival on July 15th is about worshiping ancestors. The Xiayuan Festival on October 15th is also the Cold Food Festival, commemorating the ancient sages. The Ghost Festival on July 15th every year is a traditional festival in my country where the main sacrifices are made.

It, together with the Cold Food Festival and Qingming Festival, are known as the three major ghost festivals in ancient my country. Each year, sacrificial activities are mainly held on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, but the time is not fixed. In the south, people also have the tradition of offering sacrifices on July 14th. In some places, ancestor worship rituals begin at the beginning of July. The ancestors are brought home at night, and then three meals a day are served until the end of July.

The Hungry Ghost Festival originated from Taoism, and later Buddhism was changed to what is now commonly known as the Ghost Festival. It originated from the story of Mu Lian saving his mother. The entrance immediately turned into a blazing flame. The hunger and suffering was so great that Mu Lian could not save his mother from the disaster, so he asked the Buddha for advice and taught him to make an Ullambana Sutra on the 15th day of the seventh month to save his mother.

Food customs of the Hungry Ghost Festival

1. Eating duck: On the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, ducks are eaten in many places across the country. Why? It turns out that "duck" means "press", which is homophonic. Eating duck is to suppress ghosts. People in Dongguan usually eat duck cooked with lotus root.

2. Eating rice noodles: On the Hungry Ghost Festival, Dongguan has the custom of eating rice noodles, and it is almost universal in Dongguan. Of course, the methods of eating rice noodles are still different in different regions.

3. Eating simple meals: In Duling County, Shandong Province, the Ghost Festival is called the Mouth-Pinching Festival by the locals, and every family has the custom of eating simple meals.

4. Eating Bianshi: In Dongxian Township, Jiangsu Province, many villagers eat Bianshi (a dustpan-shaped food made of flour and sugar) on the Ghost Festival.

5. Eating dumplings: On the rooftop in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, they eat dumplings, a food similar to spring rolls, during the Ghost Festival.