Customs is:

1, ancestor worship. People believe that ancestors will return home to visit their descendants in July and a half, so they need to worship their ancestors. This kind of ancestor worship is a reflection of the traditional ethics, and it is also a cultural tradition of being grateful for morality. When crops are harvested in autumn, the joy of harvest is just shared with ancestors. Worship ceremonies are usually held in the evening of mid-July.

2, burning paper, in the Mid-Autumn Festival, the most prominent folk belief behavior is burning paper. According to legend, the dead paper is money from the underworld, and people burn paper to give money to their dead ancestors and relatives. Usually, when you burn paper on the grave, you should leave a few copies and burn them at the crossroads, in order to give some alms to homeless wild ghosts so that they won't rob their ancestors again.

3. Burn incense and set off firecrackers. Every night on July 14 or 15, burn incense and set off firecrackers outside the door, and at the same time "burn buns".

4, jumping sky lanterns, Guangxi Tiandeng and other areas have the custom of jumping sky lanterns in July and a half. In the past, sky lantern dancing was mostly superstitious activities, such as meeting gods and expelling epidemic ghosts. Now it has gradually developed into a folk sports activity.

5, the river lantern is lonely, and the river lantern is also called "lotus lantern". River lanterns usually put lights or candles on the base, and they will be placed in rivers, lakes and seas during the Mid-Autumn Festival, allowing them to float. It is said that Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns evolved from the custom of decorating lanterns in Mid-Autumn Festival.

Please note:

1, avoid hanging clothes in the middle of the night. Hanging clothes in the middle of the night is like setting a trap to catch ghosts in a haunted ghost month. Who bothers you? .

2, avoid sleeping with long hair and ghost moon, there are wandering ghosts everywhere. If you have long hair, be careful to be mistaken for the same kind by them and insist that you get up and chat.

3, night walking, people with light personality should never go at night, let alone go to remote or sparsely populated places, otherwise they will only ask for trouble.

4. Avoid celebrating birthdays in the middle of the night.

5. Don't say the word "ghost". When you are in Purdue, you'd better be careful what you say. Don't talk casually except the word "ghost". Be careful that ghosts are around you.

6. Avoid stepping on paper. Paper is a sacrifice for ghosts. When it burns, ghosts will come around and grab it. If you step on the paper, it won't hinder their action. When a ghost is angry, it will naturally be bad for you.

7. Avoid patting others on the shoulder. People think that everyone has three fires, which will make ghosts afraid to get close. Therefore, patting others on the shoulder at will during the ghost-ridden Purdue in the Central Plains is not to put out each other's fire and let ghosts find trouble with him.

8. Don't put chopsticks in the bowl. This is a mode of worship, just like burning incense in an incense burner. This will only attract good ghosts to share food with you.

9, avoid hanging wind chimes on the bedside, because wind chimes will attract yin.

1, don't steal sacrifices, don't compete with ghosts for food, and be afraid of bad luck.

1 1. Don't look back easily. Walking in the wild or sparsely populated places, it feels like someone is calling you. Don't look back easily, or you will be in trouble.

12, avoid swimming in the water and don't play in dangerous waters. It is said that the "water ghost" will find someone to reincarnate.

13, no whistling, whistling at night, easy to attract the attention of ghosts.