1. Time: To worship the souls of the dead, the best time is after 14:00, and from 15:00 to 17:00 (the 15th day of the seventh lunar month). If there is an ancestor's tablet at home, the worship time is from 11:00 to 13:00 noon on the same day.

2. Location: Worship ancestors in front of their ancestors’ tablets.

3. Sacrifice: Offer chopsticks on the table; burn incense and pray, the number of incense is the number of offerings plus three; after burning incense, insert one offering into each stick of incense, the extra incense, staple food rice noodles or cakes , you can insert two pillars each and wait until all the incense burns out, put away the incense feet, prostrate with both hands and pray together, announcing the end of the sacrifice.

The origin of the Zhongyuan Festival

The Zhongyuan Festival evolved from the "half-July" period of the ancient times when the harvest was harvested and autumn was eaten to worship ancestors. The first half of July is a folk festival in early autumn to celebrate the harvest and reward the earth. When certain crops are ripe, it is customary for folk to worship their ancestors, use new rice and other sacrifices, and report the harvest to their ancestors. It is a cultural and traditional festival to remember the ancestors. Its culture The core is to respect ancestors and fulfill filial piety.

The half of July was originally a folk ancestor worship festival in ancient times, and it is called the "Hungry Ghost Festival", which originated from Taoism after the Eastern Han Dynasty. Taoism believes that the half of July is the birthday of the local official. On the day when the local official is prayed for forgiveness, the underworld will release the souls of all ghosts, and the deceased ancestors can go home for reunion. Therefore, the Mid-Autumn Festival of the July and Half Autumn Festival is called the "Zhongyuan Festival". Festival"; it is called "Obon Festival" in Buddhism.