The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in China, also known as the Ancestor Worship Festival, July 14th, Lanpen Festival and Local Officials' Festival. The main festival customs include worshiping ancestors, setting off river lanterns, worshiping the souls of the dead, burning paper ingots, and offering sacrifices to the land. When is the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2021? What is the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival?
Mid-Autumn Festival in 2021
The time of the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2021 is: August 22, 2021, Sunday, July 15, 2021 in the lunar calendar. We must take this day seriously.
The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival
It is the number of seven resurrections, and it is also a changing number, so the ancients chose to worship their ancestors on July 14. The emergence of the Mid-Autumn Festival can be traced back to ancient ancestor worship and harvest festivals. In the early days, it was mainly used to express the joy of harvest. Autumn is the harvest season. In ancient times, the harvests people cultivated were often blessed by gods, because the level of social productivity at that time was extremely low. People hold rituals to worship the souls of their ancestors. They first offer the best seasonal products to the gods, and then taste the fruits of their labor themselves to pray for a good harvest in the coming year. This expresses the ancient working people's longing for a better future life.
The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival
According to legend, the Tibetan Bodhisattva, also known as the Terror, came to the underworld after his mother died, was locked in a cell, and suffered from the eighteen levels of hell. . Tibetan Bodhisattva was a very filial son who could not bear to see her mother suffer. On July 15, she had an affair and asked the jailer to secretly open the cell door and let his mother out. It doesn't matter who knows, cell. July and a half, the ghost said. Those ghosts who run back to their hometowns ask for money from their families so that they can go back to live a better life, open up their joints, and hope to come to the next life as soon as possible. Later, people designated this day as the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The Orchid Pot Buddhist Festival originated from the story of ‘Mu Lian saving his mother’ in the year of the Tripitaka. The story of Maudgalyana saving his mother: Among the disciples of the Buddha, the incarnation of the Buddha, His Holiness, mourns the death of his mother. He used his own avatar to see her mother's greedy karma during her lifetime, and after her death, she degenerated into an evil ghost and lived a life of starvation. Mu Youlian then used her magical power to turn it into food and gave it to her mother, but her mother did not change her greed. When she saw the food coming, she was deeply afraid that other evil spirits would steal her food. The greedy food immediately turned into hot coals in her mouth, and she couldn't swallow it. Although Mu Yulian has supernatural powers and is the son of man, he cannot save his mother. She was in great pain. What should the Buddha do? The Buddha said, "The fifteenth day of the seventh month is the last day for peaceful practice." On this day, all kinds of food are served to the monks and nuns in the alley, which is a great merit. You can use this compassion to save your dead mother. On July 15, Lian followed the Buddha's will and offered a bowl of delicious fruits and vegetarian food to her mother. Her mother finally got food. This is the origin of ‘Good Brothers’ in Pudu City, Taiwan Province.