You can't eat chicken claws and offerings on the Ghost Festival.

1, do not eat chicken claws

The old generation of the day of the Mid-Yuan Festival, will not eat chicken claws, because the chicken's claws are forward planing, and forward planing will be sent to the ancestors of the money are scooped up, and thus unfavorable to their own, although this is the old generation of the argument, but we are in this day, we properly respect, is also possible.

2, do not eat sacrifices

In the day of the festival of the middle yuan after the sacrifice of fruits, meat, it is best not to casually eat, if you eat right away it is disrespectful to the ancestors. If you want to eat, you need to wait until the day is over before eating. Although these customs are not scientific, but they express people's grief for the deceased, respect for ancestors, is part of traditional Chinese culture, some of them are still worth passing on.

What you can eat on the Mid-Yuan Festival:

1, duck

In many areas, in the Mid-Yuan Festival, the slaughter of ducks to sacrifice ancestors, eating ducks and other customs. Legend has it that because ducks know water, they are able to "cross the river", which is similar to the symbolism of releasing river lanterns to pray for luck.

Additionally, there is a very auspicious saying to eat duck on this day, as the saying goes: "Eat a duck on the half of the seventh month, and don't be afraid of anything", and "duck" harmonizes with "pressure", and eating duck can suppress the "pressure". Duck can suppress the "bad luck", drive away the bad things, more peaceful and smooth days.

2, flat food

Some places in the Day of the Chinese New Year Festival have eaten "flat food", the local people believe that this day to eat flat food can drive away bad luck, meet good luck. The so-called "flat food" is in fact similar to the dumplings we usually eat, looks like a dustpan shape, but is mainly made of flour and sugar, its skin is a little thinner than the dumplings, and you can choose a variety of food for the filling.

The above is for reference only.