Pictures of the Ghost Festival of the Ghost Festival
Pictures of the Ghost Festival of the Ghost Ghost Festival. The Ghost Festival is a festival that existed long ago in our country. It is also called the Ghost Festival. It is rumored that on this day It is the day when the gates of hell are opened and hundreds of ghosts walk at night. Many people have painted pictures related to the Ghost Festival of the Ghost Festival. So have you seen related pictures? Let’s take a look at the pictures of the Ghost Festival. Ghost Festival Picture 1
Why is the Ghost Festival called the Ghost Festival?
About the origin of the Ghost Festival, it originated from Taoism. . The gods worshiped by Wu Dou Mi Dao, an important sect of Taoism in the late Han Dynasty, are Tianguan, Diguan, and Shuiguan. It is said that Tianguan blesses blessings, Diguan forgives sins, and Shuiguan relieves misfortune. The three officials are matched with three yuan. Taoism believes that the Ghost Festival is the birthday of the local official. On the day when the local official is prayed for forgiveness of sins, all the ghosts will be released from the underworld, and the deceased ancestors can go home for reunion, so it is also called the Ghost Festival. Taoism holds a "Zhongyuan Purdue" on this day, offering food and burning ghost paper to let the ownerless souls have a full meal. Later it evolved into a shelter that met people's various spiritual needs.
Later, as Buddhism was introduced to China, the Ghost Festival is also related to the Buddhist Obon Festival. Legend has it that it originated from the Buddhist monk Mu Lian in the Buddhist Tripitaka. The story of a man who saves his mother. It is said that Monk Mulian had great magical power and went through a lot of hardships to reach the underworld. He saw his dead mother being tortured by a group of hungry ghosts. Mulian used a bowl to fill vegetables and rice for his mother, and the rice turned into ashes immediately when it reached his mouth. Being snatched away by hungry ghosts, seeing her mother suffering tremendous pain, Mulian was unable to save her mother. He had no choice but to seek help from the Buddha. The Buddha was moved by his filial piety and awarded him the Ullambana Sutra. According to the instructions in the sutra, Mu Lian used the Ullambana basin to hold precious fruits and vegetarian food to worship his mother on July 15th every year. Don't dare to rob it. To commemorate Mulian's filial piety, Buddhists hold a grand "Ollambana Festival" every year.
There are two different origins of the "Hungry Ghost Festival" in Taoism and Buddhism. But whether it is Taoism, Buddhism or other origins, the purpose they express is the same, which is to lead people to commemorate their ancestors through a series of activities such as offering sacrifices to graves, burning incense and paper money, placing river lanterns, offering grains and food, etc. It expresses filial piety and memory for our ancestors, and inspires us to do more good deeds and good deeds in order to accumulate blessings for ourselves and our family, otherwise we will be punished even if we are ghosts. Ghost Festival pictures 2
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