You can go out to play during the Ghost Festival during the day, but you are generally not allowed to go out after 6:30 at night, that is, after dark.

The Ghost Festival on July 15th is taboo. According to legend, the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the "ghost month". The first day of July is the day when the "Gate of Hell" opens. From the opening of the Gate of Hell on the first day of July to the closing of the Gate of Hell on the 30th, the ownerless souls from the underworld will flock to the human world and wander around in any place where humans can reach. Find something to eat. Therefore, in July, people have performed purification through chanting sutras and other activities to universally transcend the ghosts to prevent them from causing harm to the community, or to pray for ghosts to help cure diseases and protect the safety of their homes.

It is best not to go out on the night of Ghost Festival, talk less, do not stay up late, and go to bed early. When you see other people worshiping ghosts and gods, don’t talk nonsense, walk around them, don’t bump into them, and don’t step on the prayer paper and other worship items on the ground. If you really can't get around it, pay attention and say in your heart, I'm sorry, please use another way to wait.

Introduction to the Zhongyuan Festival

"July 15th" was originally a folk ancestor worship festival in ancient times. The name "Hungry Ghost Festival" originated from Taoism after the Eastern Han Dynasty. statement. Buddhism calls the half of July "Obon Festival". In a certain sense, the Half-July Ancestor Worship Festival belongs to the folk world, the Ghost Festival belongs to Taoism, and the Obon Festival belongs to Buddhism.

Ancestor worship on July 14th and 15th is a traditional cultural festival popular in countries in the Chinese character cultural circle and overseas Chinese areas. On this day, pious sacrificial activities express the feeling of being careful about the end and pursuing the future. Along with New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival and Double Ninth Festival, it is a traditional ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation. In May 2010, the Ministry of Culture selected the "Hungry Ghost Festival (Chaozhou people's Bon Festival)" declared by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and included it in the national intangible cultural heritage list.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Hungry Ghost Festival