The Ghost Festival is on the 15th day of the 7th month of the lunar calendar, partly on the 14th day of the 7th month.

The fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is known as Zhongyuan Festival in Taoism, Bon Festival (short for Bon Festival) in Buddhism, and commonly known as Ghost Festival and Half of July in folklore.

Some places, especially in southern China, the Ghost Festival is on July 14, which is rumored to be the end of the Song Dynasty when the Mongols invaded a certain place and the inhabitants celebrated the festival one day earlier in order to escape.

Legends of the Mid-Yuan Festival:

1. On the first day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, King Yama opens the Gate of Ghosts and releases a group of lonely souls and wild spirits that have not been worshipped by anyone to enjoy the people's offerings on the earth. On the last day of July, before re-closing the ghost gate, this batch of lonely souls and wild ghosts have to return to the netherworld. This is why July is also called the month of ghosts.

2. The story of Megarian's rescue of his mother: Among the Buddha's disciples, Megarian, who was the first one in terms of divine power, was thinking of his mother, who had passed away, and with his divine power, he saw that because of the karma of her greed during her lifetime, she had fallen into the path of the evil ghosts after her death, and lived a life of not having enough to eat.

Meganeleon then used his divine power to transform food into food and gave it to his mother, but her mother did not change her greed, and when she saw the food coming, she was afraid that the other ghosts would snatch it, and with her greed, the food immediately turned into coals of fire in her mouth, and she was unable to swallow it.

Despite his powers, Megiddo could not save his mother, and was in great pain, so he asked the Buddha what to do.

The Buddha said, "The 15th day of the 7th month is the last day of the Jiexia Anju practice, which is full of dharma goodness, and on this day, potting a hundred flavors and making offerings to the Lane Sangha is of immense merit, so that with this compassion you can save his deceased mother."