Also known as Ghost Festival, Magnolia Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival". Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival of Buddhism and Taoism, and it is also a festival connected with Confucianism. Taoism regards the fifteenth day of the first lunar month as Shangyuan Festival, the fifteenth day of July as Zhongyuan Festival, and the fifteenth day of October as Xiayuan Festival, and regards Zhongyuan Festival as the day when local officials judge the good and evil of people and ghosts. Therefore, Taoist priests should recite the scriptures on this day to free the lonely souls of prisoners on earth and hungry ghosts in the underworld, and there is also the custom of worshipping local officials among the people. "Chronicle of Gan Chun" contains: "On July 15th, Taoism called it Zhongyuan Festival, and there was a fasting meeting; This day is regarded as the orchid basin in the monastery, and people also worship it first. " In Buddhism, Buddha Sakyamuni was reincarnated on this day and was born on the eighth day of April. Therefore, July 15 is called parasitic festival, and it is necessary to repay mother's kindness on this day, so this festival is also called Thanksgiving. Later, Mulian, a Buddhist disciple, saved his mother on this day. (According to the Records of Yulan Bijing, Mulian venerable learned that his mother was suffering in the "hell" after her death, and if she hung upside down, she ran to ask the Buddha for help. The Buddha asked him to prepare 100 kinds of food on July 15th, the day when monks settled in summer, so as to avoid eating ten monks, so it was also called Yupu. This festival was quite popular in the early Tang Dynasty. According to historical records, after Emperor Taizong of Li Shimin unified the world, on the day of the Central Plains, more than 20,000 monks and nuns were recruited and turned over for 7,749 days. On this day, both Buddhism and Taoism offer sacrifices and make contributions to the world of Yin and Yang, so they are merged by the people.

This festival is also related to Confucianism. Confucianism emphasizes filial piety, and when parents are alive, children should be obedient; When your parents die, you should also "pay homage to them", just like when your parents were alive. Therefore, Confucianism advocates that in addition to ancestor worship in spring and autumn, ancestor worship can also be held on the Mid-Yuan Festival. In this way, the Mid-Autumn Festival is the confluence of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.

The Mid-Autumn Festival in Chaoshan is commonly known as "Ghost Festival", "July and a half" and "Sacrificing orphans". Chaozhou people have folk activities, such as ancestor worship, stone drums, robbing orphans, naked fire, performing and dancing lanterns.