What are the taboos and stresses of Mid-Autumn Festival?

The Mid-Autumn Festival will appear no later than the Han Dynasty. At first, it was a festival in which farmers offered sacrifices to God and thanked the earth in late summer and early autumn. According to "Historical Records and Funny Biography of Chunyu Kun", at that time, farmers sacrificed pig's trotters and wine to Tian Shen, praying for a bumper harvest. Later sacrifices were not limited to pig's trotters and wine, and the places of sacrifice were not limited to farmland. The Mid-Autumn Festival was originally a small autumn, and a batch of crops matured. As a rule, people offer sacrifices to their ancestors with new rice and other sacrifices, and report Qiu Cheng to their ancestors. Therefore, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, every family pays homage to their ancestors.

It can be seen that the most primitive July and a half is a pure folk custom, which is closely related to the production and life of ordinary people and reflects their desire for food and clothing. At that time, Buddhism had not been introduced into China, Taoism had not been founded, and there was no record that this day was related to "ghosts".

After the appearance of Taoism at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, this day was transformed by local officials into a day of forgiveness of sins and became a day dedicated to the dead (in the original Mid-Autumn Festival, the connotation of ancestors was more inclined to protect the gods of future generations than ghosts and gods), while the multi-dimensional life elements such as autumn harvest were completely castrated.

Later, the Buddhist community did not stop there. Strictly speaking, it is a pseudo-Buddhist community that organizes the Orchid Festival and Taoism to snatch the ownership of July 15th, but the connotation is the same: saving the hungry ghost. It can be seen that in relatively pure Buddhism, which has not been infiltrated by folk customs, there is not so much emphasis or even "no emphasis" in All Forgiveness, such as sacrifice, fortune telling and feng shui. There is no distinction between good and evil, and there is no distinction between good and evil. Time and space are equal, because the purpose of Buddhism is to eliminate people and me, not to mention the red tape in the world? Therefore, the practice of designating a special day, such as Kasahara Festival, obviously violates the basic principles of Buddhism.