How were people born on Mid-Autumn Festival? Why is Mid-Autumn Festival Ghost Festival?

How were people born on Mid-Autumn Festival?

Statement 1:

Mid-Autumn Festival is also called Ghost Festival and July 30th. People born on this day have a hard life, especially when they are young (1 23: 00 at night). People call those born at this time Tiantai people.

Statement 2:

Because the Mid-Autumn Festival is the time when ghosts haunt, it is said that all children born on this day are wandering imps. Therefore, people born on this day, people with heavy yin are prone to qi deficiency, cold stomach, cold limbs and easy to attract evil spirits.

Statement 3:

It is generally believed that July 14 is the day when the gates of hell are wide open, so few people go out at night. It is said that friends born in the Mid-Autumn Festival will see some unclean things, and some people say that people born in the Mid-Autumn Festival will have a rough fate. Why is Mid-Autumn Festival Ghost Festival?

According to records, in ancient times, July 15 was called Mid-Autumn Festival, which was a traditional festival in China. It is the day when the ancients set up river lanterns to pray, and it is also the day when Taoist priests build incense sticks to pray.

Among them, Buddhism and Taoism have different interpretations of this festival. Taoism emphasizes filial piety, while Buddhism focuses on making a trip to the universe for those ghosts released from the underworld.

Taoism has three officials, namely, celestial officials, local officials and water officials. God bless the people in the sky. Their birthday is the 15th day of the first month, which is called Shangyuan Festival. Local officials forgive sins, and the date of birth is July 15, which is called the Mid-Yuan Festival. Shuier, born on October 15th, is called the Next Yuan Festival.

There is such a legend about this statement. According to legend, a long time ago, there was a man named Chen Ziqi in Taoism. After he married the daughter of the Dragon King, he gave birth to three children, Tianguan, Diguan and Shuiguan, on the 15th of January, 15th of July and 15th of October respectively.

These three officials are in charge of the three major tasks of human blessing, forgiveness and salvation. The Mid-Autumn Festival on July 15 every year is just the time for local officials and schools to atone. On this day, the magistrate will take out a thick roster, and according to the performance of immortals, mortals and animals, cross off the paintings, forgive the sins and punish them.

Therefore, in the Mid-Autumn Festival, all the sacrificial activities carried out by the people are aimed at saving those ghosts, hoping that local officials will forgive them all their crimes.

What are the three major Halloween festivals in China?

1, Tomb-Sweeping Day

Tomb-Sweeping Day went to the grave and had the custom of going for an outing. In the past, Tomb-Sweeping Day was also called Cold Food Festival, which lasted for one hundred days. Cao Cao changed it to one day, and the Tang Dynasty changed it to three days before Qingming. All fires must be put out. After the cold food was served, a new fire broke out in the palace.

2. Mid-Autumn Festival

The Central Plains (July 15) was originally a day for folk ancestor worship, and later it was designated as Christmas in the underground palace, which was in charge of the ghost gate. On this day, the underground palace opened the gates of hell, and the dead ancestors could go home for reunion, so it was also the Ghost Festival, the most important of the three ghost festivals in China. It is equipped with Dojo and steamed bread for ghosts. On this day, ancestors are worshipped, graves are swept and lanterns are lit. The Taoist temple held a grand ceremony to pray for the auspicious Dojo, the content of which was to cross over the soul of the deceased.

3. Cold Clothes Festival

Every year, the first day of October in the lunar calendar is called the October Dynasty, also known as ancestor worship festival, which is the Cold Clothes Festival. Also known as Ghost Festival, this day pays special attention to the people who die first, and it is called sending cold clothes. In order to prevent their ancestors from catching cold in the underworld, on this day, people will burn five-color paper, send them warm clothes, and send them warmth, a ghost. On the first day of October, burning cold clothes entrusted the memories of the old people and carried the pity of the living for the dead. At the same time, this day also marks the arrival of severe winter, so it is also a day for parents and lovers to send warm clothes to people they care about.

Buddhism is the day of Orchid Club, and the content is to cross over for the dead. The original intention of orchids is to liberate and hang upside down, which comes from the story of Mulian saving her mother.