When is Ghost Festival?

There are no festivals of ghosts and gods in China, but there are festivals about ghosts and gods, namely, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Zhongyuan Festival and Hanyi Festival.

1, Tomb-Sweeping Day

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional major Spring Festival. It is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation since ancient times to sweep graves and remember our ancestors. It is not only conducive to promoting filial piety, awakening family memories, but also conducive to promoting the cohesion and identity of family members and even the nation.

2. Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival is the name of Taoism, which is called July 30 and July 14 in folklore and ancestor worship festival in Buddhism. Festival customs mainly include offering sacrifices to ancestors, setting off river lanterns, offering sacrifices to the dead, burning paper ingots and offering sacrifices to the ground. Its birth can be traced back to ancestor worship and related festivals in ancient times.

3. Cold Clothes Festival

Hanyi Festival, also known as "October Dynasty", "Ancestor Festival", "Ghost Festival" and "Autumn Festival", is a traditional sacrificial festival in China, which is said to have originated from the Zhou Dynasty. October 1st of the lunar calendar is the first day after entering the cold winter, marking the arrival of the cold winter. On this day, people will offer sacrifices and burn them to commemorate their deceased relatives. This is called sending cold clothes. In China, Hanyi Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day Festival and Zhongyuan Festival (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month) are called the three "ghost festivals" in China.