When is Ghost Festival? (that is, when will the gate of hell open? )

The Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month (in some places, especially in southern China, it is said that Mongols invaded a place at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, and residents celebrated the festival one day in advance to escape), which is called the Mid-Autumn Festival by Taoism, the Orchid Festival by Buddhism, and the Ghost Festival by the people, which is called July and a half (some Hakkas call it August and a half, as opposed to the Mid-Autumn Festival). The celebration of this festival begins on the first day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar and lasts for one month until July 30th.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, Han people call it Shangyuan Festival to celebrate Yuanxiao, which has existed since ancient times.

On July 15, the Han people called the Mid-Autumn Festival a festival to worship ancestors.

1October15th, the Han people call it the next yuan festival, which is a cold food to commemorate the sages.

It is a traditional folk custom of the Han nationality to light river lanterns and pray for blessings by Taoist priests on the Mid-Yuan Festival. Buddhism and Taoism have different interpretations of the significance of this festival. Buddhism emphasizes filial piety. Taoism, on the other hand, focuses on the "Purdue" of the ghosts released from the underworld.

The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is the Mid-Autumn Festival, just like the Shangyuan Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month and the Xiayuan Festival on the fifteenth day of October.

Mid-Autumn Festival is a Taoist festival. Taoism believes that "Sanyuan" is another name for "Three Officials". Shangyuan Festival, also known as Shangyuan Tianguan Festival, is the birthday of Emperor Wei Zi blessed by Shangyuan. The Mid-Yuan Festival, also known as the Mid-Yuan Festival, is the birthday of Qing Xu, an official who pardoned evil in the mid-Yuan Dynasty. Xia Yuan Festival, also known as Xia Yuan Shuijie, is the birthday of Dong Yin, the emperor of Xia Yuan Shuiguan. The Taoist Sutra of Three Officials in Taishang says: "Heaven protects the people, local officials forgive sins, and water officials relieve Eritrea", and "all beings are under the control of heaven and earth water officials". On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Taoist temples, such as the Fire Temple in Di 'anmen and the Baiyun Temple outside Xibianmen, routinely hold "Dojo for Good Luck" to pray for "good weather, peace and prosperity".

Buddhists will hold grand bonsai on this day, also called bonsai, bonsai. In the late Qing Dynasty, there were more than 840 temples in Beijing, such as Guangji Temple, Fayuan Temple, Nianhua Temple, Guanghua Temple, Jiaxing Temple and Changchun Temple. Where conditions permit, Yulan Club and Zhongyuan Law Club of different scales are held. Since the Republic of China, Beihai Park, Zhongshan Park Concert Hall and other places have held "memorial ceremonies for fallen soldiers" at this time over the years. Fan (Lama), Tao (Taoist) and Zen (monk) are used to worship the memorial tablet of "soldiers killed in the land, sea and air" for public sacrifice.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, old Beijing will hold activities such as building boats, setting off lotus lanterns, playing lotus lanterns, worshipping ancestors and singing "Yingjing Jing".