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What is the name of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong?

The Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong, also known as the Orchid Festival, is called "Mid-Autumn Festival", "Ghost Festival", "Gu Mu Festival" or "July and a half" (that is, July 15th in the lunar calendar, and July 14th in some places), and it is a day for offering sacrifices to ancestors and ghosts.

Mid-Autumn Festival is a Taoist saying. Taoism believes that "three yuan" represents "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. Qing Xu, a land official in the middle Yuan Dynasty, offered sacrifices to ghosts on July 15, and the guilty can also pray for forgiveness.

July 15 is also the Buddhist Boni Festival. Euglena basin is a transliteration of Sanskrit. "Magnolia" means upside down in Sanskrit, describing the shape of distress, and a basin refers to a vessel for holding offerings. Buddhism believes that offering this instrument can save the pain of deceased parents and relatives. The eyeworm basin means "upside down". The ceremony for Buddhists to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival is called "Orchid Festival". Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival is not only to pay homage to their dead relatives, but also to commemorate Manglietia, who saved his mother from hell in Buddhist scriptures, in order to praise his filial piety.