we are not new to Halloween in the West. Halloween is a traditional festival in western countries. It's the most haunted night of the year, so it's also called ghost day. China also has ghost festival, four seas net reads for you to present the Chinese tradition three big ghost festival!
Chinese traditional three Ghost Festival is Qingming Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and cold food festival.
On the Tomb Sweeping Day, there is a custom of outing. In the past, Qingming was also called cold food festival. It lasted for a hundred days. Cao Cao changed it to one day. Tang Dynasty changed it to three days before Qingming. All the fire had to be extinguished. After the cold food, new fire came out of the palace. In Qingming, we need to plant willows, wear wicker hats, fly kites and swing.
2. Zhongyuan Festival (July 15) was originally the day of ancestor worship among the people. It was later designated as the underground palace Christmas, and the underground palace was in charge of the door of hell. On this day, the underground palace opened the door of hell and opened the door of hell. The deceased ancestors could come home for reunion. Therefore, it was Ghost Festival, the most important of the three major Ghost Festivals in China. There was a Daochang, which put steamed bread for the ghosts to eat.
On this day, we will sacrifice our ancestors, go to the grave and light a lantern to light the way home for the dead. Taoist temple held a grand ceremony to pray for blessings and auspiciousness. The Buddhist day is the day of the Yulan basin meeting, which is also about the transcendence of the dead. The original intention of Yulan is to liberate and hang upside down. It comes from the story of Mulian saving his mother.
3. The editors of Hanyi Festival call it "October Dynasty" or "ancestor worship Festival" on the first day of October of the lunar calendar every year. For the winter clothing festival. It's also called the festival of the dead. On this day, we pay special attention to offering sacrifices to those who died first. It's called sending cold clothes. With the spring Qingming Festival, the autumn Zhongyuan Festival, and known as the three major 'Ghost Festival' of the year.
In order to avoid the cold and cold in the hell, on this day, people will burn five color paper, send them clothes to keep warm, and send warmth to the ghosts. On the first day of October, burning cold clothes is the memory of the past and the compassion 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 the people they care about.