October 15 of the lunar calendar is the folk traditional festival Xiayuan Festival. This year's Xiayuan Festival is on November 11. Xiayuan Festival, Shangyuan Festival and Zhongyuan Festival are called Sanyuan Festival, both of which have the custom of sacrifice. So what's the difference between Xiayuan Festival and Zhongyuan Festival? In this article, let's understand the difference between the next Yuan Festival and the middle Yuan Festival. What's the difference between Xiayuan Festival and Zhongyuan Festival
There are some similarities between the lower Yuan Festival and the middle Yuan Festival, but they are not completely similar. Zhongyuan Festival is a traditional Ghost Festival, but Xiayuan Festival is similar to ghost festival, but it does not belong to traditional Ghost Festival.
Xia Yuan Festival
Xiayuan Festival is a traditional Chinese folk festival. It is also called "Xiayuan day" and "Xiayuan" on October 15 of the lunar calendar.
October 15 of the lunar calendar is the ancient 'Xiayuan Festival'. At this time, it was the harvest season in the countryside. Almost every family in Wujin area used Xingu ground glutinous rice flour to make small dumplings, wrapped vegetable stuffing hearts, and steamed outside the gate. In addition, as the old saying goes, 'in October half, three officials will lead the rice husk Tuanzi Zhai'. It turned out that Taoism said that the day was the birthday of the "three officials" (heaven officials, earth officials and water officials). Tianpoles were erected outside the Taoist family, and yellow flags were hung on the poles. In the evening, three sky lamps are hung on the top of the pole. It takes three officials to make a ball. After the Republic of China, this custom was gradually abolished, but folk ceremonies such as sacrificing the dead and burning the Treasury were held ahead of the "Zhongyuan Festival" on the 15th day of July of the lunar calendar.
Zhongyuan Festival
Zhongyuan Festival is a Taoist saying. In ancient China, the 15th day of January, July and October was divided into Shangyuan, Zhongyuan and Xiayuan: Shangyuan is the day of heavenly officials' blessing, Zhongyuan is the day of earth officials' forgiveness of sins, and Xiayuan is the day of water officials' relief of misfortune. So we will ferry lonely souls and wild ghosts in the Chinese Yuan Dynasty. Chinese New Year's day -- the traditional Chinese Folk Festival 'Chinese New Year's Day' on July 15 of the lunar calendar. In the south, also known as' Ghost Festival '. It is also said that the Zhongyuan Festival is on July 14 of the lunar calendar. On the festival day, people bring sacrifices to the tombs to pay tribute to their ancestors, which is similar to the tomb on the Qingming Festival. In the feudal era, the local government also ordered the monks and Taoists in the temple to set up a solitary soul ashram to commemorate the dead soldiers. People had to burn a lot of paper money on the Zhongyuan Festival. It is also called Yulan basin Festival.