cool frost and clear air, bright lights on the moon.
Silent Middle .
Halloween is a traditional Western festival, that is, the Western "Ghost Festival" , which is very well-known. In fact, China also has its own "Ghost Festival", that is, the Zhongyuan Festival.
Zhongyuan Festival , which is commonly known as the Ghost Festival among the people, is collectively called "Three Yuans" together with the Shangyuan Festival and the Lower Yuan Festival. In order to pray for a good harvest, the people of ancient China often worshipped their ancestors on the 5th day of the 7th day of the lunar calendar of and tasted the fruits of labor together. Over time, the folk custom of "Zhongyuan ancestor worship" has been passed down. To this day, many Chinese people still perform simple rituals on this day to express their memory of ancestors and deceased families.
During the Northern Wei Dynasty, the name " Zhongyuan " rose. Because the dynasty highly praised religion, the Zhongyuan Festival also added the atmosphere of Taoism and Buddhism, and the name "Ghost Festival" came from then on. Legend has it that on the day of Zhongyuan Festival, the gates of hell will be opened, and deceased ancestors and deceased relatives can return to the world to reunite with their relatives. The people also have to worship their ancestors and visit graves, and illuminate the way home by placing lotus lanterns (river lanterns).
As a "representative product" of local culture, the Zhongyuan Festival is very prosperous among the people, and was once more lively than the "Qianxi Festival" and " Qingming ". During the Republic of China, the ceremony of worshiping ancestors in the Zhongyuan period was still widely circulated. Even after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War , many temples held grand ceremonies on this day, and the heroic spirits of the fallen soldiers in the Anti-Japanese War were dug. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Zhongyuan Festival was gradually considered a product of feudal superstition and gradually disappeared. During the "Cultural Revolution", the Zhongyuan Festival was criticized extensively. With the pace of reform and opening up, traditional festivals gradually returned, but the Zhongyuan Festival was neglected.
Today, many people still regard Zhongyuan Festival as a grand festival. Although the festival has a strong feudal superstitious idea, on the other hand, this festival has carried forward the " filial piety " of remembering ancestors and missing their parents, and also promoted the righteous act of being kind and kind and giving, with a strong human touch. In the new era, we should take the essence, remove the dross, promote China's excellent traditional culture, and recall those fathers and ancestors who laid a solid foundation for our happy life.
