It is another july and a half of the year, and the countryside ushers in a grand ancestor worship festival.
It is estimated that many people are confused about the July and a half and the Middle Yuan Festival, so what is the difference between the two? In addition, this year's July and a half is not ordinary, what are the characteristics? The rural proverb says, "There will be drought and flood in July, and three things should not be done". Let's have a good chat.
Is January and July half the Middle Age Festival? Wrong!
July and a half, also known as July 15, or Zhongyuan Festival, is a very solemn festival in the countryside. Most people think of the two as just different names, but if you understand how festivals have evolved, you can spot the differences.
July and a half is a cultural festival founded by our ancients, with the main customs of celebrating the harvest, rewarding the earth, remembering the ancestors, and worshipping ancestors. The month of July is set in multiples of seven, because seven was an important number in ancient times. According to the I Ching, "seven is the number of rebirths, the way of heaven and earth, and the principle of the cycle of yin and yang." Folk choose to sacrifice every seven days, and July and a half is the second seventh of the "resurrection month", so the traditional July half actually refers to the fourteenth of July.
However, the Zhongyuan Festival is a veritable import, related to Taoism in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and also related to the Indian "Obon Festival", which has complex historical reasons, especially the addition of the Idea of Benevolence of Pudu Sentient Beings in the later period.
Because of this, there is a difference between July 14 and Zhongyuan Festival. In some areas, July 14 is the day of ancestor worship, and the morning, noon, and evening offerings are made, which is extremely solemn. The Zhongyuan Festival, on the other hand, is pudu's homeless deceased, the custom is more inclined to put river lamps, and the sacrifice is relatively simple.
Second, why is this year's July and a half unusual?
The july and a half of 2022 appeared on shen yue shen day, and this year is the year of nong yin, the rural elderly said, Shen Jin pressed yin wood, tiangan and dizhi were suppressed, that is, the so-called "tianchong dike", which represents bad luck.
What is the drought and flood in March and July?
In rural areas, the july half-fixed drought and flood is a common proverb, and the next sentence is "August half fixed autumn harvest", the reason and weather are related to phenological growth. Because the drought is only in July and a half, July is half sunny, and there is a drought in August, and whether it rains in July or not, it is easy to affect the precipitation situation in the later period.
If it rains in july and a half, there will be more rain in the later period, and the weather is sunny, and it is easy to have autumn drought. July and a half is generally in the early autumn period, the autumn tigers are still there, and the rainfall will be beneficial to the growth of crops. Therefore, there is a proverb that "the drought and flood in July and the autumn harvest in August are half fixed".
Of course, any rural proverb has certain geographical restrictions, and it is determined according to the local weather and crop growth.
April, July half three do not do
July and a half is the day of folk ancestor worship, so the old people in the countryside often say that there are three mos to do, and everyone must follow the old tradition.
First, going home early and not emptying the house is actually advocating that every household sacrifice to the ancestors and not discard the ancient traditions.
Second, in the middle of July, don't go to the river when you have nothing to do. Don't go to the river, especially don't go swimming in the river. In addition to the old people saying that the human world and the hades use water as a channel, do not be caught for reasons that are not enough to believe, in fact, at this time, the autumn water is cold, and it is easy to have accidents when going into the water at this time.
The third thing to do is not to sit on the threshold, not to stand on the south wall, the reason is to block the ancestors from returning home, such a statement is not scientifically reasonable. #New Farmer Creation Contest ##农村 #
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