According to folklore, every year from the first day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the ghost gate of the prefectural government begins to remain in a state of passage until the 29th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. Therefore, in our traditional folk culture, the July of the lunar calendar is called "Ghost Moon".
In our traditional folk culture, the seventh month of the lunar calendar is called the "ghost month" mainly in this month, and there are four important events circulating.
First, open the door in early July
According to legend, every year on the first day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the king of Yama would order the little brothers below to open the gate of the earth, so that those little brothers who lived there would come over here to see the world and see the world. For this reason, in order to ensure the peace of this side, people should "give some blood"! Therefore, in ancient times, on the first day of the first month of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, many ancients would choose to worship, the purpose of which was to hope that the month would be spent peacefully and peacefully. The conditional sacrifice, the small sacrifice with poor conditions, expresses the reverence and respect for the heavens and the brothers over there in the form of sacrifice.
Second, July 15th Middle Day
This editor does not need to say more, the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the middle of the yuan festival, in many film and television themes, this day is described as quite terrifying. The word Zhongyuan comes from the "Taoism" of our country, which originally means the day of forgiveness of sins by local officials. The main ritual of the day is transcendence, excess for sinful souls.
Third, July 20 white dew falls
On the twentieth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, it is one of the twenty-four solar terms of white dew, and at this time there are already many places where there are already chills. In nature, from this time on, a large number of creatures went into decay. Therefore, for nature itself, it is also a "ghost moon" without compromise.
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Fourth, July 29 the gates are closed
This is the last day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the time to "close the gate", and the day when the "brothers" who are on vacation here return to that side. Therefore, according to folklore, there must be a good beginning and a good end, and if there is a sacrifice on the day when the gate is opened, then the day when the gate is closed also needs to be sacrificed.
Ghost moon, there are also a lot of taboos, in the next article, let's take a look at "lunar month in July, what are the folk taboos."
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