What festival is the lotus lantern in July? What is the traditional festival?
Putting lotus lanterns has meanings such as prayers and wishes, and the festivals where lotus lanterns are put on in July refers to the Zhongyuan Festival and the River Lantern Festival.Among them, the Zhongyuan Festival is a traditional festival in China, and the River Lantern Festival is a traditional festival of the Hezhe people.
Putting lotus lanterns is not a rare folk custom.There are folk customs of putting lotus lanterns in many festivals.The specific meaning of putting lotus lanterns is to pray for health and safety The arrival of luck, wishing the family a long life and so on.The festivals with the custom of putting lotus lanterns in July refer to the Zhongyuan Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, and the River Lantern Festival, a traditional festival of the Hezhe people.
What is the festival of putting lotus lanterns in July
1.Zhongyuan Festival:Zhongyuan Festival is one of the traditional grand festivals in our country, also known as July and a half, auspicious month, The Obon Festival, Shigu, Zhaigu, Ghost Festival, etc., the specific festival time is on the 14th or 15th of July in the lunar calendar every year.The purpose of the festival is to worship ancestors and worship ghosts and gods.Because the number seven has the meaning of resurrection in ancient times, the old people believed that the dead souls of ancestors would return to the world during the Mid-Yuan Festival, so people should prepare sacrifices to ancestors, put river lanterns, burn paper money, etc.on this day.Putting lotus lanterns is one of the most important folk customs.
2.River Lantern Festival:The River Lantern Festival is a traditional national festival of the Hezhe people in my country.The purpose of the festival is to worship the river god, pray for safety and health, and bless the people with a successful harvest.The specific festival time is on July 15 of the lunar calendar every year.The purpose of putting river lanterns is to pray for peace, health, and good harvest, etc.This is also the most important way for the Hezhe people to celebrate the River Lantern Festival.
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