When is the Chinese Ghost Festival in 2021
Chinese Ghost Festival refers to the most grand traditional ancestor worship festivals in China, namely Qingming Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Hanyi Festival.In 2021, the Qingming Festival will be on April 4th, the Mid-Autumn Festival will be on August 22nd, and the Winter Clothes Festival will be on November 5th.
The time of the 2021 Qingming Festival
The time of the 2021 Qingming Festival refers to April 4th, Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, which is the 23rd day of the second month of the lunar calendar.According to relevant regulations , on this day we have a statutory holiday.Qingming Festival, also known as Outing Festival, Xingqing Festival, March Festival, Ancestor Worship Festival, etc., falls between mid-spring and late-spring.The Qingming Festival originated from the ancestral beliefs and spring ritual customs in ancient times.It has both natural and humanistic connotations.It is not only a natural solar term, but also a traditional festival.Tomb-sweeping, ancestor worship and green outing are the two major ritual themes of Qingming Festival.These two traditional ritual themes have been passed down in China since ancient times and have not ceased to this day.
The time of the 2021 Mid-Yuan Festival
The time of the 2021 Mid-Yuan Festival refers to the Gregorian calendar on August 22, Sunday, which is the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.The Zhongyuan Festival is the name of Taoism, and it is called the ancestor worship festival in July and a half and the fourteenth of the seventh month (another saying is the fifteenth of the seventh month).The festival customs mainly include worshiping ancestors, putting river lanterns, offering sacrifices to the dead, burning paper ingots, and offering sacrifices to the land.Its origin can be traced back to the worship of ancestral spirits and related rituals in ancient times.July is the auspicious month and the month of filial piety.The half of July is a folk festival in early autumn to celebrate the harvest and reward the earth.When some crops are mature, the folks should make sacrifices to ancestors as a rule, and use new rice and other offerings to report the autumn to the ancestors.The festival is a traditional cultural festival in memory of ancestors, and its cultural core is to respect ancestors and filial piety.
The time of the 2021 Winter Clothes Festival
The time of the 2021 Winter Clothes Festival is November 5th, Friday in the Gregorian calendar, which is the first day of the October lunar calendar.The Winter Clothes Festival is also known as "October Dynasty", "Ancestor Worship Festival", "Mingyin Festival" and "Autumn Festival".According to legend, it originated in the Zhou Dynasty, and its actual formation was not earlier than the Song Dynasty.The Winter Clothes Festival is popular in the northern regions of my country.On this day, people will make sacrifices and sacrifices to commemorate the deceased relatives, which is called sending cold clothing.People in northern my country call the Winter Clothes Festival, the Qingming Festival in spring and the Zhongyuan Festival on July 15 as the three major "ghost festivals" in China.
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