Halloween

Chinese Ghost Festival, July 15 (in some places, especially in southern China, is July 14, according to legend is the Song Dynasty Mongol invasion of a certain place, residents flee ahead of the festive day), Taoism known as the Ghost Festival , Buddhism known as the Bon Festival (the Hungry Ghost Festival), civil society commonly known as Halloween, in July and a half. Lunar festival celebrations in July who started from the beginning, until July 30, up to a month.

Fifteenth day Lantern Festival, said Han, Nai-qing Lantern existed since ancient times;

Han said the Hungry Ghost Festival July 15, worship their ancestors;

October 15, said Han ha yuen festival, is Fresh Cold Food Observance to commemorate the sage.

Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival put on WATER LANTERNS, Taoist ritual prayer building, Nai Shi Han Chinese traditional folk, Buddhism and Taoism on the significance of this festival have a different interpretation, Buddhism emphasizes filial piety; Taoism focuses on those released from the underworld without Main Alone do "Purdue."
July 15 old calendar for the Hungry Ghost Festival, and the first month on the 15th of the Lantern Festival, and October 15 of the ha yuen festival with ancient traditional festivals.

Hungry Ghost Festival is a Taoist festival. Taoists believe that "Three" is the "three official" nickname. Lantern Festival also known as the "Lantern Festival official days" is a blessed day Shangyuan Officer Ziwei Great birthday; Ghost Festival, also known as "Chung-yuan to official Festival", is the Great Qing Xu Zhongyuan pardon to official birthday; ha yuen festival known as "ha yuen Water official Festival", is helping the Marine officer ha yuen dong Yin Great birthday. Taoism "too on the three officers by the" Cloud: "God bless officials, to officials and forgiveness of sins, water officials in helping the", "All sentient beings are both heaven, earth, water officials unifying." Hungry Ghost Festival, the Taoist temples, such as Dianmen fire temples, the West will be outside the White Cloud Temple to pray, "good weather, peace and prosperity," holding as usual "blessing auspicious temple."

Buddhists on this day to be held in a grand O-bon, also known as O-bon, fasting, and Bon for. Bon Tang i.e. the prevalence of the late Qing years, Beijing has more than 840 temples, conditional, such as Guangji Temple, Fayuansi Nian Hua Temple, Guanghua Temple, Jiaxing Temple, Cheung Chun Temple of different sizes and so bon organized and the Zhongyuan law would. Since the Republic, Beihai Park, Zhongshan Park Music Hall and other places over the years now have a "memorial service Memorial the Law." By Fan (Lama), Tao (Taoist), Buddhist (monks) by three for the one "naval-air war dead," the memorial tablets to carry out public memorial ceremony.
Hungry Ghost Festival period, the old Beijing still holding on France boat, put Dutch lamp, lotus lamp, worship of ancestors, to sing "occasional opera," and other activities.

Every year since July 15 is the Ghost Festival, also known as Halloween, or a ritual called the Hungry Ghost Festival is the wandering of the big day.

Hungry Ghost Festival originated from Taoism, Buddhism, was later changed to the current now commonly known as Halloween. Yue Lan Festival in India, the phrase means "hung upside down", "overhang" refers to the ten disciples of Buddha after the death of Mu Lian's mother, suffered by the hungry can not eat. After the Buddha was later to help. Subway five fruits with deities, and by supporting 10 square merit to save his mother. So now in order to worship Alone in ghost month lunar calendar in July will be held at Purdue, now known as Halloween.

In ancient times in general are reluctant to make a wedding this month, and other important things.