July and a half ghost day taboo
Ghost Festival in July is a legend, but whether there is a paranormal has not been scientifically confirmed. A large part of the behavior of burning paper on Halloween is that strangers express their yearning for the dead. As for the legend of Halloween, there are lines, but there are no lines.
1. Sacrifice should be solemn and dignified, and it is advisable to wear black and gray clothes. Avoid red and other reds and purples. Otherwise, it will easily lead to suffocation and get into trouble.
2. Worship should be serious and dignified. Don't talk loudly, speak impolitely or behave inappropriately. It is said that otherwise it will disturb the soul of the deceased, and at worst it will cause resentment.
3. July 15 coincides with the weekend. Friends who want to go out to play should return before sunset. Otherwise, the yang will recede, and the yin will be fine, and people who are weak and sick will be easily harassed by the yin. When you go out to play, you'd better go together and avoid shady ravines and wilderness. If you meet a cemetery in the wild, you should walk through it devoutly, and you should not make noise, make noise or commit other blasphemies.
On the night of July 15, it is best not to go out, especially for friends with weak numerology, because the yin is too heavy. For those who have to go out, try to avoid wearing red ropes, bells and wind chimes. If you hear someone calling your name, you'd better not say it right away, but determine the source of the sound before you respond. Of course, it is best not to call others by their first names on Halloween night, especially when you meet acquaintances on the street outside.
5. Girls in the physiological period are also full of yin, so it is best to avoid occasions such as sacrifice and ancestor worship, and wear some mascots to ward off evil spirits and help luck when going out.
Halloween knowledge development:
In Indian Buddhist ceremonies, Buddhists hold them to recommend their ancestors? Bonsai club? The Orchid Sutra, a Buddhist scripture, aims at cultivating filial piety and encouraging Buddhist disciples, which conforms to China's popular belief of seeking before going far, so it is becoming more and more popular.
China followed this practice from the Liang Dynasty and became the Mid-Yuan Festival. But later, in addition to setting a fast for monks, activities such as repentance and setting fire to burners were added.
On this day, the master platform and the stone drum platform were set up in front of Jiekou Village in advance.
At night, every household should burn incense in front of their own house and put the incense on the ground. The more, the better, symbolizing a bumper harvest. It's called. Butian? . In some places, there are water lanterns.
The so-called water lamp is a lamp tied to a small board. Most of it is made of colored paper in the shape of a lotus flower. Drought and flood lights? . According to tradition, water lanterns are designed to guide those who are unjust and dead. When the lights went out, the water lights had completed the task of attracting ghosts to cross the Naihe Bridge. The shops were closed that day and the streets were haunted. In the middle of the street, there is an incense table every hundred steps. There are fresh fruits and an incense table. Ghost buns? There is a Taoist behind the desk singing ghost songs that people can't understand. What's the name of this ceremony? Where's the stone? .
Shangyuan Festival is the Lantern Festival on earth, and people decorate lanterns to celebrate it. The Central Plains came from Shangyuan. People think that the Mid-Autumn Festival is a ghost festival, and lanterns should also be put on to celebrate the festival for ghosts. But people and ghosts are different, so the lanterns in the Central Plains are different from those in Shangyuan. People are yang, ghosts are yin; The earth is yang and the water is yin. The mysterious darkness underwater reminds people of the legendary hell and the place where ghosts sink. So Shangyuan lanterns are on land and Zhongyuan lanterns are in water.
The story of Mulian's saving mother's ear is widely circulated among the people:
? People whose eyes are in contact with monks have great power. His mother fell into the hungry ghost road, and the food mouth turned into flames. Hunger was too bitter. Unable to save her mother, Manglietia asked the Buddha for advice. In order to talk about the Bible of bonsai, he taught to make a bonsai to save his mother on July 15. ? Magnolia is actually a Buddhist festival. Euglena? For Sanskrit, it means to save the hanging and relieve the pain. According to? Did the Buddha say "eye bug basin"? According to records, at that time, Lian Zun, a disciple of the Buddha, found his dead mother suffering in the Hungry Ghost Road with magical power. He is so filial that he sends food to her mother's mouth with magical power. Unexpectedly, the food turned into charcoal in her throat, which was inedible and extremely painful. My eyes were anxious and worried, so I asked the Buddha how to save the boat.
The Buddha told the Venerable Master: Your mother is sinful and greedy for 500 years. Even if you are the first, you can't save her suffering. You must rely on the strength of ten monks to be free! ?
It's July 15, is it summer, and? Happy Buddha Day? , but also the day when monks were born. The so-called self-indulgence is self-discipline. If you find yourself wrong, you should confess to others: if anyone commits a crime, you should also confess to monks. On that day, all the saints strictly observed the statutes, and their bodies, mouths and hearts were clean. At this time, they set up a fast for monks, and their merits were the most remarkable.
So, on July 15, the Buddha instructed to pay close attention to the revered people, prepare meals and five fruits, draw pots, burn incense and light lamps, and put all the most precious food in the world in pots to support the top ten monks. To become a monk in public, pray for blessings and eliminate disasters, increase happiness and wisdom for the world, and cross over first.
Later, inspired by the Buddha, believers set up pots to support the monks on July 15. With the help of the great god, their mother was freed from the suffering of the hungry ghost.
According to the Buddhist scriptures, if you can give big alms to Buddhists and monks at the victory meeting, you can let your parents and six relatives get rid of the three paintings and have plenty of food and clothing. Even the seventh generation of parents can get rid of the suffering of hungry ghosts, be born in heaven and have endless happiness. If parents are here, they can live happily for a hundred years and live a long life, without illness and all kinds of troubles. Therefore, as a Buddhist, in order to cultivate filial piety, we should always remember our ancestors' parents who were not freed in the past, support them in the Yulan Chaoyou Law Association, and make contributions to the Buddha, in order to repay their parents' kindness and help them free ten lonely souls from hunger.