Excerpts from poems about the Hungry Ghost Festival
The 14th day of the seventh lunar month (in some places it is the 15th day of July) is called the Hungry Ghost Festival in Taoism and the Bon Festival in Buddhism. The old folk name is Ghost Festival, which falls on July and a half. According to legend, on that day, the gates of hell will open and the ghosts in the underworld will be released. Those who have an owner go home; those who don't have an owner wander around, looking for food in any inaccessible place. Therefore, people hold "Pudu" activities in July by chanting sutras and performing rituals to generally save lonely souls to prevent them from causing harm to the world, or to pray for ghosts to help cure diseases and protect the safety of their homes. Therefore, it is the custom of Pudu on this day in the southern region.
Thoughts on the Ghost Festival
(Qing Dynasty) Wang Kaitai
The Taoist temple purifies the ghosts, and the original Yulan ancient meaning remains .
But it’s strange that the red paper is posted on the door, Roshan wine sea celebrates the Chinese New Year.
Worked by Baihuazhou on the Night of the Zhongyuan Dynasty
(Northern Song Dynasty) Fan Zhongyan
Nanyang Prefect Qing was so mad that he admired the moon before the Mid-Autumn Festival.
I forget to return home at night in Baihuazhou, the green trees are silent and smooth.
The blue sea of ??heaven spits out bright pearls, and the cold glow shoots out precious stars.
Looking at the human world downstairs in the west, Yingran is all in a clear jade pot.
The scorching heat has always been unavoidable, but it is not God’s will to have cold weather tonight.
A flute blows away thousands of miles of clouds, the host sings loudly and the guests get drunk.
When the guests are drunk, they dance and chase me with songs. They sing and dance like old people.
Zhongyuan Riguan Dharma
(Tang Dynasty) Lu Gong
The Four Meng meets the autumn preface, and the three yuan is in the air.
The clouds welcome the blue sky, and the chapter plays in the Jade Palace.
The altar drips with locust flower dew, and the fragrance floats in the cypress wind.
The feather clothes are ethereal, and the Yao hub rolls through the void.
I have long admired Xiake's meals, but I am often saddened by the gathering of Polygonum worms.
How to teach the green bag? From now on, I will visit the Hong family.
Written in the Zhongyuan Dynasty
(Tang Dynasty) Li Shangyin
When the country came to Piaopiao Palace during the Jiangjie Festival, the Zhongyuan Dynasty paid homage to the Qing Dynasty.
Sheep Quan must be stripped of gold bars, and Wen Qiao will eventually become a jade mirror stand.
I will be frightened to sleep when I hear the rain passing by, but I don’t know that I am lost because the flowers are blooming.
There is a bird that has not reached Yingzhou far away, and the green sparrow is like a poisonous bird.
Mid-Yuan Night
(Tang Dynasty) Li Ying
On the Mid-Yuan Night at the Water Temple in the south of the Yangtze River, the moon goddess was seen beside the golden millet fence.
The shadow of the red candle is close to the fairy state, and the green light is moving to see many people.
The fragrant and colorful hall is filled with orchids and musk deer, and the green clothes are surrounded by dew and mixed with Qi Luo.
The Wu Gorge is far away in the night sky over Xiangshui River, and I don’t know where I want to go back.
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