The car is next to the willow tree, and there is a whirlwind around the pond on the road.

On this day, all ghosts are smiling, and every household is busy going to the grave.

The festival is called 'Ghost Festival', and everyone in Aoyama calls it 'July and a half', which is also an example of avoiding 'Ghost Festival'.

The Zhongyuan Festival in each village is not the same, most of them are passed down from generation to generation by the villagers, for example, in Qingshan, the date of the semi-ethnic minority and the Han nationality in July every year is different, the local Han people generally pass the July 14th, and the Buyi people have the July 13th, why this is so, in fact, Zhang Feng does not understand very well, according to the experts, it is said that it is because of the ancient war, the date of the seventh and a half months has such a difference.

Although everyone may have a different time, they are all collectively referred to as the Midyear Festival or Halloween Festival.

Legend has it that Lord Yama 'opens the ghost gate' on the first day of the seventh lunar month every year to release the ownerless ghosts in hell to enjoy the sacrifices of the yang world, and bring back the money and supplies needed to live in hell.

The 30th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the day of 'closing the ghost gate', and every household is accustomed to doing 'tail yuan' to send away ghosts. At this point, Pudu month came to an end.

And in order to taboo, every year in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the local people do not get married, do not celebrate birthdays, do not move out, do not enter the Buddhist hall to enter incense, do not do all kinds of festive things, and even adults do not let children go out at night.

Maybe you need to go to the grave in other places to celebrate the Midyear Festival,

But in Qingshan, changes have taken place, on this day, everyone does not need to go to the mountain to the grave, just need to set a table of good dishes in front of the incense tablet at home to worship the ancestors.

In addition to the sacrifices, the Qingming night will be the most lively river lantern.

The river lantern is also called "lotus lantern", the river lantern is usually placed on the base lamp or candle, and placed in the river, lake and sea in the middle of the night, let it drift. The purpose of putting the river lantern is to purify and pray. Some people also say that it is to welcome the ancestors, let them enjoy the sacrifices of the younger generations, and bless the children and grandchildren with peace and good luck.

In addition to putting river lanterns at night, everyone also burns paper money, gold ingots, and some families also burn longevity clothes, paper horses and other supplies.

As the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind, and the ancestors in the underworld also need money. Maybe the housing prices in the underworld are not cheap, so everyone can burn some paper money or something, and it can also reduce the pressure of the mortgage for the ancestors, so that they can also bless everyone, so that the children and grandchildren will be prosperous and prosperous, and it will be smooth sailing.

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After dinner, as night fell, Zhang's mother instructed her son:

"Xiao Feng, move the paper money and gold ingots outside and burn them to the ancestors!"

"Got it, Mom!"

"Brother, I'll help you!" Xiaoyue, the girl, jumped up and ran over to help,

Then the brother and sister came to the gate with a lot of things, including not only paper money and gold ingots, but also incense.

Among them, the gold ingots and the previous are packed up in small pockets made of paper, it is said that this is for the convenience of the ancestors to take away, as for the incense, it is equivalent to a flat burden, so that the ancestors can carry the paper money back, I have to say, these juniors are still very thoughtful.

Even some families are more particular, just like wrapping red envelopes, wrapping paper money in white paper, and writing the name of each dead relative on it, so that they can come to claim it, it is estimated that this is to prevent the ancestors from unevenly distributing money and causing contradictions.

I can't say that in order to satisfy the ancestors, everyone really thought of a lot of ways.

"Brother, why do you say we burn so much paper money? If you want me to say that we can just burn a check, or a bank card in the underworld?" the little girl asked Zhang Feng openly.

"You girl is talking nonsense!" At this moment, the mother came over, and when she heard the little girl's words, she immediately glared at the little girl, Zhongyuan Festival can't talk nonsense, if this is remembered by the ancestors, it will be troublesome.

The little girl stuck out her tongue and grimaced, and smiled disapprovingly.

"Hehe, in fact, the way of burning paper money is also a kind of sacrifice, showing everyone's longing for their deceased relatives and a kind of gratitude to their ancestors, so as long as everyone is sincere, it doesn't matter if you use paper money or bank cards. Zhang Feng smiled and said.

"Uh-huh......" the little girl nodded approvingly.

As the successor who grew up under the national flag, the little girl doesn't believe in any ghosts and gods, so she agrees with the eldest brother's statement very much, and thinks that the Midyear Festival is just to remind everyone not to forget to be nostalgic and grateful to their ancestors.

Only Mother Zhang shook her head on the side, she didn't agree with the thoughts of her children, she believed that she had it, and she couldn't believe it, in Wang Guilan's opinion, the theory of ghosts and gods was still very awesome.

On the other side, Brother Jun is also burning paper for his deceased parents and ancestors.

On the day of the Midyear Festival, it is essential to burn paper, at least in Aoyama.

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"Brother, second sister, should we go to the river to put the river lantern?" The little girl was very interested in the river lantern, and she couldn't wait to shout as soon as she finished burning the paper money.

"What are you busy with?" Zhang Feng smiled, and then ordered: "You go and get the broom and shovel, let's clean up this place first!"

"All right!" the little girl got up with some reluctance, and in a few moments came over with a broom and a garbage shovel.

Everyone cleaned up the paper ashes, then poured them in the corner of the flower bed, and then shoveled some dirt to cover it so that it would not fly because of the wind.

Then the family went to the river

I lit the candles on the lanterns and placed them in the river.

The lotus-like river lanterns, along the Dabang River, slowly flow into the distance, like a delicate lotus flower, drifting on the river surface.

As the poet of the Ming Dynasty described,

In the fire, the lotus water blooms, and the red and dark green wander together.

It is like a column that comes out from time to time, like a flow of songs.

The artistic conception is really very beautiful, comparing the river lantern to the stars in the sky, and the stars are dotted, illuminating the world.

"It's so beautiful!"

In the dark night, a river lamp, like the stars in the sky, swim in the heavenly river, looking at it from a distance, it is really suffocating.

More than a dozen river lanterns were soon put into the river by everyone, like a large fleet of ancient ships, sailing in the night.

Suddenly, a cry came from the entrance of the village.

Wow wow............ Wow!

Hearing this miserable cry, Zhang Feng smiled helplessly, who else could this voice be if it wasn't a little duck.

"Hee-hee, big brother, the duckling must have been beaten again!" Satsuki also smiled gloatingly.

"Hehe, that little guy has itchy skin if he doesn't get beaten for a day!" Wang Guilan also laughed.

The little guy was beaten, and everyone was not surprised at all, but felt that this was the normal rhythm.

It is estimated that the little guy either wants to play with fire, or wants to run out to spread wild, playing with fire is definitely not allowed by adults, and today is Halloween, if he is allowed to run out to play at night, can adults rest assured?

Thinking about the appearance of the ghosts, the adults are panicking.

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