This day, is the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the Chinese traditional festival of the Zhongyuan Festival, commonly known as the Ghost Festival, the half of July, Buddhism called the Bon Festival, the Eastern Han Dynasty Taoism set the three meetings and five wax days, of which July 7 is the moral wax, and it is the day of the fixed Taoist people to the Zhizhi to accept the examination, the date of ancestor worship in July was later set on July 15 with Taoism to set the birthday of the Zhongyuan local official and the corresponding sacrifice date on July 15, so fixed on this day.

On the day of the Midyear Festival, people will bring it to the grave to worship the ancestors, not forgetting the grace of the ancestors' inheritance, and also asking the ancestors to protect their descendants.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, it is called Shangyuan, light firecrackers, and celebrate the Lantern Festival; July 15, called the Central Plains, offering sacrifices, respecting ancestors; October 15 called Xia Yuan, eat cold food, read the sage.

The Han people put river lanterns on the Zhongyuan Festival, and the Taoist priests built Jiao to pray, which is the traditional folk custom of the Han people, and Buddhism and Taoism have different interpretations of the meaning of this festival, Taoism emphasizes filial piety; Buddhism, on the other hand, focuses on "purifying" the souls of the unowned and lonely souls released from the underworld.

The Zhongyuan Festival is a product of China's traditional culture, which has existed since the time of Emperor Wu of Liang and matured in the Song Dynasty. Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty "Puning County Chronicles" said: "It is commonly said that the ancestors test the soul to return, and the salty clothes and wine and food are recommended, although they are poor, they dare not lack." "Among the offerings, the garment is indispensable. Because of the end of the summer in July, it is necessary to change clothes to protect against the cold, and "the fire in July is in July, and the clothes are given in September".

Taoism's "Taishang Sanguan Sutra" clouds: "Heavenly officials bless, earth officials forgive sins, and water officials relieve misfortunes", "All living beings are controlled by heaven, earth, and water officials". During the Midyear Festival, Taoist palaces such as the Di'anmen Fire Temple and the Baiyun Temple outside the Xibian Gate held the "Blessing Auspicious Dojo" as usual in order to pray for "smooth wind and rain, national peace and security". Because of the fear of the psyche, the people compound Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism in their daily lives, and it becomes the Zhongyuan Festival on the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, and the people call the seventh month of the lunar calendar the "ghost month".

After the introduction of Buddhism, Buddhists recommended their ancestors according to a Buddhist ritual in India, and Buddhism also held a transcendence puja on this day, called "Yalan Mana", or "Obon". The meaning of the Bon is to hang upside down, and the pain of life is like a bat hanging upside down on a tree, hanging and miserable. In order to save sentient beings from the suffering of hanging upside down, it is necessary to chant sutras and give food to lonely souls and wild ghosts. This coincided with the Chinese Ghost Moon Festival, so the Midyear Festival and the Obon Festival were handed down at the same time.

There are several legends, one of which is that it is rumored that the king of Yama will open the ghost gate on the first day of the seventh lunar month, and let some lonely souls and wild ghosts who are not worshiped come to the world to enjoy the offerings, and on the last day of July, the lonely souls and wild ghosts will return to the ghost gate and close the ghost gate.

But in the Yin and Yang Dao, this ghost door is not easy to open, if it is easy to open a small crack, if you want to open this ghost door completely, it is not so easy, as far as Lin Mo knows, this ghost door, in the seventh lunar month, is slowly opened, and when the ghost door is just opened on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, after the fifteenth, it is slowly closed, until the last day, it is finally closed.

As for only releasing lonely souls and wild ghosts, it is also nonsense, ghosts are the same as people, how can they say that they are so fair and just, and those who hold the subsistence allowance are not all poor, so for these ghost soldiers who guard the ghost gate, the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the time when they are fishing for special fishing, and the souls who have not died want to go out? Okay, the lonely ghost wants to go out early and make a little more offerings? Okay, too.

As long as the money given is enough, then you are the VIP customer of the ghost gate, go first, go back, how much you can make depends on your ability, as for those lonely souls and wild ghosts that no one worships, they will really be released, after all, they have no offerings, where can these ghost soldiers in the underworld make money?

Today's Fengcheng, although the sky is still clear, but the temperature is a little low, the sun is shining high, but the people on this ground always feel a little cold, I don't know if it is a mental effect, or suddenly there is a change in temperature.

The strange teahouse on Fenglin Street is still closed, but the people around are used to it, so naturally they don't think it's strange, if this teahouse is only closed for a day, then they really have to find an excuse to go into the teahouse to see if something happened to the young owner of the teahouse, or to give this teahouse to someone else.

However, today's teahouse is extremely busy, it is still daytime, Lin Mo did not lie down to sleep, but directed Su Ying's kind of doll work in the teahouse, and sometimes he would do it himself.

"Left low, low, yes, that's it."

"The one with the yellow hat, a little taller, a little further to the left, yes, stop!"

"Be careful, be careful."

Su Ying sat on the side, holding the little black cat, quietly watching Lin Mo that guy was yelling there, directing the doll to work, what did Lin Mo do with the puppet?

He, commanding the doll to install mirrors on the walls of the teahouse, many, many mirrors, the entire first floor is about to become a mirror maze, but Lin Mo is still happy to do it, and he almost installs mirrors on the ground and the roof of the shed, but the cost of installing mirrors in these two places is too great, and the use is limited, so after some consideration, Lin Mo still gave up this idea, but what Su Ying didn't know was that the third floor of the teahouse was completely a mirror world, if you stood on the third floor, closed the entrance, and lit a candle, can make the entire third floor bright.

This is very knowledgeable, not that you put mirrors on all the walls in the room, you can be in any place, the light is reflected to all corners, there are many mirrors on the third floor of the teahouse, and they all have a certain angle, as for how to arrange, Lin Mo doesn't know, it has nothing to do with him, even a month ago, the third floor of this teahouse is a mystery to Lin Mo, he just followed the old man's instructions, in late June of this year's lunar calendar, the third floor will be opened, although after opening the third floor, The scene on the third floor made Lin Mo feel very surprised.

But being surprised doesn't mean figuring out how it works, for example, even if you know that nitroglycerin is dangerous, it is possible for a liquid to explode just by shaking, so do you have to try it, test it, and figure out why this strange liquid explodes so easily?

Of course, there is no need, and the old man said at the beginning, only the mirror master of his generation needs to open the mirror in this way, and then even if there is a mirror master, there is no need to seal the mirror again, then this place will not be used, learning how to arrange is completely a thankless task, be an obedient salted fish, say that your side is sunned, then turn over, say that your side is not sunned, then don't move, more sun.

As for the first floor arranged as a mirror maze, it is because the magic circle arranged by the mirror can not only confuse people, but also ghosts, ghosts can pass through the wall, but the mirror is an exception, ghosts can only pass through the mirror, and it is not so easy to pass through.

Just to arrange the first floor of the teahouse, it took almost a whole morning, Su Ying really couldn't understand, since the amount of work was so large, why didn't this guy start the layout earlier, he had to wait until the last day, and then hurriedly found himself to borrow a puppet and help him arrange it, seeing that Lin Mo was standing there there and directing most of the time, Su Ying was very suspicious, Lin Mo had already planned to borrow his own puppet to work on the last day, and even knew that he would not leave the teahouse, but he couldn't say that he was seen through by Lin Mo. That's a shame.

After everything was arranged, Lin Mo also drew something on each mirror with a strange liquid, and after it was done, he collapsed directly on the chair, obviously not doing any work, but he looked like he was about to die of exhaustion, and the ghost knew how this thing lived to such a big age, and he was almost lazy to death.

"Niangniang, when is the dinner?"

Lin Mo said weakly.

"What do you call me?"

Su Ying raised her eyebrows, and looked at Lin Mo with a little unkind eyes.

"Sister Su, you see that Xiao Hei is hungry."

Lin Mo instantly pointed at the little black cat with a straight face, Su Ying just wanted to refute, but when she saw Lin Mo's voice fall, the little black cat who was originally full of spirit instantly became pitiful, meowing non-stop, this person and cat are really tacit!

What else can be done, even if you don't care about Lin Xiaojiao, you still have to take care of the little black cat, after all, the strength of the little black cat is strong, and looking at the appearance of the little black cat turning into a human being, Su Ying thinks that Xiao Hei is still a child, children need to grow, and what they need most to grow up is nutrition, how to get nutrition, that must be food.

glanced at Lin Mo, waved his jade hand, and the two women with closed eyes and aprons bowed to Su Yingying, and then turned around and went to the kitchen, not to mention that the current Su Ying really has a bit of the posture of the favorite concubine in the ancient court, even if it is not a mother, it is also the eldest lady with countless maids and servants in the deep boudoir compound, what do you want to do, wave your hand, naturally there are puppets to do, of course, it is not okay to get out of the teahouse, after all, you still have to know the rules of yin and yang.

The things in yin and yang can't be directly exposed in public, let a bunch of dolls form a guard of honor for themselves, carry a sedan chair, play cards, and walk to the street with themselves?

It's not only fun, it's also magnificent, and you don't even have to walk in the sun by yourself, but it will cause a lot of trouble, a disturbance of social order, it's troublesome enough, not to mention that this practice will attract the anger of most people in the Yin and Yang Dao, which is not something that ordinary people can bear, as for people who can withstand these pressures, they don't bother to do this kind of thing, and make trouble for themselves for no reason, unless they are fools, or they just know a little rule, then they will do their own things in peace.

After eating, Lin Mo really found a place to sleep this time, as for why he didn't arrange the second floor, Su Ying didn't know, but there was no need to ask, in case Lin Mo did it on purpose, she didn't want to give Lin Mo a chance to despise herself, today's matter, in the final analysis, is Lin Mo's own business, and Lin Mo, who was sleeping in the room on the second floor, would not find out that there was no mirror on the second floor.

Of course, if Lin Mo really forgot it because of negligence.

Then Sister Tasu will only tell him one thing - yes!