Xia Yuan Festival (Xia Yuan Jie)

Xiayuan Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, is the 15th day of October in the lunar calendar, also known as "Xiayuan day" and "Xiayuan". It is one of the traditional Chinese folk festivals.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, China calls it the Shangyuan Festival, which celebrates the Lantern Festival, which has existed since ancient times; July 15 is called the Zhongyuan festival in China, offering sacrifices to ancestors; On October 15, China calls the next Yuan Festival to offer sacrifices to ancestors.

The origin of Xiayuan Festival is related to Taoism. There are three officials in Taoism: Heaven officials, earth officials and water officials, which means that the upper yuan nine energy bless heaven officials, the middle yuan seven energy forgive sins, and the lower yuan five energy relieve water officials. The birth dates of the three officials are the official blessing on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the forgiveness of sins by local officials on the 15th day of July and the relief of misfortune by water officials on the 15th day of October. These three days are called "Shangyuan Festival", "Zhongyuan Festival" and "Xiayuan Festival". The next Yuan Festival is the day when the water official and the valley emperor solve the problem. It is commonly known as the next yuan day.

Xia Yuan Festival WIki:

Chinese nameXia Yuan Jie
aliasXiayuan birthday, Xiayuan Shuiguan Festival and winter festival
Holiday timethe 15th day of the tenth lunar month
Festival typeChinese traditional festivals
Epidemic areaYellow River Basin
Festival originThe water official's time of relieving misfortune
Festival activitiesFasting, offering sacrifices to ancestors
Holiday significancePray for blessings, disaster, suffering and apology


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