My second essay was based on Halloween, and I described a little of a similar festival in China—“The Ghost Day”, here I will describe more information about ghost day and I will compare the similar and the difference between Ghost day and Halloween in details.
In China, there is a festival which has a similar meaning with Halloween. We call it “Ghost Day”. There are several Ghost days based on lunar calendar in China. The Ghost day can be explained as the festival of ghosts. The famous ghost days are: March the third, July the seventh and QingMing festival, October the first. In the southern east of China, people believe the ghost will come out on March the third and people set off firecrackers to get the ghost away. People in different regions focus on different of them. In my hometown, QingMing festival is a very important festival, people will visit a grave to cherish the memory of the dead in their family. (The graph on the left is what people do during QingMing festival.) On July the seventh of lunar calendar, people think the leader of the dead people will open the gate and allowed the ghosts came back to our world for a short time and enjoyed things they could not have at their world. People will prepare some food, cloth or money for Sacrificial offering those ghosts. On every October the first, there is another ghost day in which people think they should buried some winter cloth for the dead people in their family in the other world.
In summary, the ghost day in China is more liked festival of visiting graves and sadly festival, and mostly remember by older people. However, Halloween is more interesting and exciting to the teenagers.
In China, there is a festival which has a similar meaning with Halloween. We call it “Ghost Day”. There are several Ghost days based on lunar calendar in China. The Ghost day can be explained as the festival of ghosts. The famous ghost days are: March the third, July the seventh and QingMing festival, October the first. In the southern east of China, people believe the ghost will come out on March the third and people set off firecrackers to get the ghost away. People in different regions focus on different of them. In my hometown, QingMing festival is a very important festival, people will visit a grave to cherish the memory of the dead in their family. (The graph on the left is what people do during QingMing festival.) On July the seventh of lunar calendar, people think the leader of the dead people will open the gate and allowed the ghosts came back to our world for a short time and enjoyed things they could not have at their world. People will prepare some food, cloth or money for Sacrificial offering those ghosts. On every October the first, there is another ghost day in which people think they should buried some winter cloth for the dead people in their family in the other world.
In summary, the ghost day in China is more liked festival of visiting graves and sadly festival, and mostly remember by older people. However, Halloween is more interesting and exciting to the teenagers.
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