Tanabata and Ghost Festival seem to be similar.

These days, there are more and more topics about Tanabata.

On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl is the day when they meet at Queqiao, which is also called Valentine's Day in China.

It suddenly occurred to me that there is another seemingly opposite festival, which is also very close to Tanabata. On the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, Taoism called the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a traditional ghost festival in China.

Writing here, I think of Valentine's Day coming from the west on February 14 in the first half of the year, which is not far from another famous Halloween in China, namely Tomb-Sweeping Day (early April).

Coincidence or other reasons. I'm not a professional and I'm too lazy to explore. I just think the coincidence of the two is quite interesting, so I wrote this article as a gossip for my own entertainment.

These two festivals, seemingly completely different, are actually quite similar in some ways.

I remember a cross talk, so I used this stalk.

At this time, the whole audience burst into laughter and the luggage shook wonderfully!

Although this is a joke, when you think about it, there are many similarities between the two festivals.

Whether it is Valentine's Day or Halloween, it is generally to meet people's spiritual needs.

On Valentine's Day, people pursue the pleasure of romance and love (among other evil purposes);

On Halloween, people mourn and remember their ancestors.

Isn't this all to meet spiritual needs?

Valentine's day, it was a dry fire, the small flame of love was baked on this day, and love surged, not the strongest, only stronger.

On Halloween, people are immersed in nostalgia, sadness and even grief. Emotions that usually exist in the depths of my heart are pouring out at this time and turning into tears in the corners of my eyes.

On Valentine's Day, lovers meet formally, dress up carefully, and express their affection with a series of etiquette means such as sending flowers, giving gifts and arranging candlelight dinner.

Ghost Festival, when a specific person comes to a specific place on a specific day, is solemn and solemn, sweeping graves, offering flowers, offering sacrifices, burning incense, sprinkling wine, and seriously talking about reminiscence, which continues this ritual that has been passed down for thousands of years.

After the above comparison, do you find that these two festivals are very similar?

Although it was a joke, I couldn't help but think for a moment after laughing.

We are all in the changing times. In order to strive for a better future, we are as busy as worker ants all day, and even have no time to examine our hearts in many cases.

People can not only live in the material world, but also have a unique and wonderful spiritual world, which is one of the important differences between people and animals.

Pragmatism, utilitarianism, how to make money quickly, how to make money quickly ... These most popular things are leading us to the beautiful vision of material construction, but they are barren of our spiritual home.

However, it is not enough to remind us only by special days handed down from ancient times, such as Valentine's Day and Ghost Festival.

The impetuousness of people's hearts, the noise of the world, the unattainable desire and the stumbling on the road all weigh on our shoulders bit by bit.