Are there any differences between hanging paper and burning paper during the Winter Solstice, Qingming Festival and Hungry Ghost Festival?

During the winter solstice, some places have to hang paper (some are called pressing paper, passing paper, or hanging ancestors in the south). Even when sweeping the tombs, you always have to burn some paper money, paper clothes, paper houses, etc. for the ancestors. In addition to paying homage to ancestors, some places also offer sacrifices to heaven and gods during the winter solstice to pray for peace and prosperity in the coming year.

Winter Solstice hanging paper and burning paper can be done outdoors or indoors. However, China is such a big country, and some places do not hang paper or burn paper during the Winter Solstice.

When it comes to Qingming, all descendants of Yan and Huang will think of hanging paper. During the Winter Solstice, winter paper is hung, while during Qingming, spring paper is hung, usually in the suburbs during the day.

At this time, spring flowers are blooming, spring rains are falling, and everything is renewed. The descendants with filial piety naturally want to visit the graves of their ancestors, weed and weed, burn paper, burn incense, and place tributes to express themselves. The feeling of longing and reverence for the ancestors.

On the Hungry Ghost Festival in the middle of July, people burn paper and hang paper not only to pay homage to their ancestors (you don’t have to go to the graves if they are not newly deceased), but also to appease, care for, and help those legendary orphans. Ghost.

Let them have food, shelter, money, and a home, and stop wandering around causing trouble and harming others. Folks in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, prefer to burn paper for ghosts on the roadside or river bank, while chanting something. Paper burning during the Hungry Ghost Festival is usually done in the evening or at night.