Introduction: Zhongyuan Festival is a Taoist name, and folk customs call it July 30th, July 14th, ancestor worship festival, etc. Festival customs mainly include offering sacrifices to ancestors, setting off river lanterns, offering sacrifices to the dead, burning paper ingots and offering sacrifices to the ground. There are many legends about Ghost Festival in the middle of Yuan Dynasty in history. The custom of ancestor worship has existed since ancient times. It was originally a folk festival to worship ancestors, not a ghost festival. The core of July and a half culture is to respect ancestors and perform filial piety, because the ancients have attached great importance to sacrifice since ancient times.

First, the Mid-Autumn Festival has existed since the pre-Qin period. According to historical documents, the Mid-Autumn Festival ancestor worship activities have existed since the pre-Qin period. The custom of ancestor worship in July and a half is the product of local culture, and the inclusive festival custom is more complicated. It is not only a folk festival of ancestor worship, but also the Mid-Autumn Festival of Taoism and the Arahara Festival of Buddhism. There is a saying among the people that ancestors will go home to visit relatives and friends in July and a half, so they should worship their ancestors on this day. This kind of ancestor worship is actually a cultural tradition of remembering relatives and thanking ancestors.

Second, the spirit conveyed by Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival with rich cultural connotations, including Buddhist religious beliefs and Taoist local culture. The Mid-Autumn Festival not only reflects people's concept of ghosts and gods and religious beliefs from ancient times to the present, but also reflects the traditional customs of China and the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation. Mid-Autumn Festival is the inheritance of filial piety culture in China and the carrier of people's spirit and emotion. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, people will go home to worship their ancestors. This method of reunion and ancestor worship is worth spreading.

Third, the story of the Mid-Autumn Festival According to Buddhism, the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival is the story of Mu Lian saving his mother. It is said that Mulian couldn't bear her mother to suffer in hell, so she gave ten monks to atone for her mother. Finally, my mother was freed from hell. This story is widely circulated among the people. The story itself embodies the traditional virtues and filial piety of the Chinese nation. The spirit advocated is to repay parents and families. In essence, Mid-Autumn Festival is a kind of inheritance of filial piety culture. There is no way for the deceased relatives to reunite, and they can only express their thoughts through ancestor worship in the Mid-Autumn Festival.