中元节，俗称鬼节、七月半，佛教称为盂兰盆节。民间传统节日，时在农历七月十五日，部分在七月十四日。民间按例要祀祖，用新米等祭供，向祖先报告秋成。
我们来看一段相关的英文报道
much like western culture'halloween, some eastern culturecelebrate a fall festival where thebelieve the gateof hell are thrown open, releasing hungrghostto wander the earth in search of food and taking revenge upon those who wronged them in life.
thimonth-long festival iknown athe hungrghost festival.
people would also burn thingsuch apaper houses, cars, servantand televisionto please the ghosts.
familiealso patribute to other unknown wandering ghostso that these homelessouldo not intrude on their liveand bring misfortune and bad luck.
和西方文化中的万圣节相似，东方文化中也有对应的在秋季庆祝的节日。
该节日源于人们相信这些天地狱之门将大敞，于是那些饿鬼会在人世间行走。它们会觅食，也会向在世时误会过它们的人复仇。这个长达一个月的节日就叫中元节。
在中元节里，人们还会烧些纸房子，纸车，纸佣人和纸电视，来宽慰这些作古之人。
人们也会顺道祭祀一下那些知名不具的野鬼，这样，那些游魂就不会打扰他们的生活，给他们带来不幸和噩运。
【讲解】
文中的“hungrghost festival”就是“中元节”的意思。中元节，类似于西方的万圣节(all saints' day)和万圣夜(halloween)。西方的传统节日在国内越来越盛行，但国人也不要忘记自己的传统节日哦。七夕节的说法是“tanabata festival”或“chinese valentine'day”;中秋节的说法是“the mid-autumn festival”;元宵节的说法是“lantern festival”。
七月半或中元节英语介绍
there are manghostin chinese culture; thehave been worshipped bthe chinese for a few thousand years. even confuciusaid, "respect ghostand gods, but keep awafrom the"
while manpeople believe in ghosts, there are otherwho don't. the chinese people often say, "if you believe it, there will be, but if you don't, there will not."
the ghost ia classical image in chinese culture, i.e., the young woman whose face icovered blong black hair, who diedue to misfortune, then comeback for revenge.
the word "ghost" for manchinese conjureup similar images. often the ghost ia beautiful young woman. the sudden switch from a beautiful girl to a frightening ghost istriking. the seeminglfragile, helplesand beautiful women turning into fearleskilleria favorite theme among asian movie directorand storywriters.
chinese ghost festival
just athe west featurehalloween for ghostand ghouls, the chinese have a holidato honor the departed spiritof the underworld -- the chinese ghost festival. it isaid that ghostroam the world everyear for one lunar month. in some areaof china, visitorcan see small roadside fires, where believerburn paper moneand other offeringto appease the restlesspiritthat have temporarilbeen released from hades.
the chinese ghost festival ialso called "half july" (lunar). it ia popular occasion celebrated throughout china on the 15th daof the seventh lunar month.
historically, familieoffer sacrificeof the newlharvested grain to departed ancestoron thiday, which also coincidewith the buddhist ullambana (deliverance) festival and the taoist chinese ghost festival. since each of these traditionin some wahonorthe spiritof the departed, the seventh lunar month hacome to be known a"ghost month" and ia time when the "good brethren" (ghostfrom the underworld) come back to earth to feast on the victualoffered bthe living. over time the ullambana festival and ghost festival have melded together to become the present-dachung yuan putu or "mid-origin passage to universal salvation."
the chinese believe that the dead become ghostbetween heaven and earth. spiritwithout descendantto care for them are summoned during the ghost festival so that themaalso enjothe warmth of life among the living. thicustom -- an extension of the traditional chinese ethic of "universal love" -- habeen woven together with the didactic legend, "moginlin saving himother from hades." it lendthe ghost festival a positive spin aa time for remembering the importance of filial piety. people now have inherited releasing river light aan important activity. it isaid that river light can comfort and warm homelesghosts.
burial of the dead
in the past, the burial of the dead (cremation itraditionalluncommon) waa matter taken verseriouslin chinese society. improper funeral arrangementcould wreak ill fortune and disaster upon the familof the deceased.
to a certain degree, chinese funeral riteand burial customwere determined bthe age of the deceased, the manner of his/her death, his/her statuand position in societand his/her marital status.
according to chinese custom, an older person should not show respect to someone younger. thus, if the deceased waa young bachelor hibodcould not be brought home but waleft at the funeral parlor and the parentcould not offer prayerfor their son. since the deceased waunmarried he had no children to perform the rites, which wawhthe boddid not enter the familhome. if a babor child died no funeral ritewere performed since respect could not be shown to a younger person. the child was, therefore, buried in silence.
chinese funeral ritefor an elderlperson must follow the prescribed form and convethe relevant ritethat befit the person.
chinese thoughttowardlife after death
young women in traditional societieare rarelendowed with much power, and malignant powerare onlsummoned with keen hatred and a desire for revenge. the more badlone iwronged, the more powerful he or she becomeafter death.
such beliefare closelrelated to the chinese attitude towardlife after death -- a combination of superstition and religion.
buddhist doctrineabout the life cycle led to manvivid descriptionin chinese legendabout karma. for example, buddhism forbidmurder; in folklore, people believe that butcherreturn in the next life in the form of the animalthekilled. people who treat otherbadlor do cruel thingbecome pathetic beings, suffering for the rest of the next life.
besideretribution in liveto come, vivid and complicated descriptionof heaven and hell also exist in chinese legends.
people have imaginativeltransfigured their real life experienceinto visionof the unknown world. the chinese legendarhell, for example, igoverned ba king in a completelbureaucratic syste
the king of the underground takecharge of people'lives, keeping a book that spellout the exact time of everybody'death.
in the classic novel, pilgrimage to the west, the monkeking wu kong goeto visit the king of hell and readthe book of death. he lookfor hiown name and eraseit, ensuring himself everlasting life.
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