When the Chinese and Western Ghost Festivals meet, why do we only know about Halloween but not the Winter Clothes Festival?

The Winter Clothes Festival is for ghosts, and Halloween is for people.

Halloween has become very popular in the past few years. From children’s eating to adults’ shopping, it is all because of "Halloween". Yesterday I saw a sister who immigrated to Europe in my circle of friends gave it to her children. Making pumpkin heads was said to be a Halloween activity held by the elementary school. She even dressed up the children overnight, dyeing everything from hats to socks in colorful colors. In fact, she was like this last year. The children would also say "trick or treat if you don't pay", which was very cute.

Our Winter Clothes Festival is the Ghost Festival and is also "seasonal". We eat green dumplings or something, and the elders often say that the Winter Clothes Festival means that the weather is cold, and we need to burn some clothes for our deceased relatives to keep them warm. body. That's right, we grew up listening to legends and historical stories, while foreigners grew up listening to fairy tales and science fiction, so our festivals are also based on myths and legends and "feudal superstition", while foreign countries are more lively and "unconstrained". In fact, it is a festival to confiscate who is good and who is bad. People burn clothes for their old friends to express their longing for them. People who dress up in weird clothes do it to live a happy life and there is no conflict.

China is conservative, while foreign countries are open. This can be seen from the publicity of the festival. Foreigners also buy Halloween here in China, because the annual carnival refers to Double Eleven. and "Halloween" abroad, and children are greedy and like fresh costumes. And our Cold Food Festival is clearly one of the three major ghost festivals. Apart from drawing a circle with white chalk, burning paper on the ground and crying, it seems too much to do anything else, let alone dress weirdly...right~

So, I say that the Winter Clothes Festival is a festival for ghosts, adding "properties" to old friends and relatives to relieve "heartache". Halloween is a holiday for adults to buy and for children to eat.