The seventh lunar month is an important festival for folks in Taiwan. There are a lot of ceremonies that have saved ancestors' ancient wisdom. For local community residents, the seventh lunar month is not only the annual event, but also has the function of educating and edifying people so that younger generations may understand the significance within. Many of the people in Taiwan society burn paper money to show respect or worship for gods, ancestors and ghosts in the seventh lunar month. The folk customs include 拜三界公、盂蘭盆會、中元普渡、搶孤、放水燈 ,which reveal the social cultures and humanity characteristics. But some folk customs such us burning paper money, and extravagant worship sacrifices are regarded as superstitious and wasteful practices . In recent years, the government and religious groups have worked on improving and persuading the public of some changes in folk customs. They want people to understand and update ceremonies with the changing of times. They endow traditional practices with a positive meaning in this modern society. Tzu-chi, a Buddhist organization, not only cares about life ethics but also refers to the non-killing concept in its religious disciplines, which are practices of concerns about life. Beside, Tzu-chi has shown much concern about the relationship between man and the land by promoting environmental protection, holding lectures among communities, and giving love-throwing parties to stimulate the reflection on life and emphasis on the environment, prevailing these ideas in people's daily life with concrete actions. The study works on how Tzu-chi holds the auspicious seventh month activities during the mid-autumn festival, promoting cutting down on the use of paper money and in turn giving the money to social charities to give relief to the poor families or for overseas disaster relief as well. Another focus is on its promotion of "Kejifuli(restraining oneself with courtesy)"（克己復禮）, restraining their own desires by living a frugal life. However, what are the differences between the concept of environmental protection that Tzu-chi volunteers promote and the practices of traditional rituals now prevailing in Taiwan's society and, during the transitional processes, what is reserved and what is lost in such ceremonies ? Through field study, the study talks about the meaning that its change has brought for this time and also about its impact on this diversified society and, more importantly, how to balance between both.
