Hungry Ghost Festival

Hungry Ghost Festival

Hungry Ghost Festival is also called Zhongyuan Feal. It is originally from the Northern Wei Dynasty (368-534). It is one of the biggest ghost festivals. They are New Year’s Eve, a sweeping festival, the Double 9 festival, and the Zhongyuan festival. In the countryside, people remind their relatives and my best wishes on this day.

Much like Western culture, some Eastern cultures

celebrate a Fall festival where they believe the gates of hell are thrown open, releasing hungry ghosts to wander the earth in

search of food and taking revenge upon those who wronged them in life. This month-long festival is known as the Hungry Ghost Festival and takes place during the 7th lunar month.

There is a monk named Mulian, his mother has fallen to HungryGhosts Tao, and the food will be turned a flame as soon as she
swallowed, endured hunger all day and all night, Mulian was unable to save his mother, then turned to the Buddha for help, the Buddha gave him a Mulanpen scripture, turned himto Yulan Basin to save his mother on July fifteenth.
In order to commemorate the monk. We will have Hungry GhostFestival that day

People release river lights to warm and comfort the homeless ghosts.
The lotus lights direct the ways of the underworld to the spirits.

Rooftop Ghost Festival to eat, “candy cake”, similar tube, spring rolls.

SOME SUPERSTITIONS

• No swimming
• No marriages
• No flames
• Children are advised to return home early and not to wander around alone at night