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The Ghost Festival or Hungry Ghost Festival, also known as the Zhongyuan Festival in Taoism and the Yulanpen Festival in Buddhism, is a traditional festival held in certain East and Southeast Asian countries.
The Ghost (Hungry Ghost) Festival 2024 in Singapore and Malaysia will take place on August 18th. The Ghost Month will last from August 4 to September 2, 2024. Singaporeans and Malaysians please the ghosts with live performances.
The Hungry Ghost Festival is one of several important festival days of Ghost Month (鬼月) - the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar. It is thought that the ghosts of Chinese ancestors are let out of hell on the first day of the month.
A festival called the Hungry Ghost Festival (simplified Chinese: 盂兰盆; traditional Chinese: 盂蘭盆; pinyin: Yúlánpén is held to honor the hungry ancestor ghosts and food and drink is put out to satisfy their needs. The Hungry Ghost Festival is celebrated during the seventh month of the Chinese calendar.
May 23, 2024 · The Hungry Ghost Festival is also known as the Zhongyuan Festival (中元節), and is celebrated every 15th day of the 7th month. As with any other Chinese Festivals, this festival is celebrated based on the Chinese Lunisolar calendar rather than our standard Gregorian calendar.
Aug 9, 2022 · It's that time of the year again, the Hungry Ghost Festival, celebrated in the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar. For believers, this is the time for high-alert vigilance, heightened taboos and worshipping of the King of Hades, the God of the Underworld.
Jun 7, 2024 · The Hungry Ghost Festival is a Buddhist and Daoist festival observed in order to appease the deceased who have been reborn as ghosts and return to haunt the human realm. It is celebrated under different names in East Asia and Southeast Asia.
