The Hungry Ghost Festival The Hungry Ghost Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. It is also named Zhongyuan Festival by Taoists, or Yulanpen Festival by Buddhists. The festival falls on the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. Hungry Ghost Festival 2022 is on August 12. Why do the Chinese celebrate the date in different ways? They believed the spirits of the ancestors would wander the living realm during the period, thus they can feed the dead to appease them. Chinese prepare food offerings and burn Joss papers etc to honor their ancestors. Ghost Month is the seventh lunar month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar. It is the scariest month of the year. The Ghost Month 2022 is from July 29 to August 26, 2022. It is believed on the first day of the month, the gates of hell open up and ghosts are free to feed and enjoy themselves for one month. On the last day of the month, the gates of Hell close up again thus spirits come back to their spiritual realm. Chinese care for the ghosts to pay respect to their ancestors and entertain wandering spirits. People operate the celebrations on the start and end date of ghost month. The celebration reaches its peak on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. #fairytaletuesday #fairytaleFlash #ghostmonth2022 #GhostMonth #halloweenseason #halloween2022 #Chinese #chinesetemple #temple #SpuritualSunday #Spiritique #mindfulness #Spiritual #Spirituality #mystical #mystique #mystic #mysticisim #chinesefolklore #chinesefolk #folk #folklore #folkspirits #folkmystic #chineseculture #chinese #chinesetradition #thehungryghost #thehungryghostfestival #sacredtemple https://www.instagram.com/p/ChWsSJvO89p/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
