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Traditionally, it is believed that ghosts haunt the island of Taiwan for the entire seventh lunar month, when the mid-summer Ghost Festival is held. [29] The month is known as Ghost Month . [ 30 ] The first day of the month is marked by opening the gate of a temple, symbolizing the gates of hell.
Ghosts in Vietnamese culture are widely believed to be wandering souls with a significant impact on daily life, closely tied to the cultural practices of ancestor worship. Known by various names such as ma, hồn, vong, and bóng ma, these spirits are thought to take diverse forms and exhibit both positive and negative characteristics.
The Ghost Festival was the subject of Teiser's first book, The Ghost Festival in Medieval China. This festival spread geographically and lasted to the present day in various forms in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Ancestral spirits are honored, as well as ones that had no descendants to honor them.
The following is an incomplete list of festivals in Asia, with links to separate lists by country and region where applicable.This list includes festivals of diverse types, including regional festivals, commerce festivals, film festivals, folk festivals, carnivals, recurring festivals on holidays, and music festivals. [1]
Lim Festival: 13th day of 1st lunar month Lũng Giang commune, Tiên Sơn District, Bắc Ninh Province: Bà Thiên Hậu Temple Festival: 13th day and 15th day of 1st lunar month Lái Thiêu commune, Thủ Dầu Một, Bình Dương Province: Thượng temple Festival: 15th day of 1st lunar month Lào Cai Province: Bà Đen Mountain Festival
The mythology of the ethnic Vietnamese people (the Việt,) has been transferred through oral traditions and in writing. The story of Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ has been cited as the common creation myth of the Vietnamese people. The story details how two progenitors, the man known as the Lạc Long Quân and the woman known as the Âu Cơ ...
Tết Trung Thu (chữ Hán: 節中秋) is a traditional Vietnamese festival held from the night of the 14th to the end of the 15th of the 8th lunar month (Rằm tháng Tám, chữ Nôm: 𠄻躺渗). Despite its Chinese origin, the festival has recently evolved into a children's festival ( Tết Thiếu Nhi ), [ 2 ] also known as Tết Trông ...
Festival Huế is a festival that has been held in Huế every two years since 1992. Since 2002, it has included a Sacrifice to Heaven known by the Vietnamese name Nam Giao [3] which happens at the Esplanade of Sacrifice to the Heaven and Earth .