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Zhong Yuan Jie (Hungry Ghost Festival) - INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE; Zhongyuan Festival; Chinese Ghost Culture; Hong Kong University Library Digital Archives Oral History Project of Hong Kong; Waters, Dan (2004). "The Hungry Ghosts Festival in Aberdeen Street, Hong Kong" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 44: 41–55.
Burn paper money. A common practice during Ghost Month is to burn paper money made with joss or incense paper outside a home or business, on the street, in a field, or at the temple.
And it's not just celebrated in China, either — the Hungry Ghost Festival is also commonly observed in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, and Vietnam, among other places.
Offerings are prepared for hungry ghosts during Ghost month in Hong Kong. The chief Taoist priest of the town wears an ornate crown of five gold and red panels, a practice borrowed from Buddhism. This represented the five most powerful deities (The Jade Emperor, Lord Guan, Tu Di Gong, Mazu and Xi Wangmu). He is believed to become their voice on ...
The annual Hungry Ghost Festival, celebrated in China (including Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions), Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, and elsewhere in the Chinese diaspora, is dedicated to performing rituals to honor and remember the spirits of the dead.
The Ghost Month and Hungry Ghost Festival is celebrated by many across the globe, not just in Singapore. Find out more about this festival. Ghost Month and the Hungry Ghost Festival: What to know
The Chinese believe that the Ghost Month is the most inauspicious month of the year. So, what do the more superstitious folks avoid?
Getai at Esplanade C:2020 The Current Stage setup for major getai events C:2014 The Current Stage setup for major getai events C:2015. Getai (simplified Chinese: 歌台; traditional Chinese: 歌臺; pinyin: gē tái; lit. 'song stage') refers to boisterous live stage performances typically held during the Ghost Festival in the seventh lunar month and on the birthdays of Chinese deities. [1]