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Hungry Ghost Festival

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The Hungry Ghost Festival does not originate from China and

Food, drinks, and paper money are offered to wandering spirits and The Hungry Ghost Festival is about filial piety.

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To see if I can really see ghosts at the festival. So that I can learn more about the history. To understand why they give the gifts to the people who are not alive.

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They bring people together and create a sense of belonging in the community.

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Holi - the ancient Hindu Festival of Colour

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Zhong Yuan Jie (中元节), also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, traditionally falls on the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar.

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Holi is a lunar celebration Holi falls on a full moon day in the month of phalgun, as per the lunar calendar. Phalgun generally occurs around February/March, it is also a spring festival , Holi is celebrated at the onset of spring season. The budding of flora is an anticipation to rich harvest for the year.

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1. The Hungry Ghost Festival is actually only one day

Most people assume that the Hungry Ghost Festival is a month long celebration. However, it is only one day where the traditional celebration is held either on the 14th or 15th day of the lunar 7th month, also known as the Ghost Day.

2. The Hungry Ghost Festival does not originate from China

This festival is actually not a chinese belief that is originated from China. It is also celebrated in other countries like India, Japan, Taiwan, Cambodia, and Thailand, where they celebrated in their own ways according to their own beliefs.

3. The Hungry Ghost Festival has part of its roots in Taoism

In Taoism, the Hungry Ghost Festival serves as a judgment day for ghosts.

4. The Hungry Ghost Festival is about filial piety

In an alternate version of the Buddhist origin of the Hungry Ghost Festival, it also holds deep significance as an act of filial piety. This narrative finds its roots in a Buddhist sutra, where a monk attains the status of an arhat and learns of his mother's rebirth as a hungry ghost, a consequence of her unkind actions during her human life.

Determined to alleviate his mother's plight, the monk turns to the Buddha for guidance. Acting upon the Buddha's counsel, the monk initiates a practice of offering food and clothing to 500 bhikkhus (monks) annually on the 14th day of the seventh lunar month. Through the accumulation of his virtuous actions, his mother eventually regains human rebirth. This accounts for the reason why, during the Hungry Ghost Festival, Buddhists prayed to their ancestors as a way to show their filial piety.

5. Food, drinks, and paper money are offered to wandering spirits

Believers do so to appease the wandering spirits so that they will not be disturbed and to prevent the wandering spirits from intruding into the lives of the believers.

6. Getais are unique to Singapore and Malaysia

Getais are common during the 7th Month in Singapore. Held in temporary stages, these getais are performed by groups of singers. These local celebratory events are distinct to the locale, as their popularity is not widespread internationally.

7. Indonesia celebrates Hungry Ghost Festival too

Indonesia also celebrates the Hungry Ghost Festival during the lunar 7th month, also known as Cioko or Sembahyang Rebutan. People will gather in temples, bringing offerings to spirits who met unfortunate demise. Following the ceremonial rituals, these offerings are distributed to the poor as a form of charity.

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I want to learn more then what I know

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I will be in interested in participating in the event. As I can get to watch dance , hear music and see processions.I also can get to light bone fire before night.

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sense of belonging in the community, forgiveness and not alone.

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The human spirit's capacity for love, forgiveness, and renewal.

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hungry " good brothers" came out on for on day. You cannot call them as ghosts. This festival came from legends. Some said that Buddha will never die and he is one of the "good brothers ".

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中元节。

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The "good brother " festival is not actually a not a holiday to celebrate. One scary thing is that the hell will let the die go to the human place. We also can't touch the food on the floor.

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Hungry Ghost Festival

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To let us know that the world is not really safe. We can not depend on them, only your own.

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We can not see ghosts. Do not use ghosts, use "good brother "

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Ok