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Ghost Festival

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. According to the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh month (14th in parts of southern…

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2025 date
6 September
2026 date
27 August
2027 date
16 August
2028 date
3 September
Also called
Spirit Festival
Date
15th day of the 7th Chinese lunisolar month

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related to General and cited bibliography · 70
Ghost Festival → Abingdon, Academic Year, Advance Buddhology, Annual Report, Apocryphal Scriptures, Bandō, Berkeley, Buddhist Rituals, Buddhist Translation, Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai English, Cambridge, Chinese, Chinese Literature, Chow, Chung Hwa Books, Contemporary Sri Lankan Practice, CS1, Death, Dharma, February
related to External links · 23
Ghost Festival → Aberdeen Street, Buddhist Festivals, Dan, Dead, Death Ritual Project Images, Ghost CultureHong Kong University, Han Zhang, History Project, Hong Kong, Hong KongWaters, Hungry Ghost Festival, Ingmar Heise, INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGEZhongyuan FestivalChinese, Journal, Kong Branch, Library Digital Archives Oral, PDF, Royal Asiatic Society Hong, Southeast China, The Bristol University Buddhist
related to Observance · 18
Ghost Festival → Buddhist, Chinese, During, East Asian, Families, Family, Getai, In, It, Joss, Lotus-shaped, Merry-making, Some, The, The Ghost Festival, These, They, Traditionally Chinese
related to Singapore and Malaysia · 15
Ghost Festival → Chinese, During, Getai, Hokkien Chinese, It, Koh-tai, Malaysia, Malaysian Chinese, Mandarin, Pe, Singapore, The, They, Those, With
Related to · 7
Ghost Festival → Baekjung (in Korea), Boun Khao Padap Din (in Laos), Mataka dānēs (in Sri Lanka), Obon (in Japan), Pchum Ben (observed by Khmer people) and Sen Kbal tek, សែនក្បាលទឹក (observed by Chinese-Cambodians) (in Cambodia), Sat Thai (in Thailand), Vu Lan (in Vietnam)
related to Taiwan · 7
Ghost Festival → During, Ghost Month, Incense, On, Taiwan, The, Traditionally
Official name · 2
Ghost Festival → Yulanpen Festival (Buddhism), Zhongyuan Festival (Taoism)
2025 date · 1
Ghost Festival → 6 September
2026 date · 1
Ghost Festival → 27 August
2027 date · 1
Ghost Festival → 16 August

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festival chinese ghosts ghost day month deceased known also spirits hungry hell food ancestors buddhist people offerings believed traditional paper

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Ghost Festival2025 date6 September1.00infobox
Ghost Festival2026 date27 August1.00infobox
Ghost Festival2027 date16 August1.00infobox
Ghost Festival2028 date3 September1.00infobox
Ghost FestivalAlso calledSpirit Festival1.00infobox
Ghost FestivalDate15th day of the 7th Chinese lunisolar month1.00infobox
Ghost FestivalObservancesAncestor worship, offering food, burning joss paper, chanting of scriptures1.00infobox
Ghost FestivalObserved byBuddhists Confucianists Taoists1.00infobox
Ghost FestivalOfficial nameZhongyuan Festival (Taoism)1.00infobox
Ghost FestivalOfficial nameYulanpen Festival (Buddhism)1.00infobox
Ghost FestivalRelated toObon (in Japan)1.00infobox
Ghost FestivalRelated toBaekjung (in Korea)1.00infobox
Ghost FestivalRelated toVu Lan (in Vietnam)1.00infobox
Ghost FestivalRelated toPchum Ben (observed by Khmer people) and Sen Kbal tek, សែនក្បាលទឹក (observed by Chinese-Cambodians) (in Cambodia)1.00infobox
Ghost FestivalRelated toBoun Khao Padap Din (in Laos)1.00infobox
Ghost FestivalRelated toMataka dānēs (in Sri Lanka)1.00infobox
Ghost FestivalRelated toSat Thai (in Thailand)1.00infobox
Ghost FestivalSignificanceTo commemorate the opening of the gates of Hell and Heaven, and spiritual realm permitting all spirits and souls to receive sustenance, money, and other offerings.1.00infobox

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