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Origins
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Celebrations in other parts of Asia
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Overview
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Observance
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Key facts & relationships
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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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Overview
- Taoism
- Buddhism
- East East Asia
- Southeast Asian
- Traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar Chinese calendar
- Chinese culture
- Chinese Chinese language
- Pinyin
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī
- Lower realm Underworld
- Diyu
- Hungry Ghost realm Preta
- Qingming Festival
- Double Ninth Festival
- Taoists
- Buddhists
- Veneration of the dead
- Incense
- Styrax benzoin
- Joss paper
- Papier-mâché
- Buying Papier-mache offering shops in Hong Kong
- Lanterns Lantern
- Pchum Ben
- Merit Merit (Buddhism)
- Pirit Paritta
- Sat Thai
- Nakhon Si Thammarat Nakhon Si Thammarat Province
- Thai language
- Daoism
Origins
- Hungry ghost
- Chinese Buddhism
- Chinese folk religion
- Animalistic Animals in Buddhism
- Three Great Emperor-Officials
- Tang dynasty
- Ancient India
- Mahayana Mahayana Buddhism
- Scripture Buddhist scripture
- Yulanpen Sutra
- Maudgalyāyana
- Abhijñā
- Sangha
- Pravarana
- Vassa
- Theravadan Theravada
- South South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Cambodia
- Petavatthu
- Pali Canon
- Sāriputta
- Moggallāna
Observance
- Hell bank notes Hell bank note
- Lotus Nelumbo nucifera
- Souls Soul
- Afterlife
- Chinese opera
- Burlesque
- Getai
- Yujia Yankou
- Sentient beings Sentient beings (Buddhism)
- Saṃsāra Saṃsāra (Buddhism)
Celebrations in other parts of Asia
- Singapore
- Street opera Chinese Street Opera in Singapore
- Malaysian Chinese
- Mandarin Mandarin Chinese
- Simplified Chinese Simplified Chinese characters
- Traditional Chinese Traditional Chinese characters
- Hokkien Min Nan
- Hokkien
- Hakka Hakka Chinese
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ
- Indonesian Indonesian language
- Java Island
- North Sumatra
- Riau
- Riau islands
- Spirit paper money Hell money
- Philippines
- Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Our Lady of Sorrows
- Chinese Filipinos
- Stock market Philippine Stock Exchange
- Spirit money
- Funeral home
- Jesus
- Virgin Mary Mary, mother of Jesus
- All Saints' Day
- All Souls' Day
- Heaven Heaven in Christianity
- Taiwan
Related traditions
- Theravadin Buddhist Theravada Buddhism
- Ullambana Sutra
- Maudgalyayana
- Sariputta
- Maudgalyayana Rescues His Mother Mulian Rescues His Mother
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Nodes127
Edges126
Triples171
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015748
Components1
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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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Important terminology
festival chinese ghosts ghost day month deceased known also spirits hungry hell food ancestors buddhist people offerings believed traditional paper
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Ghost Festival | 2025 date | 6 September | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ghost Festival | 2026 date | 27 August | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ghost Festival | 2027 date | 16 August | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ghost Festival | 2028 date | 3 September | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ghost Festival | Also called | Spirit Festival | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ghost Festival | Date | 15th day of the 7th Chinese lunisolar month | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ghost Festival | Observances | Ancestor worship, offering food, burning joss paper, chanting of scriptures | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ghost Festival | Observed by | Buddhists Confucianists Taoists | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ghost Festival | Official name | Zhongyuan Festival (Taoism) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ghost Festival | Official name | Yulanpen Festival (Buddhism) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ghost Festival | Related to | Obon (in Japan) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ghost Festival | Related to | Baekjung (in Korea) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ghost Festival | Related to | Vu Lan (in Vietnam) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ghost Festival | Related to | Pchum Ben (observed by Khmer people) and Sen Kbal tek, សែនក្បាលទឹក (observed by Chinese-Cambodians) (in Cambodia) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ghost Festival | Related to | Boun Khao Padap Din (in Laos) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ghost Festival | Related to | Mataka dānēs (in Sri Lanka) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ghost Festival | Related to | Sat Thai (in Thailand) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Ghost Festival | Significance | To 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. | 1.00 | infobox |
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