Ghost Festival

The ghost festival is also known as the Hungry Ghost festival or Yu Lan, which is celebrated by the Chinese. It takes place on the 15th night of the 7th month. It is a festival to worship the ancestors by offering food and burning joss papers. There is also the chanting of scriptures and this festival is to ensure that the ghosts are receiving food and drinks. There are also paper mache items such as clothes and other jewelry will be burned with these to offer them up. It is mainly vegetarian meals that are served on this day and it is traditional that this is liek that. This is not a well known festival but some people still celebrate it. This history behind this is that on the fifteenth day, heaven and hell are open and it is mainly buddhists and taoists that perform rituals to absolve the sufferings of the deceased. I have taken part in this festival before but I did not know what it was called.