Hungry Ghost Festival The Ghost Festival or Hungry Ghost Festival, also known as theZhongyuan Festival in Taoism and Yulanpen Festival inBuddhism. According to the Chinese calendar (a lunisolar calendar), the Ghost Festivalis on the fifteenth day of the seventh month…
Join us Saturday August 10 1-4pm at the Chinatown Community Cultural Center for a Pre-Hungry Ghost Festival Panel Discussion and Altar Activity. Sponsored by The Center for Cultural Power, Vibing with Cultural Leafs’ Pauletta Pierce presents an altar activity, describing the significance of altar artifacts and leading us in an offering. Panel discussions with community leaders and four directions blessing and songs to follow.
Things to do during the Hungry Ghost Festival:– Feed the hungry ghosts and honor ancestors by making offerings ofpaper money, food and incense.– Put pictures of ancestors close to incense offerings, rather than onthe walls of the house.– Be extra…
Family Friendly Guide to Hungry Ghost Fest How Can People Participate and Prepare for the Hungry Ghost Festival? Traditionally, the mid-summer Hungry Ghost Festival falls at the same time as a full moon, the new season, the fall harvest, the…