The third day The hungry ghosts need to be fed first, before the living. They are believed to have throats no bigger than a needle. After praying to the Buddha and Guan Yin, the prayer masters ...

Lock your doors and windows: the Hungry Ghost Festival (Yu Lan Festival) is upon us. On this night – the 15th night of Ghost Month – we can expect to see peak supernatural activity.

Observed by many Taoists and Buddhists in certain East and Southeast Asian countries, the Hungry Ghost Festival falls on the seventh lunar month of every year. During this period, also known as ...

The Hungry Ghost Festival kicks off today, and according to Chinese tradition, the spirits of the dead are believed to return to wander about. On this day–the 15th day of the seventh month under ...