Hungry Ghost Festival, An Ancestor Worship Day

• 作者: DANG XIAOFEI
• 来源期刊: 今日中国:英文版
• 学科: 其他
• 关键词: Hungry GHOST FESTIVAL AN Ancestor WORSHIP DAY
• 年，卷（期）: jrzgywb_2019,（8）
• 页码范围: 68-69
• 页数: 2页
• 分类号: Z

摘要

THE fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar (August 15 this year) is the Hungry Ghost Festival or Zhong Yuan Festival. It has been a day for ancestor worship, mourning for the dead, and burning paper money to honor the deceased. The Hungry Ghost Festival and New Year’s Eve, Qingming Festival, and Chongyang Festival (which will be introduced in detail later in this magazine) are the traditional festivals in which Chinese people pay tribute to their ancestors, each having their own characteristics. As an ancient Chinese traditional festival, it has a history of thousands of years.