{"id":199,"date":"2008-08-24T22:32:28","date_gmt":"2008-08-24T21:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geomancer.net\/wordpress\/?page_id=199"},"modified":"2008-08-24T22:32:28","modified_gmt":"2008-08-24T21:32:28","slug":"the-ghosts-month","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/custom-belief\/the-ghosts-month\/","title":{"rendered":"GhostsFestival \u4e2d\u5143\u8282"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Ghosts Festival<\/span><\/strong><\/em> is a tradition to make offerings to the &#8220;Hungry Ghosts&#8221; during the 7th lunar month. It is believe that the hell gate will open during this period for the ghosts in hell to have some form of vacation visiting the human environment. They will be released for a period of 30 days. It is also known as the &#8220;Hungry Ghosts Festival&#8221; or the &#8220;7th Month&#8221; Festival.<br \/>\nDuring the festival, temples and household will set up temporary praying points at an open field in the community to pray to the ghosts. A small sum of money is collected from each household to purchase fresh, dry or canned foods. There are also simulated electrical appliances, cars, televisions, games, toys etc&#8230;\u00a0Most of these items are made of paper, they will be burnt with some hell money notes and paper coins at the end of the session hoping that the ghosts will received. Edible food stuffs will be given to the fund contributors for good luck and good fortune.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4221 aligncenter\" title=\"7monthW7\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"303\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3431 aligncenter\" title=\"7monthW6\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"358\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3427 aligncenter\" title=\"7monthW1\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"758\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4224 aligncenter\" title=\"7monthW2\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"521\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4223\" title=\"7monthW10\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4225\" title=\"7monthW9\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"358\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"7monthW5\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4228 aligncenter\" title=\"7monthW3\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4229 aligncenter\" title=\"7monthW4\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"354\" \/> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4233 aligncenter\" title=\"7monthW11\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.alldaycity.com\/geomancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/08\/7monthW11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a><em><em><em><a title=\"The GhostsMonth \u4e2d\u5143\u8282\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geomancer.net\/wp\/index.php\/custom-belief\/the-ghosts-month\/\">&gt;&gt;Return to top\u00a0<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Tao Culture of CPLim \u9053\u5bb6\u7f8e\u5b66\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geomancer.net\/wp\/\">&gt;&gt;Return to front page<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Ghosts Festival is a tradition to make offerings to the &#8220;Hungry Ghosts&#8221; during the 7th lunar month. 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