The Chinese Hungry Ghost Month (7th Aug 2013 - 4th Sep 2013) Hungry Ghost Festival Malaysia 2011.jpg The Ghost Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month. A solemn holiday, the Ghost Festival represents the connections between the living and the dead, earth and heaven, body and soul. The entire seventh month of the Chinese calendar is called the Ghost Month, a month in which ghosts and spirits are believed to emerge out from the lower world to visit earth. The Ghost Festival is the climax of a series of the Ghost Month celebrations. am-ghost.jpg Activities of the festival include preparing ritual offerings of food, and burning ghost money (or paper money) to please the visiting ghosts and spirits as well as deities and ancestors. Other activities include burying and releasing miniature paper boats and lanterns on water, which signifies "giving directions to the lost ghosts." am-147_o.jpg "DO NOT" Checklist: 1. Hang out late 2. Spit in the street or tree 3. Stare at the candlelight or burning fire 4. Step On Or Kick offering items / joss sticks along the Roadside 5. Cover up your forehead at night; always pin or put up your hair as high as possible 6. Stare at “them” if you really saw one; look or walk away calmly 7. Make funny jokes or comments on any display altar / offering items along the street 8. Look underneath the altar table when there is a prayer session 9. Shift your eyeballs from left to right or right to left repeatedly if you sensed something; always look straight and walk toward your destination calmly 10. Sniff and follow any pleasant or sweet smell ahead of you 11. Sit on the first few Front Rows of any public Chinese Operas 12. Open your umbrella at night, especially red color type 13. Wear red color costume with high heels and walk alone at night 14. Pick up any unique items found on the street or road 15. Stand Under a Tree in the middle of the night 16. Wait at The Bus Stop after Mid-Night especially already passed the bus service operating hours 17. Whistle alone at night; you may found someone singing along with you 18. Hang your clothes out in the middle of the night 19. Walk in the dark and near the walls; something maybe visible at your side view 20. Answer or respond when someone calls you, especially from behind 21. Turn your head when someone pat on your shoulders in the middle of the street 22. Use any Dark or Black color manicure 23. Comb your hair in front of the mirror in the middle of the night 24. Shout or scream in the middle of the night, stay as quiet as possible if you felt sudden coldness 25. Get emotional and cry in the middle of the night 26. Leave your bleeding wounds in a open air; always cover up the area with plasters or other bandage materials 27. Be a curious person or hero, if you hear some "strange" sound or noise, especially soft crying tone; always act blur. 28. Swim in the pool or lake in the middle of the night; something maybe waiting to pull your legs 29. Play at the playground in the middle of the night; especially the swings 30. Take up the challenge to enter cemetery area or abandoned houses
Posted on: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 07:51:24 +0000