Yulanpen Festival
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Yulanpen Festival is a traditional East Asian Buddhist festival focused on making offerings to relieve the suffering of ancestors and hungry ghosts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yulanpen Festival canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8798939 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yulanpen Festival Context triple: [Ghost Festival, hasAlternativeName, Yulanpen Festival]
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A.
Sanyuesan Festival
The Sanyuesan Festival is a major spring celebration of the Zhuang people in China, featuring singing competitions, folk performances, and rituals to pray for good harvests and prosperity.
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B.
Kuoshi Festival
The Kuoshi Festival is a major traditional celebration of the Lisu people, marked by communal singing, dancing, and rituals that express gratitude for harvests and ancestral blessings.
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C.
Baishou festival
The Baishou festival is a major traditional celebration of the Tujia people, featuring group dancing, ritual performances, and songs that recount their history and cultural heritage.
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D.
Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese celebration marking the end of Lunar New Year festivities, featuring lantern displays, riddle games, and communal gatherings.
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E.
Wanshuwa festival
Wanshuwa festival is a traditional cultural celebration of the Tiwa people, marked by communal rituals, dances, and offerings that express their agrarian and spiritual heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yulanpen Festival Target entity description: Yulanpen Festival is a traditional East Asian Buddhist festival focused on making offerings to relieve the suffering of ancestors and hungry ghosts.
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A.
Sanyuesan Festival
The Sanyuesan Festival is a major spring celebration of the Zhuang people in China, featuring singing competitions, folk performances, and rituals to pray for good harvests and prosperity.
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B.
Kuoshi Festival
The Kuoshi Festival is a major traditional celebration of the Lisu people, marked by communal singing, dancing, and rituals that express gratitude for harvests and ancestral blessings.
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C.
Baishou festival
The Baishou festival is a major traditional celebration of the Tujia people, featuring group dancing, ritual performances, and songs that recount their history and cultural heritage.
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D.
Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese celebration marking the end of Lunar New Year festivities, featuring lantern displays, riddle games, and communal gatherings.
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E.
Wanshuwa festival
Wanshuwa festival is a traditional cultural celebration of the Tiwa people, marked by communal rituals, dances, and offerings that express their agrarian and spiritual heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist festival
ⓘ
East Asian festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ullambana Festival
ⓘ
Yulanpen Hui ⓘ Yulanpen Penhui ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
ancestor veneration
ⓘ
filial piety in Buddhism ⓘ hungry ghosts ⓘ merit transfer ⓘ |
| associatedText | Yulanpen Sutra ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Chinese Buddhism ⓘ |
| hasMythicOrigin | story of Maudgalyayana rescuing his mother ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
burning incense
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chanting Buddhist sutras ⓘ food offerings ⓘ offering clothes and daily necessities to spirits ⓘ offering paper money ⓘ |
| linkedBelief |
existence of hungry ghost realm
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karmic retribution after death ⓘ transfer of merit from the living to the dead ⓘ |
| mainFocus |
filial piety
ⓘ
making offerings to ancestors ⓘ relieving the suffering of hungry ghosts ⓘ |
| observedIn |
China
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ Korea ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
other East Asian Buddhist communities ⓘ |
| practicedBy |
Chinese Buddhists
ⓘ
linked to:
Chinese Buddhism
Japanese Buddhists ⓘ Korean Buddhists ⓘ
linked to:
Buddhists
Mahayana Buddhists ⓘ Vietnamese Buddhists ⓘ
linked to:
Vietnamese Buddhism
|
| purpose |
to accumulate merit for deceased relatives
ⓘ
to express filial piety toward parents and ancestors ⓘ to relieve the suffering of ancestors in the afterlife ⓘ to relieve the suffering of hungry ghosts ⓘ |
| relatedFestival |
Ghost Festival
ⓘ
Obon ⓘ
linked to:
Ullambana Festival
Ullambana ⓘ
linked to:
Ullambana Festival
|
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| timeOfYear | seventh lunar month ⓘ |
| typicalOffering |
fruits
ⓘ
paper effigies ⓘ rice and vegetarian food ⓘ tea and wine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yulanpen Festival Description of subject: Yulanpen Festival is a traditional East Asian Buddhist festival focused on making offerings to relieve the suffering of ancestors and hungry ghosts.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.