Ghost Festival

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ghost_Festival

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:festival
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Yulanpen_Festival gptkb:Hungry_Ghost_Festival gptkb:Zhongyuan_Festival
gptkbp:customs	ancestor worship community feasts floating lanterns burning joss paper offering food to spirits performing Chinese opera releasing water lanterns
gptkbp:date	15th day of the 7th lunar month
gptkbp:duration	1 day
gptkbp:mainDeity	gptkb:Guanyin gptkb:Di_Zang_Wang gptkb:King_Yama
gptkbp:observedBy	gptkb:Cambodia gptkb:China gptkb:Hong_Kong gptkb:Indonesia gptkb:Japan gptkb:Laos gptkb:Macau gptkb:Malaysia gptkb:Singapore gptkb:Taiwan gptkb:Thailand gptkb:Vietnam
gptkbp:origin	gptkb:Buddhist_Ullambana_Sutra Taoist traditions
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Obon gptkb:Qingming_Festival gptkb:Chuseok gptkb:Pchum_Ben gptkb:Pitru_Paksha
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Chinese_folk_religion
gptkbp:significance	families honor deceased relatives rituals to appease hungry ghosts spirits of the dead visit the living world
gptkbp:theme	afterlife filial piety honoring ancestors appeasing wandering spirits
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Yes (in some regions)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Chinese_calendar gptkb:Ghosts
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Ghost Festival