Aug 242010
Today in Taipei we are reminded of the traditions and superstitions of the people we now live among.
The Ghost Festival also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Chinese festival and holiday celebrated by Chinese in many countries. In the Chinese calendar (a lunisolar calendar), the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh lunar month (14th in southern China).
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Because of the smoke from the burning of Ghost Money the air was hard to breathe & ashes filled the air.
People gathered on the sidewalks to make offerings to ghosts of ancestors.
