"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The Hungry Ghost Festival, an annual celebration that takes place during the seventh month of the Chinese ...

This year, the free Festival is a raucous invitation to resist and combat the demons of our times. On the fifteenth night of the seventh lunar month, the gates of hell are thought to open and the most ...

In collaboration with East Wind Foundation for Youth, CA Creative Corps and local artist and scholar Micah Huang, LA’s Chinatown will be celebrating the LA Hungry Ghost Festival, honoring the past and ...

Hundreds of people headed to San Francisco's Chinatown on Saturday for the city's inaugural Hungry Ghost Festival, presented by the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco. "It’s a cultural tradition ...

CHINATOWN, Manhattan -- Growing up in Vietnamese Chinese communities in Virginia and Southern California, Harry Trinh was no stranger to the traditions and festivals celebrated in Chinese culture. But ...

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Honoring dead ancestors is a tradition found across cultures—think Mexico’s Día de los Muertos or Japan’s Obon festival. But few observances are as vivid as the Hungry Ghost Festival, which originated ...

Next week is the Hungry Ghost Festival in China, an annual holiday to honor the deceased. Other countries that hold similar annual festivals include Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan, ...