Spirit Festival in China - 2024
18 Aug 2024, Sunday
Spirit Festival is a observance in China
How many days until Spirit Festival 2024? [Countdown]
How many months until Spirit Festival 2024?
3 Months, 17 Days
How many weeks until Spirit Festival 2024?
15 Weeks, 4 Days
How many days until Spirit Festival 2024?
109 Days
How many hours until Spirit Festival 2024?
2,616 Hours
How many minutes until Spirit Festival 2024?
156,960 Minutes
When is Spirit Festival in China 2024?
18 August 2024, Sunday
About: Spirit Festival
The Ghost Festival or Hungry Ghost Festival, also known as the Zhongyuan Festival in Taoism and the Yulanpen Festival in Buddhism, is a traditional festival held in certain East and Southeast Asian countries. According to the Chinese calendar, the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh month. In Chinese culture, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day or Pudu 普渡 and the seventh month is generally regarded as the Ghost Month, in which ghosts and spirits, including those of deceased ancestors, come out from the lower realm. Distinct from both the Qingming Festival and Double Ninth Festival in which living descendants pay homage to their deceased ancestors, during Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. On the fifteenth day the realms of Heaven and Hell and the realm of the living are open and both Taoists and Buddhists would perform rituals to transmute and absolve the sufferings of the deceased.
| Official name | Zhongyuan Festival (Taoism), Yulanpen Festival (Buddhism) |
|---|---|
| Also called | Spirit Festival |
| Observed by | Buddhists, Taoists |
| Significance | To commemorate the opening of the gates of Hell and Heaven, permitting all ghosts to receive food and drink |
| Observances | Ancestor worship, offering food, burning joss paper, chanting of scriptures |
| Date | 15th day of the 7th lunar month |
| date | 15th day of the 7th lunar month |
| Related to | Obon (in Japan), Baekjung (in Korea), Vu Lan (in Vietnam), Pchum Ben (observed by Khmer people) and Sen Kbal tek, សែនក្បាលទឹក (observed by Chinese-Cambodians) (in Cambodia), Boun Khao Padap Din (in Laos), Mataka dānēs (in Sri Lanka), Sat Thai (in Thailand) |
| Wikidata description | traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival |
| Wikidata id | Q696781 |
| Wikidata label | Ulambana |
| Wikidata aliases | Array |
Spirit Festival (2024) in other countries.
| S.no. | Country | Date | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 18 Aug, Sunday | Spirit Festival | Observance |