Hungry Ghost Festival

... ... ... BOO! scared u didn't i?
this month's the hungry ghost festival...in case u didn't noe why we celebrate this festival...here's some faqs...
just as the americans celebrate halloween... we chinese celebrate hungry ghost festival...
this festival falls on the 7th month of the lunar new year...
it's believed that during this month... the gates of hell are opened n the spirits n ghost are released...
these hungry ghost have not been eating for ages so they come out looking for food...
some believe that during this month these ghost would take the oppurtunity to seek revenge...
we make offerings to appease them n to ward off bad luck...
by making offerings we also gain good luck...
thats y this month we must be very careful... dun go out late... later u "zhong guai"...
anyway... juz now around 8pm... me, my mum n dad had made offerings to these "hou heng dais"(we call them brothers)
we burned hell notes... prepared some biscuts, sweets, rice n a few dishes...
laid out on the roadside n burned for them... allowing them to enjoy their one of a kind meal of the year...
have u noticed(those who celebrate hungry ghost festival la...) evrytime during hungry ghost month.. it rains most of the time...especially today... when we celebrate the festival...
but weird... today din rain...
last time i watched some taiwan programme on tv... they said why it usually rains on the hungry ghost festival... they say la... these ghost have some kind of fire in their mouth or throat... so they cannot eat... but during that day... Goddess of mercy will make it rain so the fire will extinguish n they can enjoy their wonderful meal... oh yeah priority goes to guan yin ma first... we make offerings to her first before making offerings to the ghosts... because she is the one who watches over them during their visit to the human world...
oh well... i guess that's all i have to say...good night/morning...

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