Question on the Month of Hungry Ghosts (Chinese festival)?

Question

I recently saw a movie that talked about the Month of the Hungry Ghosts (Oben). It briefly touched on some of the customs of this special time of the year. I was curious as to what the customs were (since the movie, made in Singapore, expected the audience to already know the rules).

Some of the rules they did touch on were things like, don't sweep the ashes from the offerings, don't eat the food left out, don't sit in the front row of the traditional dancing (it's reserved for the dead) and don't turn if someone calls your name at night.

I was wondering what the actual customs were and if they differed depending on where you lived (like China, Japan, Tibet, etc).

Thank you.

Answer 1

some gohsts don't have a grave or family left behind. Usually family will make offerings to thier ancestors. Hungry gohsts don't get these. So on the festival they burn stuff to send it to them. You can build a little house and stuff to burn and send to them. Also there is money for the dead, which they can appparently use in the afterlife. You can also leave food outside. on a stoop or window.

It is usually associated with mexicos day of the dead or more loosely our halloween.

Answer 2

in accordance to Buddists a guy after his loss of existence is reborn into 6 distinctive geographical regions in accordance to his karma. i do no longer understand all of them . yet hungry ghost isn't a solid state. it particularly is a physique much less state whilst one has many unfulfilled desires. The ghost would be constantly hungry and it particularly is depicted by using a image of a ghost with extensive abdomen yet mouth is so small that it may no longer consume something.