As the story goes, in the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the gates of hell burst open. Voracious and sometimes vengeful ghosts cross over the threshold from the world of the dead and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...