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 ...

From the Hungry Ghosts Scroll at the Kyoto National Museum. The scroll depicts the realm of the hungry ghosts, with this section showing Ananda, nephew and disciple of Shakyamuni Buddha, as a ...

Every year, the seventh lunar month casts a different mood over Chinese communities in mainland China and the diaspora across Malaysia, Singapore, all of Southeast Asia, and beyond. Streets fill with ...

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 ...

Eyes glowing red, the towering "ghost king" presided over the atrium of a Hong Kong housing block on Sunday as residents performed age-old rituals -- a scene that may become history as redevelopment ...