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Ghost Festival is on lunar July 15 th . This name “Chunyuan” was started from the Northern Wei Dynasty and the day was also called “Ancestor’s Festival” or ” Ullambana Festival”. In the Buddhist tradition, people prepare five kinds of fruit and food of different flavors to support Buddha to grant salvation to the tormented souls in the hell. Moreover, Ullambana means hanging upside down because the pain in the life is like a bat which hangs upside down from the tree. The bat hangs and suffers unspeakably. In order to avoid the pain of suspension, Buddhists need to chant and give food to wandering ghosts.
中元節於農曆七月十五日。「中元」此名起於北魏，而中元節又稱「鬼節」、「盂蘭盆會」。在佛教，「盂蘭盆會」於七月十五日以盆盛五果百味，供養佛祖，以救母脫離餓鬼道。而盂蘭盆的意義為倒懸，人生的痛苦有如倒掛在樹頭上的蝙蝠，懸掛著、苦不堪言。為了使眾生免於倒懸之苦，便需要誦經，佈施食物給孤魂野鬼。
Ghost Festival, Shang Yuan Festival (January 15 th ), and Xia Yuan Festival (October 15 th ) are the legendary birthdays of Di-guan, Tian-yuan, and Shui-guan respectively. On the day of Ghost Festival, Di-guan comes to the secular world to inspect whether any people do something bad. Therefore, on this day, people have a celebration to worship Di-guan. Moreover, it is also a day for people to offer sacrifices to ancestors and hope ancestors can bless them.
中元節和正月十五的上元節、十月十五日下元節傳說分別是地官、天官及水官大帝(即所謂的三界公)的誕辰。在中元節當天，地官大帝來到凡間，考察眾人並分別善惡，因此在這天，民間都有祭祀地官大帝的儀式；而這一天也是一般人家祭祖，祈求祖先庇福的日子。
中元節於農曆七月十五日。「中元」此名起於北魏，而中元節又稱「鬼節」、「盂蘭盆會」。在佛教，「盂蘭盆會」於七月十五日以盆盛五果百味，供養佛祖，以救母脫離餓鬼道。而盂蘭盆的意義為倒懸，人生的痛苦有如倒掛在樹頭上的蝙蝠，懸掛著、苦不堪言。為了使眾生免於倒懸之苦，便需要誦經，佈施食物給孤魂野鬼。
Ghost Festival, Shang Yuan Festival (January 15 th ), and Xia Yuan Festival (October 15 th ) are the legendary birthdays of Di-guan, Tian-yuan, and Shui-guan respectively. On the day of Ghost Festival, Di-guan comes to the secular world to inspect whether any people do something bad. Therefore, on this day, people have a celebration to worship Di-guan. Moreover, it is also a day for people to offer sacrifices to ancestors and hope ancestors can bless them.
中元節和正月十五的上元節、十月十五日下元節傳說分別是地官、天官及水官大帝(即所謂的三界公)的誕辰。在中元節當天，地官大帝來到凡間，考察眾人並分別善惡，因此在這天，民間都有祭祀地官大帝的儀式；而這一天也是一般人家祭祖，祈求祖先庇福的日子。
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