Hungry Ghost Festival

Ritual festivals are an important carrier of the spread to foreigners , this article puts Hungry Ghost Festival and Ching Ming Festival as examples for teaching case studies , the purpose is to let foreign students to understand the cultural significance inherent in the Chinese ritual festival better .

祭祀节日是对外文化传播的一个重要载体，本文以中元节和清明节为例进行了教学案例分析，目的是让外国学生更好地理解中国祭祀节日中所蕴含的文化意义。

By the time of the Hungry Ghost Festival , the spirits have been wandering the earth for two weeks , so by now they are even hungrier than when they first left their world .

到了中元节，鬼魂已经在人间游荡了两周，所以相较一开始离开地府时，他们现在会更加饥饿。

The 15 day period from the middle to the end of the seventh lunar month is considered inauspicious because that is time of the Hungry Ghost Festival when the gates of Hell are opened and the lost spirits are allowed to wonder the earth .

农历七月中旬到下旬的15天被认为是不详的因为适逢饿鬼节。鬼节时地狱门会打开，孤魂野鬼可以到人间游荡。

It 's interesting to see certain parallels with the Chinese ghost festival , also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival in southern China and Southeast Asia . It falls on July 15 of the lunar calendar , or mid-August of the Gregorian calendar .

有意思的是，在中国的东南部以及东南亚地区有与之类似的节日饿死鬼节。这个节日在每年农历的7月15号，阳历差不多是八月中左右。