Festival Profile 

 July 15th of the lunar calendar, Obon, "Bon", also known as the "Ghost Festival" (a certain sense, the Hungry Ghost Festival attributable to Taoism, Obon attributable to Buddhism), and some place commonly known as the "Halloween", "Shi alone", also known as the dead man festival in July and a half. Obon "Halloween", commonly known as "July and a half (in some areas of thirteen or fourteen). Popular Communication deceased ancestors early July Hades release a half months, so pick ancestral early July, July and a half to send the ancestral customs. Send ancestors paper money offerings fiscal burned a lot, so that "the ancestors enjoy. At the same time enjoy the names of the paper seal is loaded with money paper, in writing, the ritual burning, saying "burn bag". Years died by burning a new package, multi-profile wedding, died more than a year to burn the old package. 
 Rich or poor should be prepared snacks, paper money and pay homage to the dead man to show remembrance of dead ancestors. Hungry Ghost Festival is seven days, and death and old dead people divided. Died within three years, said the new dead man, died three years ago that the old dead man. Superstition said the old and new death this time to go home to see, said the new and old dead people come back time is not the same, the new dead people get back old dead back. Respectively memorial. Burning paper money, time to choose the quiet late at night, first with lime in the yard, sprinkle a few circle, said to burn the paper money in the circle where the ghosts dare not rob, then piles of burning, burning his mouth also kept talking: "so and so to pick up the money." Finally a pile of burning out of the loop, that is burning to the ghosts. Dead people back, rich and poor have to do a meal of good food Respect the dead man, known as the "sent to the dead man". 
 Festival content 

 Buddhism in India Buddhist ceremony was held in order to recover the recommended ancestors "Obon" Buddhist scriptures "by Bon to repair the filial Reed Buddhism disciples will meet the chase first Mourning far the Custom, so popularity of Acres. The folk story of the head even to save the mother Eph: "there for even the monks, magic and grand mother fallen hungry ghosts, the food import into flames, hunger and suffering too much. The Mulian unable to rescue the mother Eph, so ask for advice Buddhism, is said by Bon teach to save his mother on July 15 for Bon Obon Lantern Chinese do the same imitation from the beam line Xiangyan into Hungry Ghost Festival. But later addition to Shezhaigongseng, also increased Baichan, put the flame port and other activities. 
 On this day, in front of the blocks village put up in advance Master Block and Shi isolated. Master seat in front for salvation hell ghost of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, the following for a disk system peaches, rice. Shi lone table stood three tablets and spiritualists banner. Noon, each household have offerings placed Shi solitary stage. Those in charge, respectively, in each piece sacrifice to plug a blue, triangular paper flags of red, green and other colors, a letter "Yu Lan event", "nectar door open" and so forth. Ceremony in a burst of solemn temple music. Then, the Master sounded cited minutes, led under the seat of monks reciting the various spell and mantra. And then feed them a disk of peaches and Mitha to the Quartet, repeated three times. This ceremony is called "Fang Yan Kou. 
 Night, every family would also like incense in their homes, put the incense into the ground as possible, a symbol of bumper harvest, which is called cloth Tian. Some places put