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In year 2020, the 7th lunar month of the Chinese calendar begins on 19 August 2020 and ends on 16 September 2020. A cheeky and cheesy festival thrown by the Chinese community to honour their dead. It is also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival. Sitarist Pravinraj Premkumar and tabla player Kumaran Rajanam are bringing the ancient sounds of classical Indian music in a showcase titled ‘Sitar and Tabla Performance by Pravin & Kumaran’. The Hungry Ghost Festival, also known as the Zhongyuan Festival, marks the time of year when tables are turned and the deceased are believed to visit the living.

During the month of the Hungry Ghost Festival, the gates of the afterlife are thrown open and ghosts are free to roam the earth in search of food, entertainment and mischief. According to tradition, Chinese people must perform rituals to transmute and absolve the sufferings of the deceased that walk the earth. The Hungry Ghost Festival celebrates the Taoist belief in the afterlife. Hungry Ghost Festival. There are many legends about Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival and the main three are as follows: Chinese Folk Legend According to the Chinese folk legend, the gate of hell is wide open on July 15 in Chinese calendar and ghosts would come out on this day. In Chinese culture, it is thought that all ghosts will come out from the hell on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, so the day is called the Ghost Day and the seventh lunar month is the Ghost Month . A huge statue of Tai Su Yeah waits next to stacks of paper money (image Credit: Kit Yeng Chan) This is another of my favourites, as I described here. Hungry Ghost Festival Singapore – Chinese Holiday Dates for 2020.

Date: 7 July 2020 Time: 7pm – 9pm Medium: Live on George Town Festival Facebook Page ‘Absolute Penang’ showcases the richness and diversity of local communities through local cultural performances. It is believed that with the opening of the hell gates around the 7th Chinese Lunar calendar month, ghosts and spirits would be roaming […] The Ghost Festival (also known as Zhongyuan Festival by Taoists or Yu Lan Pen Festival by Buddhists) is the day to pay respects to the deceased by offering sacrifices. Chinese communities in Malaysia and Singapore believe the gates of Hell open on the 7th lunar month, freeing the spirits of the dead to roam in the world of the living.