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Ghost Festival
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English
Etymology
en zh 鬼節 Guǐjié.
Proper noun
1 Ghost Festival
A traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival in Asia, when ghosts and spirits are said to emerge from the lower realm, and deceased ancestors are venerated.
en Chungyuan Hungry Ghost Festival Zhongyuan
Translations
Taoist festival
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 中元節 zung1 jyun4 zit3, yue 鬼節 gwai2 zit3
Hokkien: nan-hbl 七月半 chhit-goe̍h-poàⁿ
Mandarin: cmn 中元節 Zhōngyuánjié, cmn 鬼節 Guǐjié, cmn 盂蘭盆節, cmn 七月半 Qīyuèbàn
Dutch: nl geestenfeest
French: fr fête des fantômes f
German: de Geisterfest n
Japanese: ja 中元 chūgen
Korean: ko 백중날, ko 망혼일(亡魂日), ko 중원(中元)
Malay: ms Perayaan Hantu
Portuguese: pt festival dos fantasmas m
Russian: ru фестиваль духов m
Spanish: es festival de los fantasmas m
Thai: th วันสารทจีน
Vietnamese: vi Tết Trung Nguyên (vi 節中元), vi Vu Lan (vi 盂蘭)
Zhuang: za caet nyied cibseiq
en terms calqued from Chinese
en China Festivals Taoism Buddhism