Ghosts might be restricted on Chinese screens, but there are plenty of monster films to watch this Zhongyuan Festival
Today, the door of the underworld opens and its residents can visit the world of the living. At least, that’s the traditional belief that underpins Zhongyuan Festival, or Ghost Festival, which occurs on the fifth day of the seventh lunar month in China. Chinese people traditionally burn “ghost money (冥币),” paper clothes, and even paper gadgets like iPhones to offer to their ancestors (though celebrations may vary from place to place).
Tan Yunfei is the editorial director of The World of Chinese. She reports on Chinese language, food, traditions, and society. Having grown up in a rural community and mainly lived in the cities since college, she tries to explore and better understand China's evolving rural and urban life with all readers.
Yang Tingting is a Chinese editor at The World of Chinese. Interested in telling Chinese stories, she writes mainly about culture, language, and society.
