Ghost Festival

English

Proper noun

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.

Translations

Taoist festival

Chinese:
Cantonese: 中元節／中元节 (zung¹ jyun⁴ zit³), 鬼節／鬼节 (gwai² zit³)

Hokkien: 七月半 (chhit-goe̍h-poàⁿ)

Mandarin: 中元節／中元节 (zh) (zhōngyuánjié), 鬼節／鬼节 (zh) (guǐjié)
Dutch: geestenfeest
French: fête des fantômes f
German: Geisterfest n
Japanese: 中元 (ja) (chūgen)
Korean: 백중날 (baekjungnal), 망혼일(亡魂日) (manghonil), 중원(中元) (ko) (jung'won)
Malay: Perayaan Hantu
Portuguese: festival dos fantasmas m
Russian: фестиваль духов m (festivalʹ duxov)
Spanish: festival de los fantasmas m
Thai: วันสารทจีน
Vietnamese: Tết Trung Nguyên (節中元)
Zhuang: caet nyied cibseiq

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