The AIRR Tech Team lit their lotus lanterns and set them adrift on the internet river to mark the completion of a new web page on Zhong Yuan Jie, the Taoist Hungry Ghost Festival. This traditional celebration is held on the 15th night of the 7th month of the Chinese lunar calendar, at the full Moon, when rituals are performed to honour those who died without children or whose descendants have not honoured or respected their memories. They are presented with food offerings, incense, and burning joss paper or spirit money for their prosperity in the afterlife. This year Zhong Yuan Jie falls on August 18th, so you have plenty of time to get your food, incense, and joss paper offerings ready to assist the lost dead!
Deacon Millett and Catherine Yronwode wrote the page with contributions from Papa Newt. Papa Newt also did proofreading and site-wide linking. He and Nagasiva sourced photographs by Aderibas, ChinaImages, Daniel Chong Kah Fui, and YAYImages; and Nagasiva created this graphic announcement. Check out our new page on The Hungry Ghost Festival -- and follow us through the year as we debut each new AIRR page on the major Taoist festivals in turn, during this auspicious Year of the Dragon!
The Hungry Ghost Festival page is here:
https://readersandrootworkers.org/wiki/ ... t_Festival
We shall now move to social media, to share the Hungry Ghost Festival page at the AIRR page on Facebook, here:
https://www.facebook.com/ReadersandRootworkers
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