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Explore the culture of The Hungry Ghost Festival (2024 Aug)
7 Aug 2024
Local Tour
Explore the culture of The Hungry Ghost Festival (2024 Aug)
Explore the culture of The Hungry Ghost Festival
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On the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, is it the Hungry Ghost Festival or the Filial Piety Festival? What is the relationship between the two? Is it a Taoist or Buddhist festival?
Providing relief to hungry ghosts, offering clothes and food, the story of Mulian saving his mother, opening the gates of hell, Emperor Shun’s filial piety, the birth of Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Ullambana Festival, and the birth of Earth Officer. Why are these activities converged on this day?
Date: August 7, 2024 (Wednesday)
Time: 2:00-9:00pm
Schedule:
Lecture at the University of Hong Kong (2-4pm)
Visit to Cheung Fei Temple (4-6pm)
Visit to the Ullambana Ritual in Shau Kei Wan (7-9pm)
Venue: MB150 and Shau Kei Wan
Host: Dr. Hay Liu (hayliu@hku.hk)
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