Keelung Zhongyuan Festival Sets Sea Alight To Attract Spirits
The Keelung Zhongyuan Festival is the largest Ghost Festival celebration in Taiwan. During the event, burning effigies are sent out to sea to guide lost spirits back to land.
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00:00The sea in northern Taiwan was set alight for Jilong City's yearly Ghost Festival Celebrations.
00:06The festival is the largest Ghost Month event in Taiwan. It seeks to bring rest to lost
00:12and wandering souls through rituals and offerings. Effigies are burned at sea to attract spirits
00:18to land. Taiwan's Ghost Month takes place on the seventh month of the lunar calendar
00:23each year. During this time, the gates to the underworld are believed to be opened,
00:28allowing spirits to wander the Earth.