The Chinese Ghost Festival On the first day of the seventh lunar month, according to Chinese tradition, the gates of the underworld are opened, allowing the spirits of darkness to return to the world of light, to visit their former friends, their families and their descendants and to take care of unfinished business.
說它存在，科學的證據難尋；說它不存在，又有鬼書寫它、鬼畫畫它、鬼節拜它。傳說，每年農曆七月初一，地府開鬼門，讓所有陰間鬼魂回陽世探訪生前友人、後世子孫，及料理未了心願。