Hungrier Ghosts
It had finally arrived…the much-anticipated, yet dreaded Hungry Ghost Month. During this time, wayward ghosts are believed to make their presence known among the living, and could effectively wreak havoc or cause mischief…or worse. It is this, the seventh month on the Chinese lunar calendar, that one must be very careful and take care to offer the proper appeasements to the dead, or one could find one’s self in a world of trouble. Every year during this time, the Hungry Ghost Festival is observed, special ceremonies are had, incense is burned, and gifts are offered to appease the dead and to help them have a happy afterlife. It is during this time that the gates of hell are opened, and it was during this time that Shu Li would find out why some things are not merely superstition.
