Ghost Month 2026: A Guide to Zhongyuan for Diaspora Families
The Gates Open: A Month When the Living Remember
In Chinese cosmology, the seventh month of the lunar calendar belongs to the dead. The gates of the underworld open on the first day, and for the next month the ancestors return to the homes they…
Zhongyuan Festival: How the Wuyi Diaspora Honors the Dead
The Month of the Dead — and the People Who Never Stopped Feeding Them
In the Chinese calendar, the seventh lunar month belongs to the dead. This year the gates of the underworld open on August 13 and close on September 10 — twenty-nine days in…