英语演讲中元节.ppt

* Ghost Festival VS Just as the west has Halloween for ghosts, the Chinese also have the Ghosts Festival to fete the departed spirits of the underworld. 中元节 The 14th and 15th of the seventh lunar month The Ghost Festival (Half July) becomes a time for remembering the importance of filial piety. The Ghost Festival, sometimes we say the Hungry Ghost Festival , also called Half July, is a popular occasion celebrated thoughtout China on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month. Because it is closely related to the Buddhism, it has an other name, the Ullambana (盂兰盆节). One of the Buddhas chief disciples