Important Hungry Ghosts Festival Rules

 Important Hungry Ghosts Festival Rules

The Ghosts Festival represents the most scariest and spooky time of the month as the wandering spirits are let out of hell and they are allowed to roam in our dimension for a month! This is one of the tale about someone who accidentally and breaks the rule during that month.

There are several important rules to follow especially from the Taoist faith for the Ghost Festival. The Ghosts Festival (or Qing Ming) falls on the 7^th month of the lunar year and the hells are open and wandering spirits are everywhere! Some of these basic guidelines are:

1.      Be extremely careful of what you are saying as wandering spirits make take offense (angry-lah) at what is said.

2.      Avoid speeding (avoid knocking on wandering spirits)

3.      Do not spit at the roadsides, stalls etc and definitely do not pee outdoors (an even bigger no-no)

4.      Do not step on the offerings (hell notes, food, etc) offered to the wandering spirits 

Offering for the Death (tinktravel.blogspot.com)

Harry Chu just had dinner together with a friend at a restaurant and he was walking back to his car. At the pavement, he was happily chatting with his friend, when he accidentally step over a roadside offering and nearly fell forward. Cursing he kicked at the offerings when his companion screamed at him to stop. Harry sneered and told his friend that is was only an old wives’ superstition. 

An Eerie Surprised Guest

An Eerie Surprised Guest

A group of friends out for the night meets up with an unexpected guest.

Dave, Philip and Sammi Teng were working for pool renovators and they spent their weekends clubbing and bar hopping. It was 9pm and they have arrived in residential double-storey house in Taman Megah to pick up Vincent for the night out.

Sammi Teng got out the car and she busy screaming and shouting for Vincent to come out. Dave and Phillip quickly got out and tried to get Sammi to keep it down as it was already dark and people should be around. They look into the upper floor window, where there was an older “uncle” who stood looking at them. Sammi argued that the older man was only staring at them but was not doing anything.

A Figure of a Man at the Front Window on the Double-Story House

As Sammi was busying arguing, a groggy Vincent opened the main door and he said he was not feeling well. They looked at Vincent, with his water eyes, running nose and his coughing they decided that he better get some rest.

When they were driving to the bars, Dave and Phillip noticed that Sammi who was sitting in the back seat was abnormally quiet (as she was extremely talkative). Phillip turned to look at the back seat where was surprised to find Sammi tucked and bent over her lap. Phillip excitably then asked Sammi what is wrong, is everybody going bonkers…is she sick. Sammi was shivering very badly with her head tucked in her lap managed to answer, “just please drive”.