Description
If you arrive in late August you might catch the feast of the Hungry Ghosts. Held at the end of the humid summer, this event marks the days on which ghosts slip out from the underworld and whip around the streets looking for trouble. The only way to keep the spirits at bay is to make offerings of food and paper money. On the streets you see small piles of ashes where joss sticks and paper have been burnt, or bowls of fruit sat outside doorways.