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The Hungry Ghost festival, celebrated by Buddhists and Taoists across Southeast Asia, centres on a belief that the spirits of the dead return to Earth during the seventh month of the Chinese Lunar calendar.
From Reuters • Aug. 26, 2021
On every day of the Lunar calendar, it seems there’s nothing quite as all-American some good Chinese food.
From Time • Feb. 8, 2016
Lunar calendar in Mexico, 297; in China, 297, 298.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
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