Burning Bag Festival 烧包节

Saturday, 17. August 2024 in Bai areas

As part of the ancestor worship rituals, this evening Bai people will burn paper boxes for the ancestors.

The lunar seventh month is known as the Ghost Month, where the spirits come to visit the living. At the beginning of the lunar seventh month, the gates of the underworld open and the spirits come to visit the living, on the full moon day the spirits return to the underworld.

See related festivals.

Festival held according to lunar calendar on 农历7月14.