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What is the date of Ghost Festival?

Ghost Festival is in the seventh month of the lunar calendar 15.

The Ghost Festival in China is held in July of the lunar calendar every year 15. Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Ghost Festival and Orchid Festival, is a festival to worship ghosts and gods. Festival customs mainly include offering sacrifices to ancestors, setting off river lanterns, offering sacrifices to the dead, burning paper ingots and offering sacrifices to the ground. This festival is a traditional cultural festival to remember the ancestors, and its cultural core is to respect the ancestors and do filial piety.

The earliest July and a half is the custom of ancient folk sacrifice, called the Mid-Yuan Festival, which can be traced back to the post-Taoist period of the Eastern Han Dynasty.