As the story goes, in the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the gates of hell burst open. Voracious and sometimes vengeful ghosts cross over the threshold from the world of the dead and ...

Honoring dead ancestors is a tradition found across cultures—think Mexico’s Día de los Muertos or Japan’s Obon festival. But few observances are as vivid as the Hungry Ghost Festival, which originated ...

Leung Man Hei/AFP/AFP Eyes glowing red, the towering "ghost king" presided over the atrium of a Hong Kong housing block on Sunday as residents performed age-old rituals -- a scene that may become ...

CHINATOWN, Manhattan -- Growing up in Vietnamese Chinese communities in Virginia and Southern California, Harry Trinh was no stranger to the traditions and festivals celebrated in Chinese culture. But ...