Ullambana Festival

E505001
Buddhist festival religious observance

Ullambana Festival is a traditional Buddhist observance, especially prominent in East Asia, focused on making offerings to relieve the suffering of ancestors and hungry ghosts.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Obon festival 3
Obon 2
Hungry Ghost Festival 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist festival ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ
associatedDoctrine filial piety ⓘ
karma ⓘ
merit transfer ⓘ
associatedFigure Maudgalyāyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Śākyamuni Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Ancestor veneration ⓘ
Ghost Month ⓘ
Obon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zhongyuan Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnText Ullambana Sūtra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yulanpen Jing NERFINISHED ⓘ
calendarBasis lunar calendar ⓘ
corePractice chanting Buddhist sutras ⓘ
making food offerings to spirits ⓘ
making offerings to the sangha ⓘ
performing merit transfer rituals ⓘ
coreTheme relieving suffering of ancestors ⓘ
relieving suffering of hungry ghosts ⓘ
etymologyFrom Sanskrit word "ullambana" ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Ancestor Deliverance Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ghost Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hungry Ghost Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ullambana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yulanpen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yulanpen Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythicMotif Maudgalyāyana rescuing his mother from hell ⓘ
observedIn China NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mongolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose to appease hungry ghosts ⓘ
to express filial gratitude to parents and ancestors ⓘ
to generate merit for deceased relatives ⓘ
region East Asia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
ritualElement burning incense ⓘ
burning joss paper ⓘ
lantern offerings ⓘ
setting out communal food tables ⓘ
typicalDate 15th day of the 7th lunar month ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinese Buddhism → hasFestival → Ullambana Festival ⓘ
Golden Week → comparedWith → Ullambana Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Obon
Ghost Festival → hasChineseName → Ullambana Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: 盂蘭盆節
Ghost Festival → hasAlternativeName → Ullambana Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hungry Ghost Festival
Ghost Festival → relatedFestival → Ullambana Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Obon
Maudgalyāyana → associatedWithFestival → Ullambana Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ullambana (Ghost Festival)
Mount Daimonji → associatedWith → Ullambana Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Obon festival
Japanese traditional calendar → hasPart → Ullambana Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Obon festival
Vietnamese traditional calendar → determinesDateOf → Ullambana Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vu Lan festival
Japantown, San Francisco → hasEvent → Ullambana Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Obon festival