Yulanpen Festival
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Yulanpen Festival is a traditional East Asian Buddhist festival focused on making offerings to relieve the suffering of ancestors and hungry ghosts.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist festival
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East Asian festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ullambana Festival
NERFINISHED
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Yulanpen Hui NERFINISHED ⓘ Yulanpen Penhui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
ancestor veneration
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filial piety in Buddhism ⓘ hungry ghosts ⓘ merit transfer ⓘ |
| associatedText | Yulanpen Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Chinese Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMythicOrigin | story of Maudgalyayana rescuing his mother ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
burning incense
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chanting Buddhist sutras ⓘ food offerings ⓘ offering clothes and daily necessities to spirits ⓘ offering paper money ⓘ |
| linkedBelief |
existence of hungry ghost realm
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karmic retribution after death ⓘ transfer of merit from the living to the dead ⓘ |
| mainFocus |
filial piety
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making offerings to ancestors ⓘ relieving the suffering of hungry ghosts ⓘ |
| observedIn |
China
NERFINISHED
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Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ other East Asian Buddhist communities ⓘ |
| practicedBy |
Chinese Buddhists
NERFINISHED
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Japanese Buddhists ⓘ Korean Buddhists NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahayana Buddhists ⓘ Vietnamese Buddhists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to accumulate merit for deceased relatives
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to express filial piety toward parents and ancestors ⓘ to relieve the suffering of ancestors in the afterlife ⓘ to relieve the suffering of hungry ghosts ⓘ |
| relatedFestival |
Ghost Festival
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Obon NERFINISHED ⓘ Ullambana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| timeOfYear | seventh lunar month ⓘ |
| typicalOffering |
fruits
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paper effigies ⓘ rice and vegetarian food ⓘ tea and wine ⓘ |
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