The air is thick with smoke from dozens of joss sticks wedged into prayer urns. Around a large wooden table in the middle of a makeshift temple, Malaysian Chinese devotees move in slow circles. Behind ...

Every year, the seventh lunar month casts a different mood over Chinese communities in mainland China and the diaspora across Malaysia, Singapore, all of Southeast Asia, and beyond. Streets fill with ...

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 ...

THE haunting notes of gongs and strings drifted along Jalan Bukom as the New Voice Cantonese Opera troupe staged a rare ...

As dusk settled over Lim Chu Kang Chinese Cemetery, incense smoke curled around weathered tombstones, carrying the faint scent of burnt offerings. By nightfall, music and light spilled into the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Held during the 15th night of the seventh lunar month of the year in the Chinese calendar, the Hungry ...

Next week is the Hungry Ghost Festival in China, an annual holiday to honor the deceased. Other countries that hold similar annual festivals include Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan, ...