The Keelung Zhongyuan Festival is the largest Ghost Festival celebration in Taiwan. During the event, burning effigies are sent out to sea to guide lost spirits back to land.
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00:00The sea in northern Taiwan was set alight for Jilong City's yearly Ghost Festival Celebrations.
00:06The festival is the largest Ghost Month event in Taiwan. It seeks to bring rest to lost
00:12and wandering souls through rituals and offerings. Effigies are burned at sea to attract spirits
00:18to land. Taiwan's Ghost Month takes place on the seventh month of the lunar calendar
00:23each year. During this time, the gates to the underworld are believed to be opened,
00:28allowing spirits to wander the Earth.