Hungry Ghost Festival

The Hungry Ghost Festival falls on the last Sunday. Mom and I didn't went back hometown, so mom decided to go over to Uncle Ken's (mom's brother) place to stay overnight. She said she was scared to stay alone with me in this festival (stupid mom) ... The chinese believe that WE, DOGS, have the ablility to see those spirit... and these few days, I often wake up in a very sudden in the middle of the night and dashed to the wooden door in the kitchen and bark furiously, scratching the door, with all my furs straight up!! Mom don't want to see this happen on the exact night of this festival, so she decided to go over to Uncle Ken's house where there will be more people accompany her and I of course!!
Mom found the description for this festival in Wikipedia, so she decided to copy it here and share with my pals over here...

The Ghost Festival is a traditional Chinese festival and holiday, which is celebrated by Chinese in many countries. In the Chinese calendar (a lunisolar calendar), the Ghost Festival is on the 14th night of the seventh lunar month.
In Chinese tradition, the thirteen day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and the seventh month in general is regarded as the Ghost Month (鬼月), in which ghosts and spirits, including those of the deceased ancestors, come out from the lower world. During the Qingming Festival the living descendants pay homage to their ancestors and on Ghost Day the deceased visit the living. On the thirteen day the three realms of Heaven, Hell and the realm of the living are open and the Taoists and Buddhists would perform rituals to transmute and absolve the sufferings of the deceased. Intrinsic to the Ghost Month is ancestor worship, where traditionally the filial piety of descendants extends to their ancestors even after their deaths. Activities during the month would include preparing ritualistic food offerings, burning of hell money and bags containing cloth to pay homage to the visiting spirits of the ancestors, treating the deceased as if they are still living. Elaborate meals would be served with empty seats for each of the deceased in the family. Other festivities may include, burying and releasing miniature paper boats and lanterns on water, which signifies giving directions to the lost ghosts and spirits of the ancestors and other deities.