Chinese Halloween Holiday Traditions

Chinese Halloween Holiday Traditions
Ceremony table seen during Yu Lan Jie or Hungry Ghost Festival. During the festival, people pay homage to their deceased ancestors which is believed to visit the living. oatjo/iStock
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I love Halloween; it’s one of my favorite holidays. When I was little my mother would go to great lengths to make me the perfect costume. In junior high, I won a costume contest at school by dressing as a bunch of grapes. My costume consisted of numerous purple balloons sewn all around me onto my leotard. You can see my mom’s handy work in the picture below. Too late, I realized that I would not be able to sit at my desk, but I didn’t care. I received a $5.00 gift certificate to a bookstore and thought I was very cool!

In junior high, I won a costume contest at school by dressing as a bunch of grapes. (Credit: tcm007.com)
In junior high, I won a costume contest at school by dressing as a bunch of grapes. Credit: tcm007.com
Jennifer Dubowsky
Jennifer Dubowsky
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Jennifer Dubowsky is a licensed acupuncturist with a practice in downtown Chicago, Illinois, since 2002. Jennifer maintains a popular blog about health and Chinese Medicine and In 2013, Jennifer released her first book, Adventures in Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture, Herbs and Ancient Ideas for Today.