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Thanks for the info I found some more info confirming their
Ceremonies & Taboos for Chinese Ghost Festival!
Here's some do's and dont's for the uninitiated participant...


Things You Should Do:

~ Make an altar at a crossroad - for easy access and departure for spirits from 4 directions.
~ Make offerings - food, drinks and favoured articles of the deceased.
~ Burn "Hell Money" - so it becomes available to ancestors in the kingdom below.
~ Release paper boats and lanterns in rivers and lakes - it gives directions to spirits.
~ Talk to your ancestors - they can hear you on this day.

Things You Shouldn't Do:

~ Go swimming - it leaves you vulnerable to ghostly interception.
~ Go outside after sunset - the troubled spirits are everywhere at this time of year.
~ Move house at this time - it vexes the spirits who can no longer find their ancestral home.
~ Open a business - it's just plain bad luck and bad sense.
~ Hold a wedding ceremony - again, it's bad luck and bad sense.
~ Get born on this day - your parents should change your birthdate if you do.
~ Die on this day - you'll be whisked away to hell and damnation with all the other spirits.