Halloween is one of the oldest holidays celebrated by people from different countries all over the world. In most western countries like US and Canada, carved pumpkins and corn stalks sprawled all over the suburbs, trick-or-treating, and costume depicting scary creatures are staple practices through the festival. However, Asians celebrate Halloween in a slightly different way.

China

Chinese have their extremely own way of celebrating the Halloween or Teng Chieh in their local dialect. folks offer water and food, and light lanterns to guide the spirits of their deceased household as they traverse the land of the living on Halloween night. Moreover, pilgrims visiting Buddhist temples make paper boats that symbolize the spirits of the dead. The purpose of this custom is twofold: as a remembrance of the spirits of the dead and as a way to free the spirits of the restless souls so that they may go peacetotally to heaven. These restless souls or pretas are spirits and reincarnated scary creatures of … [-]

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