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A Dazzling Night Scene Featuring the Ghost Festival in Taiwan

To celebrate the Keelung Ghost Festival, many public buildings, plazas, and temples in downtown Keelung and the iconic Main Altar (主普壇) at Keelung Zhong Zheng Park are charmingly decorated with beautiful art installations from the first day to the end of the seventh lunar month.

Billy Shyu

The Unique Ghost Festival Celebrations in Taiwan

Not only is the Keelung Ghost Festival (雞籠中元祭), also known as the Keelung Chung Yuan Festival (基隆中元節), an important festive event for those who live in northern Taiwan’s Keelung City, but it is also the first festival to be designated a part of Taiwan’s intangible cultural heritage by the Taiwanese government and is one of 12 ...

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