mythology
The Ghost Festival Isn't Scary: It's Just Someone Finding Their Way Home
Every year before the fifteenth of the seventh lunar month, my mom calls to tell me to come home early. The day that scared my whole childhood has a real name: the Zhongyuan Festival. Only after reading the story of Mulian saving his mother did I realize — there isn't a single frightening word in this so-called Ghost Festival. It's about a son trying everything to get his dead mother one full meal.
8/25/20269 min