10 more taboos to watch out for during Ghost Month in Taiwan

Taiwan News
Date: 2018/08/13
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Still showing Samara from Film “Rings.”

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Now that Ghost Month (鬼月) is has been underway for a couple days now, it is time to become versed in some of the other taboos major observed by many Taiwanese during this period.

Taiwan’s Ghost Month, observed in the 7th month of the lunar calendar, which this year runs from Aug. 11 to Sept. 9, is when Taoists and Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened for “hungry ghosts” to roam the world of the living in search of food, money, entertainment, and possibly souls. A “hungry ghost” is a being that has been sent to the underworld to suffer an eternal state of hunger for their misdeeds or for not having a proper burial.

Last week, Taiwan News created a list of the top 10 most serious taboos to avoid, but because there are so many taboos associated with Ghost Month, the following are 10 additional ghoulish gaffes to watch out for:
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