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Growing up in Hong Kong, I haven't heard of the term Zhong Yuan Jie, but Ghost Festival was a big thing, and it was celebrated on the 14th of the 7th month in the Lunar Calendar.

Isn't it the 15th of the month, not the fourteenth? That's what the "Chinese Calendar" page says -- there must be an error in one of these two pages. According to the Hong Kong Observatory, today (August 19th) is the 15th day, and, as I write this, there are people burning shit on the streets outside my apartment (in Dalian).

[edit] Similarity to El Día de los Muertos (day of the dead)

I would like to note that El Día de los Muertos (day of the dead) seems more similar to QingMing Festival (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingming_Festival) than the Ghost Festival.

If there is consensus, can we remove "The Ghost Festival shares some similarities with the predominantly Mexican observance of El Día de los Muertos."? Please comment.