Popularly known as the Hungry Ghost Festival or the Yulan Festival, this event is a culturally rich festival of the Taoists and Buddhists, taking place on the seventh lunar month on its 15th day. Lion dances, opera shows, Chiu Chow dramas, and food are the highlights of the festivity. Believing that spirits roam in the city during this month, families provide offerings to the 'ghosts', a primitive way of ancestor worship, especially by the Chiu Chow community.