Tag Archives: 7th Month

The past month was also the Lunar calendar’s 7th month. This means that incense burning practices were ongoing. Although incense burning bins are provided for such purposes, some Singaporeans continue to burn outside of the bins, causing a mess that had to be cleaned up by our unsung heroes. There …

A netizen has shared this experiences while washing his car late at night during the recently concluded Hungry Ghost Festival.

Some selfish individuals who wanted to burn offerings for the Hungry Ghost Festival have resorted to using a supermarket trolley that they illegally brought home.

2 Singaporean aunties got into a violent tussle after one auntie allegedly took away the other's seat, which was close to a stage where a getai performance was being held at a temple along Arumugam Road.

A netizen has shared this post about staying in a famous local hotel during the 7th Month, or the month of the Hungry Ghost Festival.

A Twitter user was slammed for jokingly comparing incense papers left behind during 7th month to littering. He had posted a picture of joss papers on the floor with the caption: "Littering or praying?" and said: "You be the judge".

Netizen shares "spooky" story with our readers just for laughs.

Tossing paper offerings in the air and littering the ground with paper money is not part of Chinese tradition or culture and can be a nuisance instead, says a Chinese Singaporean religious leader.

I am a fellow Singaporean. I love and respect the diversity of different races and religions which makes up the core of our country's unique identity.

A netizen has created a petition demanding that temples and columbariums where Chinese ancestors and family members are buried allow worshipers to burn joss paper offerings during Qing Ming Festival and the Chinese Ghost Month (7th Month).