Hi everyone, welcome to Learn How to Chinese. I'm Vienna and you're watching our channel of Chinese culture. Today's topic is Halloween. Did you know that Chinese people have their own version of Halloween? They call it Gui Jie. Ghost Festival. Gui means ghost and Gui Jie means Festival. Chinese people believe that each year in mid-July, ghost or grey are allowed to come into the human world to celebrate their temporary release from being locked up behind the gates of hell. During Gui Jie, the gates will be open and ghosts can come receive the offerings provided by Chinese people, typically including birth incense, paper money and food offerings. Unlike in the Western world, where parents would like to take their children out to trek or trading during Halloween, most parents in China would keep their children at home doing Gui Jie. Especially at night, since no one wants to come into the contact with these ghosts. If you get a chance to travel to China during Gui Jie, my suggestion is not to take any pictures of Chinese people running incense or paper money on the street. Chinese people are serious about this festival. Some of them believe that if you take a picture, you may capture the ghost in the picture and they may hunt you later. A story of my childhood, when I was little, my mom told me not to touch walls because ghosts travel between the walls. She also told me not to pick up any money on the street. This is what she said. Ghost are trying to test if you agree to it and you don't want to be the target. Again, Chinese people are not celebrating this festival. This is an offering day for the ghosts and guess what, Chinese people can't wait for this day to be over. Thanks for watching. I'm Vienna and forward these videos to your friends now. Happy learning. Bye.