# Folk Religion

A solemn yet compassionate festival dedicated to honoring deceased ancestors and wandering spirits through elaborate offerings and glowing water …

The solemn birthday of Chenghuang Ye, the divine magistrate and spiritual protector of cities who records human morality and safeguards communities …

The fierce birthday of Zhong Kui, the wrathful scholar-demon who failed the imperial exams yet became heaven’s most feared exorcist and …

The joyous birthday festival of the Eight Immortals, the legendary band of Taoist adepts whose individual journeys to transcendence inspire seekers of …

The revered birthday of Mazu, China’s most important marine guardian deity, celebrated with grand coastal temple fairs, palanquin pilgrimages, …

The revered birthday of Baosheng Dadi, China’s celestial patron deity of traditional medicine and healing…

The celebrated spring birthday of Tudigong, the benevolent neighborhood earth deity, honored with peanut brittle, spring pancakes, and business …

The celebrated birthday of Chen Jinggu, China’s revered patron goddess of women, pregnancy, and childbirth, honored for her martial exorcisms …

The sacred farewell and birthday celebration of Zaojun, the heavenly monitor of household morals, honored with sweet sticky melon candies before his …