In its third year, Chinatown’s Hungry Ghost Festival seeks to feed the Bay Area’s hungriest of ghosts. The only citywide festival of its kind in the nation (also known as Zhongyuan Festival or Yulan Festival) is a celebration for the Chinese diaspora, signifying a time in the Lunar calendar when the boundary between human and spiritual realms is thinner, allowing anguished spirits, or “hungry ghosts,” to enter the earthly dimension seeking comfort—and, in the case of this festival, ...
