Case file · Folklore / legend
Emperor Wu of Liang holds the Ullambana rite
In 538 the devout Emperor Wu of Liang held a Yulanpen (Ullambana) offering at Tongtai Temple in Jiankang, an early record of the Hungry Ghost Festival.
538 CE · 32.07, 118.80 · status: account
The account
The rite, based on the story of Mulian saving his mother from hell, grew into the seventh-month festival still celebrated across the Chinese world.