Releasing Water Lanterns at Ghost Festival (Chen Ziqing)
As part of the Ghost Festival rituals in Keelung, on the first day of the seventh lunar month the gates of Hell are opened at Laodagong Temple. On the 12th the lights are lit at Zhupu Altar, and on the 13th there is a clan lantern parade. At 11 p.m. on the 14th, people go to Wanghaixiang at Badouzi to release water lanterns, which symbolize commemorating the dead, helping ghosts to pass into the afterlife, and praying for peace and tranquility.