1. Qingming Festival is not a ghost festival. Tomb Sweeping Day is just a day passed down to worship ancestors, weeding, and outings, and it is different from the Ghost Festival.

2. There is a difference between Qingming Festival and Ghost Festival. According to folk customs, there are differences between the two major ghost festivals, Qingming and Zhongyuan. The difference between the two is caused by the concepts of yin and yang and the five elements. The deceased people paid homage to during the Qingming Festival are their ancestors and relatives. The main purpose of the Hungry Ghost Festival is to pay homage to the wandering ghosts. They throw steamed buns, burn paper, place river lanterns, chant sutras, and save these dead souls who have no one to pay homage to.