Question
In a story commonly told during this observance, a man attempts to offer rice to his mother but the rice turns to flames just before she eats it. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this festival that occurs on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month. Texts like the Yulanpen tell the story of Mulian rescuing his mother from Avīci, which is often recounted during this festival.
ANSWER: Ghost Festival [or Hungry Ghost Festival or Ghost Day or Zhōngyuán Festival; prompt on Yulan Bowl Festival]
[10e] Mulian’s mother is sometimes said to be in a “blood pond” described by this English term. Avīci is another Buddhist example of locations called this term, which in Christianity describes a fiery realm harrowed by Jesus.
ANSWER: hells [or Buddhist hell realms or purgatory or underworld or naraka or diyu]
[10m] The Precious Scroll of the Three Lives of Mulian describes a mountain of wasted offerings of this kind. Joss paper is made into “ancestor” types of this offering, which is also carried in hóngbāo.
ANSWER: money [or currency or legal tender; accept ancestor money; accept hell money; accept fake money or descriptions of illegal tender or money that isn’t intended for legal use]
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Summary
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| Columbia B | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Cornell C | Penn B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia A | Princeton B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| NYU A | Rowan A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Rutgers A | Columbia C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Yale A | Haverford | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn A | Yale C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |