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Sumeragi · 2012-02-28, 22:16

Nope. The "bon" is 盆, the shorten form of Ullambana (于蘭盆會 or 盂蘭盆會). It means "great suffering", and so the festival is to ameliorate the suffering of the "Urabanna" while remembering and appreciating ancestors and their sacrifices.

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Sumeragi Banned Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Dai Korai Teikoku	Nope. The "bon" is 盆, the shorten form of Ullambana (于蘭盆會 or 盂蘭盆會). It means "great suffering", and so the festival is to ameliorate the suffering of the "Urabanna" while remembering and appreciating ancestors and their sacrifices.