It has been a common legend that our ancestors’ souls come back to this world during the Bon period.   The reason, I learned, we often set up Chinese lantern fruits is that the orange fruits work as lanterns that light the path of the dead to lead them back into this world.

Mother, come back/
Take aim at the vermilion lanterns/
Chio

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死者の魂が帰ってくるというお盆に鬼灯を飾るのは、提灯になって死者の通る道を照らすためだと聞きました。
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