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This district is situated in the essential area of Keelung City, with prosperous commerce and dense population. It is a traditional industrial and commercial district. Besides the Miaokou Food Street that is famous in the province, the Keelung Mid-summer Ghost Festival also has a long history. The celebration activities last for one month from the opening ceremony in Laodagong Temple on the first day of July in Chinese traditional calendar to the closing ceremony on the first day of August. The activities not only have the function of building the collective consciousness of the community, but also are sublimed as human cultural activities suiting both refined and popular tastes and have become characteristic folk arts of the local area. |