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  2. Qingming Festival - Wikipedia

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    This makes it the 15th day after the Spring Equinox, either 4, 5 or 6 April in a given year. [11] [12] [13] During Qingming, Chinese families visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean the gravesites and make ritual offerings to their ancestors. [8] Offerings would typically include traditional food dishes and the burning of joss sticks and ...

  3. Chinese honor the dead on Tomb-Sweeping Day - AOL

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    The three-day holiday, also called Qingming, ended Monday and the amount of visitors rose by almost 4 percent from last year. The tombs are swept and lost loved ones are given food, flowers and ...

  4. List of observances set by the Chinese calendar - Wikipedia

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    At the Qingming solar term, solar longitude of 15°, 104th day after Dongzhi (winter solstice) April 4, 2020 Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, Clear and Bright Festival) 清明節 / 清明节 Visit, clean, and make offerings at ancestral gravesites, spring outing 105th day after Dongzhi April 5, 2020 Cold Food Festival

  5. Winter Clothes Day - Wikipedia

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    Winter Clothes Day, Tomb-sweeping Day and Hungry Ghost Festival are the days for people to offer sacrifice to their ancestors in China. The Winter Clothes Day falls on the first day of Lunar October. [1] October first of the lunar calendar has come into winter, thus people feel cold, which makes them miss the dead.

  6. China's Wuhan marks sombre Tomb Sweeping festival amid ... - AOL

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    Each year for the tomb sweeping festival, Wuhan resident Dai Jinfeng drives with her mother to a nearby cemetery to pay respects to their ancestors. The coronavirus has changed that ritual this year.

  7. Public holidays in China - Wikipedia

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    1 day: Tomb-Sweeping Day: 清明节: Qīngmíng jié: Occurs about 15 days after the March Equinox; day for paying respect to one's ancestors 1 May: 2 days [1] Labour Day: 劳动节: Láodòng jié: International Workers' Day: 5th day of 5th Lunisolar month: 1 day: Dragon Boat Festival: 端午节: Duānwǔ jié: Usually occurs in June ...

  8. Archaeologists Found Someone They Never Expected in an ...

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    A Tang dynasty tomb decorated with colorful murals is providing a new glimpse into daily life in China during the 8 th century. Most interestingly, the murals show signs of Western influence ...

  9. Decoration Day (tradition) - Wikipedia

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    The Qingming or Ching Ming festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day in English (sometimes also called Chinese Memorial Day or Ancestors' Day), [31] [32] is a traditional Chinese festival observed by the Han Chinese of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand.