Memory of a Tomb Sweeping Day
2 years, 9 months ago

Memory of a Tomb Sweeping Day

China Daily  

Residents of a community in Xin'gan county, Ji'an, Jiangxi province, get fresh chrysanthemums on April 1 as Tomb Sweeping Day drew near. As bleak and macabre as the translation "tomb-sweeping day" might sound, what tends to be neglected, even among Chinese people, is that its original name qingming literally means "pure brightness". It was usually my father's mission to go, on every Tomb Sweeping Day, to visit my grandfather's grave that lies in a distant city where the ancestral home used to be. It was a breezy early spring day, the sky overcast with nebulous clouds, and the hills, covered by conifers, on the yearly turn from dark green to a more vibrant spring emerald.

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A time for new beginnings and old memories
2 years, 9 months ago

A time for new beginnings and old memories

China Daily  

SUN YUE/WANG XIAOYING On Tomb Sweeping Day, Chinese mark the arrival of spring as they pay tribute to their ancestors, Chen Nan reports. Apart from being one of the Twenty-four Solar Terms, Qingming is also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, when people honor their ancestors and deal with the emotions of losing loved ones. Hanshi, meaning "cold meal", which falls …

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