The Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, is an important festival in China when people offer sacrifices to their ancestors. It falls on April 4 this year. In ancient times, the festival prompted ...

The Qingming Festival (Qing ming jie in Mandarin), also referred to as Tomb Sweeping Day, is an important holiday with its roots in China. This festival marks the onset of the spring season and is ...

SANTA CRUZ — Despite the prospect of rain, the skies were clear Saturday morning and sunlight glimmered on the colorful Dragon Gate, which oversees the Chinatown Bridge in downtown Santa Cruz as ...

Over 1,000 years ago, artist Zhang Zeduan created his best-known handscroll masterpiece, Along the River During the Qingming Festival, depicting the prosperous life and landscapes of Kaifeng ...

By inviting nearly 30 scholars from various fields, including ancient architecture, shipbuilding, and etiquette, and seeking consultation from experts at Beijing's Palace Museum, the drama vividly ...

Qingming Shanghe Tu, English name the Along the River During the Qingming Festival, is a painting by Zhang ZeDuan in the Song dynasty, which captures people's daily life and capital Bianjing's ...

Dali Tan, president of CLASS and a former member of the Advanced Placement (AP®) Chinese Language and Culture Development Committee, explains how she uses the Song dynasty masterpiece Qīngmíng Shànghé ...