Qingming (Clear and Bright), the fifth solar term of the year, is the only one for which the first day doubles as a holiday, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...