The main custom of the festival is tomb sweeping, during which families gather at a grave site and bring sacrificial offerings including alcohol, fruit and joss paper, spiritual money for use in ...

After more than 60 years of Communist Party rule, the festival of Qingming or “tomb-sweeping day”, celebrated on the fifteenth day after spring equinox (April 4th this year), is enjoying a ...

Approximately 4.1 million tourists – mainly from Chongqing, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hong Kong and Taiwan – chose Guizhou as their tourist destination on Tomb-Sweeping Day. The holiday ...

People take photos with blooming flowers in Chaoyang District of Beijing, capital of China, April 5, 2025. Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, fell on April 4 this year. It is a traditional ...

Traditionally a Chinese spring ritual, the tomb-sweeping festival is said to have its roots in an emperor's cruelty to a follower C hing Ming Festival, also known as tomb-sweeping day, is ...

A couple takes bouquets of flowers to a cemetery in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, on March 16. [China Daily] During the pandemic lockdowns, virtual memorials gained popularity due to the disruption of in ...

The gravesite customs of Tomb Sweeping Day — in which ancestors are offered elaborate home-cooked feasts — are shifting across East and Southeast Asia. By Clarissa Wei TAIPEI, Taiwan ...

BEIJING-During the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns, virtual memorials gained popularity in China as in-person tomb sweeping was not allowed. Even as restrictions have eased, families, friends and ...

The Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, falls on Thursday this year. Qingming, literally meaning "clear and bright," is one of the 24 Solar Terms of the traditional Chinese calendar.

Also known as the Tomb-Sweeping Festival, this celebrated day in the Chinese cultural calendar calls for respect from worshippers. Qingming, celebrated 15 days after the Spring Equinox ...