The Qingming festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day in English, is a traditional Chinese festival observed by the Han Chinese of mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and by the Chitty of Malaysia and Singapore. It falls on the first day of the fifth solar term of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar. This makes it the 15th day after the Spring Equinox, either 4, 5 or 6 April in a given year. And China has set April 5 as a legal holiday.During Qingming, Chinese families visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean the gravesites, pray to their ancestors and make ritual offerings. Offerings would typically include traditional food dishes and the burning of joss sticks and joss paper. The holiday recognizes the traditional reverence of one's ancestors in Chinese culture.
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- Observances: Cleaning and sweeping of graves, ancestor worship, offering food to deceased, burning joss paper
- Observed by: Han Chinese and Chitty
- Significance: Remembering ancestors
- Date: 15th day from the Spring Equinox, 4, 5 or 6 April,And China has set April 5 as a legal holiday.
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