Date: 12th of the 3rd lunar month, usually around April 4th or 5th.

Activities: Cleaning ancestors’ graves and holding memorial ceremonies, spring outing, and flying kites

This is a time when ice and snow has gone and plants are beginning to grow again, and is a time for respect to ancestors. The graves of deceased relatives are swept and tended, the memory of the dead cherished and offering of food may be made. To assist ancestors in the afterlife ‘Bank of Hell’ money is burned, thereby transferring money to the ancestors to spend as they will. Qing Ming is often marked by an indulgence of the Chinese passion for kite flying.

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