Ching Ming Festival is also known as the Tomb Sweeping Day. It usually lies in the fourth month of the lunar calendar. People visit the tombs of their departed family members and relatives and they will clean up the wild grass and tidy up the tombs. It is also a day for the young ones to pay respects to the ancestors and honor them. In the Chinese customs, it is unusual to visit the dead at other times of the year except for the death anniversary of the family members or relatives.
During this day, people will bring offerings such as paper accessories, joss sticks, food, tea and wine to offer to the departed ones. It is also a happy occasion as the family members, who seldom see each other, will gather to visit their ancestors’ tombs and it has also become a family gathering event.
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