English

Alternative forms

• Tomb-Sweeping Day
• Tomb Sweeping Festival

Proper noun

Tomb Sweeping Day

1. An annual Chinese holiday on the first day of the fifth solar term in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar (April 4 or 5), during which families gather to honor their ancestors and clean their tombs. The festival is also associated with the consumption of qingtun.

Synonyms

• Qingming, Ching-ming, Ching Ming
• Qingming Festival, Ching Ming Festival
• Pure Brightness Festival
• All Souls' Day
• Chinese Memorial Day
• Ancestors' Day
• Mourning Day
• Feast of Light

See also

• **** money
• sycee