Qingming Festival: Remembering Ancestors, Welcoming Spring
Understand Qingming as both a seasonal marker and a time for remembrance, family visits and spring outings, with customs that vary by place.
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A seasonal day of remembrance
Qingming (清明, Qīngmíng) is both one of the traditional twenty-four solar terms and a day associated with remembering ancestors. It usually falls in early April, but its Gregorian date changes from year to year. --- TRUNCATED --- 2,112 chars