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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Tomb sweeping day~

Hello!!!
Today went to pray baby's grandparents with baby & his family :D
it's my 2nd time praying to baby's grandparents..
the 1st time is during Chinese New Year..^-^

in case you don't know what is tomb sweeping day..
tomb sweeping day is also known as Qingming Festival..
& what's qingming festival?
The Qingming Festival, Pure Brightness Festival or Clear Bright Festival,Ancestors Day or Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day after the winter solstice (or the 15th day from the SpringEquinox), usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar (see Chinese calendar). Astronomically it is also a solar term (See Qingming).
The Qingming festival falls on the first day of the fifth solar term, named Qingming. Its name denotes a time for people to go outside and enjoy the greenery of springtime and tend to the graves of departed ones.

What do we do during qingming festival?
The Qingming Festival is an opportunity for celebrants to remember and honour their ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, joss paper accessories, and/or libations to the ancestors. 
(source from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingming_Festival )

so yeap! 
after we offer the food & all to baby's grandparents, we'll get together to eat & catch up with the relatives..

that's all for today with baby ^-^

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