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Saturday, April 4, 2015

What to Know About Qingming Festival


The Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, is a traditional Chinese festival. It falls either on 4th or 5th of April every year.

The festival is the most important holiday for people to remember the deceased or pay tribute to their ancestors.


People lay flowers on the gravestones to honor their late beloved ones

People lay flowers on the gravestones to honor their late beloved ones

People in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province will eat 'Qingtuan,' sweet green rice balls, during Qingming Festival. The snack is made from glutinous rice and stuffed with red bean paste, with wrappers made of squeezed wormwood or brome grass. It's also a must-have offering at ancestral rituals in the south of the Yangtze River< br>
People in some parts of Northern China eat steamed cakes stuffed with red dates during Qingming Festival

Some people from both Northern and Southern China also eat 'Sanzi', a kind of deep-fried dough twist, during Qingming Festival

Jing'an Cemetery is located in Fangshan District in the southwestern suburbs of Beijing. Tomb prices start 26,800 yuan

Badaling Cemetery is located in Yanqing District in the northwestern suburbs of Beijing. Tomb prices start at 25,000 yuan

Chaoyang Cemetery is located in Chaoyang District in eastern Beijing. Tomb prices start at 36,600 yuan

Morticians of Yong'anyuan Eco-burial Area are placing the ash caskets inside the grave's pit on April 2, 2015

Local citizens in Taiyuan are bidding farewell to their late loved ones in Yong'anyuan Eco-burial area on April 2, 2015

Morticians are carrying the ashes of deceased people into the Yong'anyuan Eco-burial Area in Taiyuan


Source: CRI

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