amoy
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These days are Chinese holidays i.e. Tomb Sweeping Day
May our ancestors rest in peace.
May our ancestors rest in peace.
The Qingming Festival (simplified Chinese: 清明节; traditional Chinese: 清明節; pinyin: QÄ«ngmÃngjié, Ching Ming Festival in Hong Kong, Vietnamese language: Tết Thanh Minh), 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 Spring Equinox), 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 (è¸é’ Tà qÄ«ng, "treading on the greenery") and tend to the graves of departed ones.