Tomb Sweeping Day

See also: Tomb-Sweeping Day

English

Alternative forms

• Tomb-Sweeping Day
• Tomb Sweeping Festival

Etymology

From its former Chinese name 掃墳節／扫坟节 (Sǎofénjié, “Sweep-Tomb Festival”), from the traditional act of cleaning one's family grave with willow branches during the holiday.

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 qingtuan.

Synonyms

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

Translations

holiday

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 掃墳節／扫坟节 (zh) (Sǎofénjié), 清明節／清明节 (zh) (Qīngmíngjié)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: Qingming-juhla
• Thai: เช็งเม้ง (cheng-méng), เทศกาลเช็งเม้ง (têet-sà-gaan-cheng-méng)
• Vietnamese: Tết Thanh minh

See also

• hell money
• sycee