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 (Sǎofénjiē, “Sweep-Tomb Festival”), from the traditional act of cleaning one's family grave with willow branches during the holiday.
Proper noun
Tomb Sweeping Day
- 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 qingtun.
Synonyms
- Qingming, Ching-ming, Ching Ming
- Qingming Festival, Ching Ming Festival
- Pure Brightness Festival
- All Souls' Day
- Chinese Memorial Day
- Ancestors' Day
- Mourning Day
See also
- hell money
- sycee