Sunday, March 31, 2013

Qing Ming Festival 清明节/清明節

The Qingming Festival (清明节/清明節). Ching Ming 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 (踏青 Tàqīng, "treading on the greenery") and tend to the graves of departed ones.

清明节, 通常周围发生的公历4月5日清明节，清明节或清除的光明节，祖先日清明节是中国的传统节日冬至后的第104天（或15天，从春分），日历（见中国日历）。天文学上，它也是一个节气（见清明）。清明前后，春阳照临，春阳照临，春雨飞洒落在命名的第五个节气，清明的第一天。它的名字是指一个人到外面去享受盎然的春天（踏青Tàqīng，“踩踏绿化”），并倾向于离开的坟墓。