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Qingming Festival is approaching on April 4th in Chinese solar calendar. All E-hermes.net staff will be off work on April 4th to 6th. We are very sorry if any inconvenience caused, sincerely appreciate it very much for your understanding.
Qingming Festival is also called Tomb-sweeping day.
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The Qingming Festival is also called “Tomb-sweeping day” or “Pure Brightness” in English. The Qingming Festival is the most important day for people to offer sacrifice such as food, flowers and favorites of the dead to people who passed away and ancestors, then burn incense and paper money and bow before the memorial tablet. It started from the Zhou Dynasty with a history of over 2,500 years.
Qingming also indicates the coming of late spring, thus the best plowing and growing time, while "Cold Food Day" is a day when folks sweep the ancestors' tombs and eat cold food. Qingming was adjacent to Cold Food Day, so later on they gradually became one festival, and thus "Cold Food" became another name for Qingming. Dusting the tomb and eating cold food turned into the customs of the day. Qingming has evolved into a festival carrying rich culture and profound meaning.
However, the Qingming Festival involves a combination of sadness and happiness.
