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    Qingming (Tomb-Sweeping Day)

    Clear and bright — honoring the ancestors

    Tradition
    Taoist / Chinese
    Next observed
    April 4, 1970

    What It Is

    April 4 or 5 — the day families visit and clean the graves of their ancestors, sweeping stones, burning incense and joss paper, sharing food with the dead.

    How to Observe It

    Even without a grave to visit, sweep an ancestral altar or a photograph. Speak their names. Offer them tea.

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