清明節 (cing1 ming4 zit3) — Ching Ming Festival; Qing Ming; Tomb-Sweeping Day — usu. falls on April 4th or 5th in Cantonese

cingˉ¹mingˎ₄zit˗₃
清明节
Mandarin Pinyin: qing1 ming2 jie2

Meaning of 清明節

nounChing Ming Festival; Qing Ming; Tomb-Sweeping Day — usu. falls on April 4th or 5th
noun(noun) The Ching Ming Festival, which is a day that Chinese people to clean their ancestor's graves, and more importantly, it requires worship ritual includes touch up headstone inscriptions, offerings food (incense and real food), money (paper money) to their ancestors, etc.

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