Fourth grade English Mid-Autumn Festival handwritten newspaper

Tomb-Sweeping Day (Tomb-Sweeping Day), Qingming Festival, Ancestor's Day or Tomb-Sweeping Day are traditional festivals in China, which usually take place around April 5th of Gregorian calendar from winter to the next104th day (or15th day after the vernal equinox) (see China calendar). Astronomically speaking, this is also a solar term (see Qingming). Tomb-Sweeping Day is the first day of the fifth solar term, named Qingming. Its name "de" records the time when people go out to enjoy the green in spring (Tà q and ng, "stepping on the green") and take care of the graves of the dead.

Tomb-Sweeping Day in Taiwan Province and Hongkong and Macau in China have always been regarded as legal public holidays. This festival was restored as a public holiday in Chinese mainland in 2008, which was previously banned by the ruling communist party in 1949.

The transcription of the word Qingming may appear in many different forms, some of which are Qingming.

Tomb-Sweeping Day (Chinese: Tomb-Sweeping Day), Tomb-Sweeping Day, Tomb Sweeping Festival or Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival in China, which usually takes place on April 5th of Gregorian calendar (see China calendar) from winter to the next104th day (or15th day after vernal equinox). In astronomy, it is also a solar term (see Qingming). On the first day of the fifth solar term, Tomb-Sweeping Day was named Qingming. Its name symbolizes the time when people go outdoors, enjoy the greenery of spring and take care of the graves of the dead.

In China, Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong and Macau, Tomb-Sweeping Day has always been a legal public holiday. After 1949 was suppressed by the ruling communist party, it was restored as a public holiday in Chinese mainland in 2008.

The transliteration of the word Qingming may take many different forms, some of which are Qingming.