Ching Ming Festival around the world in 2023 | Office Holidays

Ching Ming, Qingming, the Remembrance of Ancestors Day or Grave-Sweeping Day takes place on the 15th day after the Spring Equinox. This means it usually takes ... Login ChingMingFestivalaroundtheworldin2023 Home Countries ChingMingFestival AlongtheRiverDuringtheQingmingFestival. Image byZhangZeduan   HowlonguntilChingMingFestival? ChingMingFestival   DatesofChingMingFestivalaroundtheworld 2023VariousApr5 ChinaWed,Apr5NationalHoliday HongKongWed,Apr5NationalHoliday MacauWed,Apr5NationalHoliday TaiwanWed,Apr5NationalHoliday 2022VariousApr3,Apr4,Apr5 ChinaApr3,Apr4,Apr5 ChinaTue,Apr5NationalHoliday(additionalday) ChinaMon,Apr4NationalHoliday(additionalday) ChinaSun,Apr3NationalHoliday HongKongTue,Apr5NationalHoliday MacauTue,Apr5NationalHoliday TaiwanTue,Apr5NationalHoliday 2021VariousApr2,Apr4,Apr5,Apr6 ChinaApr4,Apr5 ChinaMon,Apr5NationalHoliday(additionalday) ChinaSun,Apr4NationalHoliday HongKongMon,Apr5NationalHoliday MacauApr4,Apr6 MacauTue,Apr6GovernmentHoliday(additionalday) MacauSun,Apr4NationalHoliday TaiwanFri,Apr2NationalHoliday(inlieu) 2020VariousApr2,Apr4,Apr5,Apr6 ChinaApr4,Apr5,Apr6 ChinaMon,Apr6NationalHoliday(additionalday) ChinaSun,Apr5NationalHoliday(additionalday) ChinaSat,Apr4NationalHoliday HongKongSat,Apr4NationalHoliday MacauApr4,Apr6 MacauMon,Apr6GovernmentHoliday(additionalday) MacauSat,Apr4NationalHoliday TaiwanApr2,Apr5 TaiwanSun,Apr5NationalHoliday TaiwanThu,Apr2NationalHoliday(inlieu) 2019VariousApr5 ChinaFri,Apr5NationalHoliday HongKongFri,Apr5NationalHoliday MacauFri,Apr5NationalHoliday TaiwanFri,Apr5NationalHoliday   Summary ChingMingistheRemembranceofAncestorsDayorGrave-SweepingDayandtakesplaceonthe15thdayaftertheSpringEquinox.   WhichcountriesobserveChingMingFestivalin2023? NationalHoliday RegionalHoliday Notapublicholiday GovtHoliday   ChinaApr5   HongKongApr5   MacauApr5   TaiwanApr5 WhenisChingMing?ChingMing,Qingming,theRemembranceofAncestorsDayorGrave-SweepingDaytakesplaceonthe 15thdayaftertheSpringEquinox.ThismeansitusuallytakesplaceonApril4thorApril5thinthewesterncalendar. ThedateofthefestivalisindicatedontheChinesecalendarbythetwocharacters:ching,meaningpureorclean,andming,meaningbrightness.Combinedtogether,ChingMingmeanscleanandjust. ThisdateisalsoindicatedontraditionalJapanesecalendars,wheretheirculturehasasimilarobservance.InKoreanculture,theobservanceisknownasHansik.TraditionsofChingMing AncestorworshipistheonlynativereligiontoChina.Allothers,including,Buddhism,Christianity,Judaism,andIslam,wereimportedfromoutsideofChina.(ConfucianismandTaoismoriginatedinChinabutarephilosophiesratherthanreligions.) ChingMingritualsnotonlyincludeweedingofthearea,cleaningoftheheadstone,andreplacingthewiltedflowerswithfreshones,butalsothelightingofincenseandburningofimitationpapermoney.Theburningoftheimitationmoneyisforthedeceasedtouseintheafterlife. Theimitationsburntarenolongerlimitedtojustmoney.Inrecentyears,theburningofpaperimitationsofawidevarietyofconsumergoodshasbecomepopular.Thisincludesallmannerofobjects,suchas iPhones,designerhandbags,housesandsportscars. Inaddition,foodislaidoutinfrontoftheheadstoneasanofferingtothespiritsofthedeceased. Eachfamilymembercomesinfrontoftheheadstoneandbowsthreetimeswiththeirrightfistheldcuppedintheirlefthand.Somefamilieswilltheneatthefoodatthegravesite,akintohavingapicnicwiththeirdeceasedrelatives.Itissaidtobringgoodlucktoeatthefoodthatwasofferedtothedeceased.Somefamiliesmayalsosetofffirecrackerstoscareoffevilspiritsandtoalertthedeceasedrelativesthattheyaretheretopaytheirrespects. Today,theresponsibilitytohangsanor’walkthemountain’asvisitingthecemeteryiscommonlyknown,stillfallstotheeldestson.Todayfamiliesmaybemorelikelytoprefersimplifiedofferingsofonlytheincense,papermoneyandflowers.Thefoodmostcommonlyassociatedwiththisholidayistheqīngtuán,aglutinousricedumplingdyedgreenwithmugwortjuiceorwormwoodgrass.Qingtuanhavetraditionallybeenmadegreenforcenturies(qingliterallymeans"verdant")ThetraditionofservingqingtuanatQingmingFestivalisbelievedtodatebacktotheZhoudynastymorethantwomillenniaagowhenthefoodwasacommonritualduringColdFoodFestivalobservancesthatcommemoratedthedeathofnoblemanJièZǐtuī.Overthecenturies,ColdFoodFestivalcustomsmergedwiththoseofQingmingFestival.TheLegendofChingMingTomb-SweepingFestivaldatesbackover2,500years.Thelegendisitthataround650BC,amancalledJieZituisavedthelifeofChong'er,aprincefromtheJinprincipality,whowasonthebrinkofstarvation.TheprincepromisedtorewardJieinthefuture.Nineteenyearslater,PrinceChong'erbecameDukeWen.HeorderedasearchforJiewhohadgoneintohidingintheremotemountainswithhismother.ThedukewantedJietoserveasoneofhisministers.Jie,whopreferredtobeahermitintheMianshanMountainintoday'sJiexiucityofShanxi,hadnopoliticalambitionsandrefusedtheduke'sinvitation.Chong'erorderedthemountaintobeburneddowntoforceJieoutofhiding.Unfortunately,Jiedidnotgiveinandthefireendedupkillinghimandhismother.Tocommemoratethemanwhosavedhislifewhoselifehehadjustended,DukeWenheldamemorialunderneathawillowtree,whichreturnedfromitsburntstatetoproducelushleavesandbranches,unlikepoorJie.TheDukedeclaredthatnooneshouldeathotfoodontheanniversaryofthetragedy.ThetraditionofeatingcoldfoodonTombSweepingDaycontinuestothisday.ThedayoftheceremonybecameQingming,andwillowbranchesareseenbymanyasawayofwardingoffevilspiritsfromfamilygraves. 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