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Sometimes called Tomb Sweeping Day or the Pure Brightness Festival, Qingming, or the Ching Ming Festival, is an annual event to remember and honor ancestors ... PlanaFuneralorCremation ADeathHasOccurredorisNear PlanAhead FindObituariesandServices FindFuneralHomesorCemeteries IdeasandResources PrepaidFuneralPlans Funeral&CremationCosts Cemetery&CremationProperty Cremation CelebrationofLife VeteransBurials&Funerals WhenDeathHasOccurred Grief&Sympathy Searchsite Search AboutDignityMemorial ContactUs BillPay English CanadianEnglish Español Français Home FuneralPlanningResources&Support QingmingFestival WhatIsQingming? TheChingMingFestival,alsoknownasQingming(清明节),isaChinesecustomcelebratedworldwidebypeopleofmanyAsiancultures.SometimescalledTombSweepingDayorthePureBrightnessFestival(purebrightnessistheEnglishtranslationofQingming),it'sanannualeventtorememberandhonorancestorsandcelebratethewarmingweather.It'sbothreverentandfun. ThehistoryofQingming Qingmingdatesbackmorethan2,500years,to~636B.C.DukeMuofQin(秦穆公)declaredaperiodofthreedayswithoutfiretomournhisloyalservantJieZitui(介子推),whomthedukeaccidentallykilled.TheeventwasknownastheHanshiFestival,theColdFoodFestival(寒食節)orSmokeBanningFestival.ThepresentobservanceoftheholidayiscreditedtoEmperorXuanzongofTang,whodeclaredaformalholidayfortheChinesetorespecttheirancestorstopreventwealthycitizensfromholdingtoomanyextravagantceremonies. QingmingalwaysfallsonthefirstdayofthefifthsolartermofthetraditionalChinesecalendar,whichisthe15thdayafterthespringequinox:April4,5or6.   TombSweepingDaytraditions Amodern-dayChingMingFestivalisatimeofreflectionandrememberingthosewhohavepassed.Familiesvisitthecemeterieswheretheirlovedonesareburiedandtidyupthegravesites.Theysweepandpullweedsfromtheplaceswheretheirlovedonesrestandmakerepairsifneeded.Theyplacefreshflowers,willowbranches(saidtowardoffunwelcomeghosts)andfoodofferingsonthegraves. Theymayburnjosspapermoney(金紙)andotherobjects—cars,houses,clothes,jewelry—insupportoftheirlovedones'happinessintheafterlife.Theymayalsoburnincenseandlightfirecrackerstoalerttheirancestorsofthefamily’spresenceandscareawayevilspirits. TraditionalChingMingfoodsincludesweetgreenriceballs,peachblossomporridge,crispycakes,snailsandeggs.Becauseofthehistoricalsignificanceofcoldfood,thesefoodsareusuallycookedadayortwoaheadoftime. LearnaboutanotherChinesetradition:ChungYeung.   ChingMing,aspringcelebration ChingMingismorethanhonoringthosewhohavepassed.Theearlyspringdatemakesitnaturallyacelebrationoflife,beautyandtheseasonofrenewal.AspartofChingMingcelebrations,manyfamilieswillpicnicatthecemetery,flykites,takeawalkandplaytug-of-war.It'salsoagoodtimeforplantingflowersandtrees,whichmanyfamilieswillalsodotogether.Theseactivitiesaretimespentwithgenerationsoflovedonessharingmemoriesofthosewhohavegonebeforethem. IntheUnitedStatesandCanada,manyAsianfamiliescelebrateChingMing.Somevisitthecemeteriesthatarethefinalrestingplacesoflovedoneswhodied.OtherswillmakeapilgrimagetoChinaoranotherforeignlandtobeclosetotheirdeparted.InChina,ChingMingisanofficialnationalholiday.   Celebratewithus DignityMemorial®providerslovehelpingfamiliesremembertheirlovedoneswithtime-honoredtraditions.Yourfamilyisalwayswelcometovisitourcemeteries,andwecanhelpyouplanaChingMingcelebrationoncemeterygroundsoratoneofourfacilitiesnearby.OurfuneralhomesandcemeteryproviderscanalsohelpyouplanatraditionalChinesefuneral orrelocateadeceasedlovedonefromChinatotheUnitedStates.Witha100%serviceguarantee,wearehereforyou.   UnitedStates Arizona PHOENIX(PRESCOTT) GreenAcresMortuary&Cemetery GreenwoodMemoryLawnMortuary&Cemetery ValleyoftheSunMortuary&Cemetery WestResthavenFuneralHome&ResthavenParkCemetery California SACRAMENTO-STOCKTON-MODESTODMA CamelliaMemorialLawn MountVernonMemorialPark&Mortuary   SANJOSE CedarLawnCemetery Colorado DENVER OlingerCrownHillMortuary&Cemetery OlingerFuneral,Cremation&Cemetery-ChapelHill OlingerFuneral,Cremation&Cemetery-Highland OlingerHampdenMortuary,Cremation&Cemetery   BOULDER CristMortuary&CremationandMountainViewMemorialPark Louisiana NEWORLEANS GraceFuneralHome&St.LazarusofBethanyMemorialGarden LakeLawnMetairieFuneralHomeandCemetery StBernardFuneralHomeandMemorialGarden Maryland WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE CrestlawnMemorialGardens WASHINGTON-DC FortLincolnFuneralHome&Cemetery NationalFuneralHome&NationalMemorialPark ParklawnMemorialParkandMenorahGardens Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS SunsetFuneralHome&SunsetCemetery Nevada LASVEGAS PalmEasternMortuary&Cemetery PalmNorthwestMortuary&Cemetery Oklahoma OKLAHOMACITY ChapelHillFuneralHome&MemorialGardens Hahn-CookStreet&DraperFuneralDirectors/RoseHillBurialPark MemorialParkFuneralHome&Cemetery PrimroseFuneralService&SunsetMemorialParkCemetery Oregon PORTLAND Finley-SunsetHillsMortuary&SunsetHillsMemorialPark LincolnMemorialPark&FuneralHome SkylineMemorialGardens&FuneralHome   SALEM BelcrestMemorialPark Howell,Edwards,DoerksenwithRigdon-RansomFuneralDirectors Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA ForestHills/ShalomMemorialPark ValleyForgeMemorialGardens WestminsterCemetery WhitemarshMemorialPark Texas AUSTIN Cook-Walden/CapitalParksFuneralHome&Cemetery Cook-Walden/ForestOaksFuneralHomeandMemorialPark   DALLAS-FT.WORTH BluebonnetHillsFuneralHome&MemorialPark LaurelLandFuneralHome&MemorialPark–Dallas MooreFuneralHome&MemorialGardens SparkmanFuneralHome&CremationServices Sparkman/HillcrestFuneralHome&HillcrestMausoleum&MemorialPark   HOUSTON CalvaryHillFuneralHome&Cemetery EarthmanMemoryGardensCemetery EarthmanResthavenFuneralHome&Cemetery ForestParkEastFuneralHome&Cemetery ForestParkWestheimerFuneralHome&Cemetery ForestPark-TheWoodlandsFuneralHome&Cemetery GrandViewFuneralHomeandMemorialPark/BethanyCemetery MemorialOaksFuneralHome&Cemetery Virginia ARLINGTON NationalFuneralHome&MemorialPark Washington SEATTLE-TACOMA GreenwoodFuneralHomeandMemorialPark SunsetHillsFuneralHomeandMemorialPark Wisconsin MINNEAPOLIS-ST.PAUL SunsetFuneralHome&Cemetery WisconsinMemorialPark,Inc. 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