Qing Ming: Paying Respects, Renewing Ties

By Ooi Kok Hin

April 2017 PHOTO ESSAY
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During Qing Ming, thousands of Chinese will descend to the cemeteries to pay respects to their ancestors. Families bring their favourite foods, burn all kinds of offerings and clean up the tombs.
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Once a year, during the months of March and April, Chinese families gather together at the gravesites of their loved ones for the Qing Ming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day. Other than paying respects and making offerings, the festival provides an opportunity to strengthen family bonds and take a walk down memory lane.

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