Tomb Sweeping Day

See also: Tomb-Sweeping Day

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Etymology

From its former Chinese name 掃墳節 (Sǎofénjiē, “Sweep-Tomb Festival”), from the traditional act of cleaning one's family grave with willow branches during the holiday.

Proper noun

Tomb Sweeping Day

  1. An annual Chinese holiday on the first day of the fifth solar term in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar (April 4 or 5), during which families gather to honor their ancestors and clean their tombs. The festival is also associated with the consumption of qingtun.

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