Qingming Festival

The Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, is a traditional Chinese festival observed by ethnic Chinese. It falls on the fifteenth day after the spring equinox. During this holiday, people honor and remember the deceased by sweeping and decorating gravesites, burning incense and paper money, and making food offerings. This practice is a way to show respect to ancestors. The festival is also associated with the Cold Food Festival, where people historically ate cold food.