Today is holiday, let me scream first, Horraaaayyy :)
It is called Qing Ming festival, or usually known as Cheng Beng festival. It's not really a festival in a way like there are parades on the street. No, there are no such thing. In contrary, usually people go back to their hometown and together with their family they go to their ancestors tomb and sweep them, that's why it is also called Tomb Sweeping day.
This tradition is quite similar with what my tribe (Batak tribe) has back in Bonapasogit, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Usually, few days before Easter, a family gather in their ancestors' tomb and clean it. I don't know what's the reason behind this tradition, but I think it's a good one to pay respect to our ancestor.
Could it be that this tradition rooted from the same source? Who knows..
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