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Coming up, Qinning festival, also known as the tomb Sweeping day, is a national holiday with a unique cultural significance observed with clarity and brightness of early April.
This is when families visit the resting places of their ancestors to pay their respects.
Yet the Qinming festival encompasses much more than just tomb sweeping rituals.
Today on roundtable, we aim to introduce the age old traditions, modern practices, and rich cultural heritage that define the Qinming festival, offering you a comprehensive understanding of this significant occasion.
For todays show, Im joined by Yushan in the studio and Josh Cotterell on the line.
Now grab your virtual compass and follow us to the heart of the discussion.
As Qingming festival arrives with the freshness of spring, it brings into focus not only the cultural importance of honoring ancestors, but also the ecological consciousness that the modern world demands.
Qingming festival is quite a special time for chinese people.
But for those of you who are not that familiar with this period of time or this festival, Yushan, how about you let us know more about qingming festival to start with?
Sure.
And also, thank you very much for introducing me at the very beginning.
And it's really an honor to be back on roundtable again.
So to understand Qingming festival, I think for some of us, we might need to figure out what Qingming is as a start.
So Qing and Ming in Chinese means clear and bright.
It's also like a fifth solar term among the 24 solar terms of the traditional chinese calendar.