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	World InfoZone - Ni Hao from China
		Ching Ming is a Chinese rite marking the beginning of spring that is focused on ancestor worship.
		Ching Ming is held on the 106th day after winter solstice, and usually occurs on April 4 or 5.
		Ching Ming rituals not only include weeding of the area, cleaning of the headstone, and replacing the wilted flowers with fresh ones, but also the lighting of incense and burning of imitation paper money.
	www.worldinfozone.com /features.php?section=PartnersChina&page=2 (1188 words)

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		Ching Ming, which literally translates into “Clear Brightness”, is a traditional Chinese holiday which occurs on the 106th day after the Winter Solstice.
		Therefore, the offerings given at Ching Ming are meant to replenish their ancestors’ spirits and provide nourishment for their souls.
		Ching Ming is not meant to be a solemn holiday; rather, it is a celebration of life and the rebirth of nature.
	chingminginseattle.com (222 words)

	b o b • j o t s: Ching Ming Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ching Ming or Qing Ming (and#28165; and#26126;) is literally translated as "Clear and Bright" but put them together and they actually mean "Clean and Just".
		Ching Ming or Qing Ming (清明) is literally translated as "Clear & Bright" but put them together and they actually mean "Clean & Just".
		Folks just call it the Tomb Sweeping Festival :P This festival occurs annually generally on or around the 15th day of the Spring Equinox and Chinese people will go and visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean it up and give offerings to honour the souls of the departed.
	bobkee.ireneq.com /archives/001032.php (881 words)

	Hong Kong : Hotels , Travel Information guide / Festivel
		As the Chinese observe their own calendar, most of the dates of the festivals are listed in accordance with it, though the equivalent month in the international calendar is also stated.
		Ching Ming is a time for a show of filial piety - for one's dearly departed and many, many people make their way to their relatives' graves for a yearly offering of food.
		It is similar to the Ching Ming Festival in spring and there is also a Han Dynasty legend connected to it.
	www.hong-kong-hotels.ws /festive.html (885 words)

	International Cell Phones, Hong Kong Cell Phone Rentals - World Cellular Rentals
		“Ching Ming,” which translates to “clear and bright” in Chinese, is known as the grave-sweeping festival, where families visit the graves of their ancestors to pay their respects.
		Similarly to the Ching Ming grave-sweeping festival, colourful paper objects are burned so that these hungry spirits have access to cars, mobile phones and televisions and if they’re really lucky, they’ll even be offered their own servants.
		The Mid-Autumn Festival, one of Hong Kong’s biggest festivals, is a celebration of China’s rebellion against Mongolia during the 14th Century.
	www.worldcr.com /hongkong_local_customs.htm (1098 words)

	Ching Ming,China Ching Ming Festival,Ching Ming Cultural Festival in China
		Ching Ming festival is also known as the Grave-sweeping or Spring Remembrance Day celebrated on April- 5.
		It is an ancestor worship festival native to China.
		Ching means ‘clear’ and Ming means ‘bright’, it is the day when Chinese families show their respect by visiting the graves of their ancestors, clear away weeds, touch up gravestone inscriptions and make offerings of wine and fruit.
	china.tourism-asia.net /ching-ming.html (355 words)

	Traditional Chinese holidays - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Many holidays are associated with Chinese mythology and folklore tales, but more realistically, they probably originated from ancient farmer rituals for celebrating harvests or prayer offerings.
		The most important Chinese holiday is the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival); it is also celebrated in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and other Asian countries.
		All traditional holidays are scheduled according to the Chinese calendar (except the Ching Ming and Winter Solstice days, falling on the respective Jie qi in the Agricultural calendar).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Traditional_Chinese_holidays (371 words)

	Ching Ming Festival \| Qingming Day \| Ritual Steps \| Grave Sweeping\| Chinese Tradition
		Ching, in Chinese, means pure or clean and Ming means brightness.
		There are many Ching Ming rituals which include pulling out weeds around the headstone, cleaning the stone and replacing wilted or dead flowers with fresh ones.
		Ching Ming was declared a national holiday in 732 AD, during the Tang Dynasty, to make the holiday more accessible to everyone.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p1993.htm (279 words)

	DiscoverHongKong - Heritage - Chinese Festivals
		Hong Kong's major traditional festivals are colourful and noisy affairs, at which thousands upon thousands of people turn out to join the celebrations.
		Fireworks, festive feasting, lion and dragon dancers, incense smoke, Chinese opera, mah jong, fortune-telling, carnivals and parades come together in a variety of combinations to create a uniquely festive atmosphere seen nowhere else in the world.
		The festivals are among the best ways to experience the unique culture of this modern East-meets-West destination.
	www.discoverhongkong.com /eng/heritage/festivals/index.jhtml (133 words)

	Asian Culture \| Traditions \| Holidays \| China \| Japan \| Food \| People \| Map \| India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This Chinese holiday, celebrated on April 5th, is the Ching Ming Festival (aka Qingming Festival.) Ching, in Chinese, means pure or clean and Ming means brightness.
		Holi is a spring festival that is celebrated throughout India.
		This festival is held to celebrate the defeat of the mythical creature, Holika.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p5001.htm (421 words)

	DiscoverHongKong - Heritage - Chinese Festivals - Ching Ming Festival
		DiscoverHongKong - Heritage - Chinese Festivals - Ching Ming Festival
		Also known as the Grave-sweeping or Spring Remembrance, Ching Ming ("clear and bright"), is when Chinese families show their respect by visiting the graves of their ancestors to clear away weeds, touch up gravestone inscriptions and make offerings of wine and fruit.
		Public transport is widely used, particularly on routes along which cemeteries are located, and the Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR) East Rail runs extra services to cope with the increased traffic to burial areas in the New Territories.
	www.discoverhongkong.com /eng/heritage/festivals/he_fest_chin.jhtml (126 words)

	chinesefestival.co.uk
		The Ching Ming Festival, Ching Ming or Qing Ming, meaning clear and bright.
		Ching Ming, or "Remembrance of Ancestors Day", is therefore a key holiday in the Chinese calendar.
		On this day families visit cemeteries to sweep their ancestors' graves and repaint the inscriptions on the headstones to show their respect.
	www.newcastlechinatown.co.uk /nct/festival/festival_info_Ching_Ming.php (270 words)

	Small Business Reading Room
		Today many people in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan are celebrating the Ching Ming Festival (aka Qing Ming Festival).
		Ching Ming marks the beginning of spring by honoring ancestors at their gravesites.
		In the United States, Ching Ming is most commonly observed in Hawaii.
	www.delawareintercorp.com /2005/04/ching-ming-festival-will-mean-office.htm (600 words)

	Death - the last taboo: Remembering the dead - Ching Ming
		The Ching Ming ritual is a great way to bring the family together.
		The Ching Ming ('Clear Brightness') festival has been celebrated annually at Sydney's Rookwood Cemetery since at least the 1880s.
		Once the ancestor spirits have blessed the food and spiritually partaken of it, all the family shares in the feast.
	deathonline.net /remembering/remembering/ching_ming.cfm (255 words)

	Vincent Cheung @ RMIWEB » Blog Archive » The Ching Ming Festival (2)
		It is with this biblical understanding of the constitution of the human person, of the importance of the body, and of the anticipation of the resurrection and the judgment, that we should formulate beliefs, practices, and traditions allowed and encouraged for Christians, and also evaluate those that are related to the Ching Ming Festival.
		But it seems impossible to participate in Ching Ming and avoid making such an implication at the same time, that is, unless you were to constantly declare your opposition to every unbiblical belief and practice performed throughout the entire day to your family members and to other people around you.
		What I am saying is that it is difficult to do all of this on Ching Ming without implying that you are performing more than a practical procedure and with a biblical mentality.
	www.vincentcheung.com /2005/06/11/the-ching-ming-festival-2 (1188 words)

	Festivals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon, April 5th in memory of an ancient Chinese poet who committed suicide by jumping into a river rather than compromise his honor.
		The festival has developed into a joyous event characterized by dragon boat races and rice dumplings wrapped in lotus leaves.
		The Ching Ming Festival in spring and the Chung Yeung Festival on the ninth day of the ninth moon, September 9th are occasions for visiting ancestral graves.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~amduckwo/janice/Festivals.html (195 words)

	Vincent Cheung @ RMIWEB » Blog Archive » The Ching Ming Festival (1)
		For those readers who are unfamiliar with the Ching Ming Festival, a search on the Internet will provide many short articles explaining its background and significance.
		On the day of this annual festival, multitudes of people visit the grave sites of their deceased relatives to perform acts of cleaning and worship.
		When considering how a Christian ought to behave toward the Ching Ming Festival, it would be helpful to first summarize the biblical teachings relevant to the subject.
	www.vincentcheung.com /2005/06/10/the-ching-ming-festival-1 (838 words)

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		Traditional festivals are very important events for Chinese people in their life, right from the beginning of childhood.
		In China’s traditional agricultural society, festivals served to mark the passing of time and festivals are also an opportunity for rest and relaxation.
		These festivals was created by Chinese people through their imagination, creativity and combined with agricultural life experience.
	courses.dce.harvard.edu /~cscie23/student_pages/lai (278 words)

	Hong Kong Travel Guide - Events & Festivals, Holiday in Hong Kong - HotelTravel.com
		The peak of the eight-day festival is a large procession were children dressed in colourful and historic costumes parade through the streets.
		Mid-Autumn Festival held anytime from late August to early September, this is another very important date in the Chinese calendar and is celebrated throughout the Territories by families gathering in public parks in open spaces with beautifully decorated lanterns, in a variety of shapes, ablaze with light and colour.
		The festival is in memory of a 14th-Century uprising against the Mongols when rebels wrote the call to revolt on pieces of paper and embedded them in cakes that they then smuggled to compatriots.
	www.hoteltravel.com /hongkong/guides/festivals.htm (1712 words)

	Upcoming.org: The Clear and Bright Festival (Ching Ming) at various cemeteries (Saturday, April 1, 2006)
		This ancient Chinese festival takes place 106 days after the Winter Solstice in the cemeteries of Hong Kong, where families pay respect to their ancestors with various offerings.
		One of the most important parts of Chinese culture (and one which has been all but forgotten in Western society) is the veneration and honouring of the dead.
		Among the offerings, "spirit money" (paper money) is often burnt, and it is said that during Ching Ming some true devotees actually scrub the bones of their loved ones.
	upcoming.org /event/32038 (300 words)

	Chinese holiday - The Elder's Day (Double Nines) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The new generation in China don’t celebrate this festival, because this is not a fun day for young people.
		It is customary, on the day of the Double-Nine Festival, for Chinese to hike on the hill.
		Today, Chinese don’t have the time to celebrate this festival, since this is not a national holiday in China.
	www.chinesefortunecalendar.com /DoubleNines.htm (424 words)

	Hong Kong Hotels Network - Holidays & Festivals
		This is a festival to honor the dead and at cemeteries everywhere it is observed by literally sweeping clear the graves stones of ancestors, lighting incense, and offering flower and food to the spirits.
		This Confucian festival is particularly evident at the cemeteries in Aberdeen, Happy Valley, Chai Wan, and Cheung Chau Island.
		The festival celebrates the autumn moon and is held on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon.
	www.hong-kong-hotels-network.com /hong-kong-information/holidays-2001.htm (494 words)

	Journey North Mystery Class: Spring, 2001
		Here in China we have festivals, some of which are The Dragon- Boat Festival, Ching Ming Festival, and the Tin Hau Festival.
		Ching Ming Festival is when Chinese go to the relatives' graves to clean and pray to them.
		The Tin Hau festival is where the Chinese praise the Goddess of the Sea.
	www.learner.org /jnorth/spring2001/species/mclass/Intro8.html (385 words)

	Qing Ming Jie (Tomb Sweeping Day) - ReligionFacts
		Qing Ming Jie or Ching Ming Festival ("Pure Brightness Festival") is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the 106th day after the winter solstice, occurring on April 4 or April 5 of the Gregorian calendar.
		The April Fifth Movement and the Tiananmen incident were major events involving Qing Ming Jie that took place in the history of the People's Republic of China.
		In the Republic of China, April 5th conincides with the passing of Chiang Kai-shek and the date is designated as a national holiday.
	www.religionfacts.com /chinese_religion/holidays/tomb_sweeping.htm (197 words)

	Night Music, Fall 1998 -- Ching Ming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		"Ching Ming Festival is the time for kids to play with pinwheels, right?"
		Kuihua places the steamer into the wok, lays out a piece of white cloth on the steamer, puts Ching Ming dumplings on the cloth, and covers the wok.
		She takes the offerings out from the basket: Ching Ming dumplings, Shao Hsing wine, paper money, and joss sticks.
	www.umuc.edu /nmusic/ching.html (3514 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Ching Ming celebration honors Chinese ancestors
		A place linked more with solemnity than festivity had been overtaken by 2,500 pounds of rice and a hundred cases of green bubble tea.
		It was Ching Ming, a traditional Chinese celebration going back millennia and stretching over several days.
		Ching Ming usually starts April 5 or 6, but like other area funeral homes, Sunset Hills offered a weekend celebration to better fit work schedules.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2002905194_chingming02m.html (753 words)

	Ching Ming Festival
		Festival of Hong Kong - Ching Ming Festival
		Ching Ming Tradition in Hawai'i - another aspects of the rituals.
		DiscoverHongKong - Heritage - Chinese Festivals - Ching Ming - in Korean?
	www.partyguideonline.com /occasions/holidays/asia/ChingMingFestival.html (392 words)

	CHINESE HOLIDAYS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Lunar New Year, also known as the "Spring Festival", is a time of great excitement and joy for the Chinese people.
		Now, the Lantern Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar.
		Lantern Festival at Hsi Lai Temple, Hacienda Heights, CA The major part of the celebration is the display of colorful lanterns at most temples.
	www.sandiegochinese.net /htmls/holidays.htm (1221 words)

	A Taste of Chinese Culture
		The Chinese celebrate many traditional festivals throughout the year.
		This is one of the most important events in the Chinese year, falling on 1st day of the 1st lunar month.
		Much like the Ching Ming festival, families pay respect to their ancestors but they also hike in the mountains, to avoid disasters at home as told in the old folk tale.
	www.cawoking.org.uk /home/culture/A_Taste_of_Chinese_Culture_10.htm (386 words)

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