Observed a late Qingming, Tomb Sweeping Day, with Dad yesterday at the plaque sites for my maternal Grandpa and Great Grandma, Grandpa's mother. They opted to be cremated instead of buried.

清明 Qingming is on the 5th of April every year, which fell on a Wednesday this year. We unfortunately were all busy then.

In years past, in my opinion, it was a needlessly elaborate affair. My Grandma would bring several baskets and boxes filled with food offerings for Grandpa and Great Grandma as well as the cemetery communal shrine. She would insist on specifically offering up a whole crayfish and a kilo of roast pork as well as rice wine to Grandpa. Ghost Grandpa ate and drank well on Qingming. She would lay down a whole bunch of incense and before the present-day cemetery-wide fire ban, she would bring a stove to burn all sorts of joss paper, hell and heaven bank notes (to cover both bases) as well as paper clothes.

Dad and I kept it quite minimal this time. We just did quick sweep and clean of the site and put down some incense for Grandma, Great Grandma, their immediate neighbours and the communal shrine. Also 土地公 Tudigong "Lord of the Land" of the cemetery received some incense.

On the way, I noticed some families are adapting with the times and offering some of the good ol' Colonel to their ancestors. I mean, had I known that was an acceptable thing to do, I would have brought some for Grandpa. He was very fond of the Hot and Spicy. 😝❤️

#清明 #Qingming #TombSweepingDay

Deze week was het Qingming-feest, in China de dag om met de hele familie de graven van voorouders te bezoeken en schoon te maken. En in 'Wiebelende melktandjes' ook een goede gelegenheid om je vriendin aan je familie voor te stellen... met alle gevolgen van dien.
#Qingming #China #literatuur #LuMin #lezen #boeken @boeken

#China #Buzzword: #Qingming, a poetic blend of commemoration and unity.

It drizzles thick and fast on the Pure Brightness Day, I travel with my heart lost in dismay. Is there a public house somewhere, cowboy? He points at Apricot Village faraway.

This well-known Chinese #poem about the Qingming Festival, which falls on April 5 this year, reveals a sense of mourning, a lively atmosphere of #spring and even a sense of beauty.

https://english.news.cn/20230404/15b3dce02dc84941b83b8fe84a29e3bc/c.html

The only link I could think of, regarding Passover and Qingming crossover that’s happening today is ancient graves of ancient Egyptian royalty.
(By the way, The Pyramids were not built by slaves!)

#religion
#happypassover
#qingming
#Passover
#judaism
#egypt
#pyramids
#religiodon
#Religiodons
#chinesereligion
@religion

Traditional delicacy on #Qingming solar term: river snail 😋😋
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🀄Buenos días y, si empezáis las vacaciones de Semana Santa hoy, a pasarlo bien.

En #China hoy se celebra la Festividad del #Qingming (#清明节), también conocida como Día de los Muertos o Día de Limpieza de Tumbas.

Como en España con las procesiones, allí también se dice que siempre llueve en este día e, incluso, tienen un dicho para ello.

清明时节雨纷纷 - Qīngmíng shíjié yù fēnfēn - La lluvia en el Día de los Muertos no deja de caer.

China Buzzword: #Qingming, a poetic blend of commemoration and unity
It drizzles thick and fast on the Pure Brightness Day, I travel with my heart lost in dismay. Is there a public house somewhere, cowboy? He points at Apricot Village faraway.
https://english.news.cn/20230404/15b3dce02dc84941b83b8fe84a29e3bc/c.html

Too early in the morning for me to eat breakfast but we gotta get the #QingMing on.

I visited Mary Jane before I conducted my Qingming duties today. I kinda feel guilty but it was easier to deal with Mum and Grandma bickering in the car and the rituals at Grandpa's gravesite.

The roasted meats we brought for the offering also tasted a lot sweeter too. Funny that. 😂

#qingming #清明 🔥🌳

✡️ ☸️ Hier in Asien ist heute und morgen 清明节, QingMing.

Der jued. Friedhof in Dargun hatte nicht soviel Glueck, wie der in #HRO, dafuer aber die Synagoge. (soweit hier "Glueck " der richtige Term ist)

Aber, die christl. Gemeinde, die jetzt in der alten Synagoge ist, hat ein ✡️Rundfenster einbauen lassen, eine Menora aufgestellt und zusammen mit den Dargunern einen Gedenkstein vor der Synagoge errichtet. Das freut mich natuerlich, auch angesichts dieses ambivalenten Osterns der Kirche.
#qingming

✡️ ☸️ Hier in Asien ist heute und morgen 清明节, QingMing, Totengedenkfest. Ein froehlicher und optimistischer Tag.

Ich war dabei, als wir - ein paar Jugendliche zusammen mit dem Steinmetz Scheinpflug (und Tochter Claudia 😊 ) - '88 diesen Friedhof wieder ausgebuddelt haben. Es gab sogar ein schickes Foto von der Aktion in meiner Stasi-Akte.

Der alte Scheinpflug hat sich dann jahrzehntelang mit der Rekonstruktion der Steine befasst. Ich glaub, erst 2018 war die Reko abgeschlossen.

#hro #qingming

清明時節雨紛紛
路上行人欲斷魂
借問酒家何處有
牧童遙指杏花村

#qingming