清明节
清明节
Qīng míng jié
Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
Traditional: 清明節
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- Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
Example Sentences
清明节我们一家人去扫墓。
Qīngmíngjié wǒmen yī jiā rén qù sǎo mù
Our whole family visits graves on Tomb Sweeping Day
Related Words
清明(qīng míng)· clear and bright
→介之推(Jiè Zhī tuī)· Jie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公, in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明 (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated
→踏青(tà qīng)· lit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green)
→上坟(shàng fén)· to sweep the tombs (of one's ancestors)
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