Qing Ming

Tomb Sweeping Day and Clear Brightness Festival are the most common English translations of 'Qingming'. Tomb Sweeping Day is used in several English language newspapers published in the Republic of China.

For the Chinese, it is a day to remember and honour one's ancestors. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, (joss) paper acessories, and/or libation to the ancestors.

Yea.. I think Qing Ming is a pretty meaningful thing. My family would never fail to go sweep the tomb of my uncle, grandpa and great-grandparents. We normally do it with a lot of relatives. So it's quite fun..

This year, my dad was a lil kiasu cos he was afraid of the crowd and the traffic, so we left our house by 6 this year. When we reached there, it was still dark and we had to use to torchlights to look for my uncle's tomb. Well but luckily we went early, cos it started raining after that. Well, we did all the usual thing this year.. swept the tomb, offered food etc etc. But at my great-grandparents' tomb, the kids were playing with the firecrackers and one girl got hurt when the firecracker repelled and kanna her foot. Luckily it wasnt serious.. My uncles were like :" haiyo,...okok..stop playing.." But after a while they themselves started playing and they finished the entire packet of firecrackers. Lol..

Me n sister.. we had to wake up damn early lar..

In the afternoon, my cousins came!!!..woohoo!!!! hadn't seen them for so so long man.. I miss them so much!!! They r still so irresistably adorable.... omg omg omg.. how i wish they can jus stay here 4eva...

The two angels..

Sister playing with him

Showing off "his medals"