The Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day after the winter solstice (or the 15th day from the Spring Equinox), usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar (see Chinese calendar). Every leap year, Qing Ming is on April 4. Astronomically, it is also a solar term (See Qingming). In solar terms, the Qingming festival is on the 1st day of the 5th solar term, which is also named Qingming. Its name denotes a time for people to go outside and enjoy the greenery of springtime, and also to tend to the graves of departed ones.
For the Chinese, it is a day to remember and honor one's ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, (joss) paper accessories, and/or libation to the ancestors. The rites are very important to most Chinese and especially farmers. Some people carry willow branches with them on Qingming, or put willow branches on their gates and/or front doors. They believe that willow branches help ward off the evil spirit that wanders on Qingming. Also on Qingming, people go on family outings, start the spring plowing, sing, dance, and Qingming is a time where young couples start courting. Another popular thing to do is fly kites (in shapes of animals, or characters from Chinese opera).
Afternoon, I went to my partner’s office and talk some thing about work. His office beside be a temple. I don’t know why, I very like old building. So I went to that temple and look around in temple after finished conversation. This temple is Buddhist temple. It is an old temple and has 1800 year history. It is built in phase of Han. It is a famous temple in china. Why its name is Ding Hui? Ding hui is program of Buddhist practice, it has very inwardness. Because I forget take my camera, I downloaded two pictures put here. I hope everybody like it.
Today, I go to meet my friend. He is funny man, so I like chat with him. First we go to a fish restaurant, after us beginning eats and chat. This fish restaurant is famous restaurant in Beijing. Its barbecue fish is tasty, but the barbecue fish is not as BBQ. This food is famous in west of china. Maybe only China has this food of style, but I don’t know how to cook this food. If you go to china, please taste it. Of cause, you must go west of china for that place is best.
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