What is "Tomb Sweeping Day" ?

[nabylm]

I know the "Tomb Sweeping Day" is coming up this week in China. Anyone knows what it's about?

[vicente]

The Chinese Qingming Festival (or Ching Ming Festival) is an important traditional Chinese holiday and one of the 24 Chinese solar terms. It is also called the Tomb-sweeping Day because the Chinese people will offer sacrifices to their ancestors and sweep the tombs of the deceased.

[danielr]

Al parecer, en chino simplificado se escribe 清明节
Seguramente hay algo interesante que decir de los ideogramas o las traducciones.

[iyuanobi]

Actually, its origin has to do with an ancient story. It was originally established to commemorate a man called Jie Zitui, and later was commonly accepted by the society as a day to commemorate our past relatives/ancestors.

Here you can read more about the interesting story:Qing Ming Festival and Its Origin

[nabylm]

It sounded wird at first(Tomb Sweeping Day), but now it makes sense.