During Qing Ming, thousands of Chinese will descend to the cemeteries to pay respects to their ancestors. Families bring their favourite foods, burn all kinds of offerings and clean up the tombs.
Once a year, during the months of March and April, Chinese families gather together at the gravesites of their loved ones for the Qing Ming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day. Other than paying respects and making offerings, the festival provides an opportunity to strengthen family bonds and take a walk down memory lane.
Hell notes are a form of joss paper used as offerings to the deceased, practiced by the Chinese and in other Asian religious and ancestor worship ceremonies. Given the amount of hell notes burnt during Qing Ming, one has to wonder about the inflation rate in the afterlife.Pineapples are sliced and spread across the grave. Some believe that the pineapple is an auspicious fruit, as its Hokkien pronunciation “ong lai” also means “ushering in luck/fortune”.
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