Qingming

alternative Chingming · alternative Ching Ming · alternative Ching-ming · alternative Ch'ing-ming · alternative Ch'ing Ming · alternative Qing Ming · alternative Tsing Ming

1. The first day of the fifth solar term in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, the 15th day after the Spring equinox (April 4 or 5).
2. ChinaSynonym of Tomb Sweeping Day, a Chinese holiday observed on that day.

   Although the Hui in the northwest do not celebrate the Han holidays of Zhongqiu, Qingming, or even Chun Jie (Spring Festival), the Hui in most of China's cities gladly participate.

   2020, Dru C. Gladney, Muslim Chinese..., page 192

   Synonyms: Tomb Sweeping Day