Meanings
alternative Chingming Festival · alternative Ching Ming Festival · alternative Ching-ming Festival · alternative Feast of Tsing Ming · alternative Qing Ming Festival
- Synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day.
Synonyms: Tomb Sweeping Day
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Tomb Sweeping Day.
Origin
- Chinese清明“Pure & Bright”
- EnglishQingming Festival
A partial calque of Mandarin 清明節 /清明节 (Qīngmíngjié), using the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 清明 (Qīngmíng, “Pure & Bright”), the solar term of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar on which the holiday is celebrated. Doublet of Pure Brightness Festival.
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Qingming Festival. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qingming%20Festival
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