How We Prepare For The Qingming Festival
This time I want to introduce you to “Qingming” from the point of view of an ordinary house. (*There might be opinions and customs that aren’t considered “ordinary”….) The Qingming (or Ching Ming) Festival has Chinese origins. In Okinawa it is a very important annual family event. (Reference) Naha City Museum of History Digital Gallery “Kinjoh family’s Qingming Festival” Qingming takes place in one of the 24 divisions of the solar year called “Qingming”. People try to adjust so it fits the schedule of everyone in the family. A representative from each branch of the family and relatives (we call them “monchu”), gather a week before to clean out the tombs […]