Accompanied Sister Wan Lan to pay respect to our late Mother in Fairy Park, Klang. Sister Wan Lan carried out the prayer ceremony in 2 places- the actual burial site where Mother was put to rest as well at the Temple, also in Fairy Park, where Mother has a "home". It has been nearly 12 years since Mother left us. For me it does not need Qingmeng to remind me of her and all the love and total devotion she had given us.
The Qingming Festival (simplified Chinese: 清明节; traditional Chinese: 清明節; pinyin: Qīngmíngjié, Ching Ming Festival in Hong Kong, Vietnamese language: Tết Thanh Minh), Clear Bright Festival, Ancestors Day or Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day after the winter solstice (or the 15th day from the Spring Equinox), usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar (see Chinese calendar). Astronomically it is also a solar term (See Qingming). The Qingming festival falls on the first day of the fifth solar term, named Qingming. Its name denotes a time for people to go outside and enjoy the greenery of springtime (踏青 Tàqīng, "treading on the greenery") and tend to the graves of departed ones.
Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingming_Festival
Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingming_Festival
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