| 清明 | [Qīng míng, ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ, 清 明] Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-19th April; the Qingming festival (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping), 4th-6th April, See also: 二十四節氣, 二十四节气 #16,595 [Add to Longdo] |
| 清明节 | [Qīng míng jié, ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ, 清 明 节 / 清 明 節] Qingming (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping) festival, beginning of April in China, September in Japan, 3 day long celebration for the dead #26,262 [Add to Longdo] |
| 扫墓 | [sǎo mù, ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄨˋ, 扫 墓 / 掃 墓] to sweep the tombs (of one's ancestors); the Qingming festival #26,712 [Add to Longdo] |
| 上坟 | [shàng fén, ㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄣˊ, 上 坟 / 上 墳] to sweep the tombs (of one's ancestors); the Qingming festival #46,392 [Add to Longdo] |
| 寒食 | [hán shí, ㄏㄢˊ ㄕˊ, 寒 食] cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节); the Qingming festival, See also: 清明節, 清明节 #76,299 [Add to Longdo] |
| 介之推 | [Jiè Zhī tuī, ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄓ ㄊㄨㄟ, 介 之 推] Jie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公, in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明 (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated, See also: 晉文公, 晋文公, 清明 [Add to Longdo] |
