The Qingming Festival 清 明 節 (Qing ming jie), or literally mean Clear and Bright Festival, falls on the 104th day after the Winter Solstice usually occurring around April 5 in Gregorian calendar. It is a time for people to go outside and enjoy the greenery of springtime 踏 青 (Ta qing), "treading on the greenery"), and also to tend to the graves of departed ones. It is an official public holiday in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

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