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清明

Qīng míng
Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 5th-19th April Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April)

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清明节 Trad. 清明節

Qīng míng jié
Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)

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踏青

tà qīng
lit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April

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清明

qīng míng
clear and bright sober and calm (of a government or administration) well ordered

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扫墓 Trad. 掃墓

sǎo mù
to sweep the tombs (of one's ancestors) the Qingming festival

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寒食

hán shí
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

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上坟 Trad. 上墳

shàng fén
to sweep the tombs (of one's ancestors) the Qingming festival

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介之推

Jiè Zhī tuī
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