Qingming Festival 

✿     The Qingming or Ching Ming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day in English, is a traditional Chinese festival on the first day of the fifth solar term of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar.

✐  Talking about Qingming Festival, many people will think of Jie Zitui, a character lived in Chinese ancient Spring and Autumn period, 2000 years ago. At that time, his master Chong'er (a prince of Jin State) had to leave his state and lived in a difficult situation and was nearly starve to death one day. As his accompany, Jie Zitui cut a piece of fresh from his own body to satisfy Chong'er. At last, Chong'er returned to Jin State and became the monarch (known as Wengong Monarch of Jin State). The people accompanied him in his hard time were greatly awarded. However, to take care of his mother, Jie Zitui declined Chong'er's award and refused to be an official. Jie Zitui and his mother then live in solitude with his mother in Mianshan. Wengong cannot do anything but burned the whole mountain. He thought Jie Zitui must gave up because he cared about his mother so much. Unfortunately, Jie Zitui and his mother were all burned to death. In memory of Jie Zitui, Wengong ordered that no fire shall be set on this day every year. And this day became the famous Cold Food Festival, which was firstly a day before Qingming Festival. Finally, these two festivals were combined into one. 

Along the River During the Qingming Festival  (←click)