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|nickname = |observedby = Chinese |litcolor = |longtype = |significance = Remembering past ancestors |date = 15th day from the Spring Equinox 4, 5 or 6 April |date2011 = 5 April |date2012 = 4 April |date2013 = 4 April |date2014 = 5 April |date2015 = 5 April |celebrations = |observances = Cleaning and sweeping of graves, ancestor worship, offering food to deceased, burning joss paper |relatedto = }} 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. This makes it the 15th day after the Spring Equinox, either 4 or 5 April in a given year. Other common translations include Chinese Memorial Day and Ancestors' Day. Qingming has been regularly observed as a statutory public holiday in China. In Taiwan, the public holiday is now always observed on 5 April to honor the death of Chiang Kai-shek on that day in 1975. It became a public holiday in mainland China in 2008. In the mainland, the holiday is associated with the consumption of ''qingtuan'', green dumplings made of glutinous rice and barley grass. In Taiwan, the similar confection is known as ''caozaiguo'' or ''shuchuguo''. A similar holiday is observed in the Ryukyu Islands, called ''Shīmī'' in the local language. == Origin == The festival originated from the Cold Food Festival ("Hanshi Festival"), established by Chong'er, Duke Wen of Jin, during the Spring and Autumn period. The festival was a memorial for his retainer Jie Zitui, who had loyally followed him during his years of exile. Supposedly, he once even cut meat from his own thigh to provide Chong'er with soup. Once Chong'er was enthroned as duke, however, Jie considered his services no longer required and resigned. Although Duke Wen was generous in rewarding those who had helped him in his time of need, he long passed over Jie, who had moved into the forest with his mother. Duke Wen went to the forest in but could not find them. He then ordered his men to set fire to the forest in order to force Jie out. When Jie and his mother were killed instead, the duke was overcome with remorse and ordered three days without fire to honor Jie's memory. The city erected over the former forest is still called Jiexiu (lit. "Jie's rest"). The present importance of the holiday is credited to the Tang Emperor Xuanzong. Wealthy citizens in China were reportedly holding too many extravagant and ostentatiously expensive ceremonies in honor of their ancestors. In , Emperor Xuanzong sought to curb this practice by declaring that such respects could be formally paid only once a year, on Qingming. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Qingming Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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