KB Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Just to let everyone know this holiday means that no orders can ship until the coming Sunday. I will still take orders if you want to submit them, otherwise see you on Sunday. Thank you Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike on a bike Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 OK tomb sweeping you learn something everyday! Not even going to ask but I guess they think Holloween is pretty strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 OK tomb sweeping you learn something everyday! Not even going to ask but I guess they think Holloween is pretty strange. Mike, its called the "Qing Ming" festival, where the living pay remember and pays respects to their dead ancestors or relatives, by visiting their tombs, cleaning the gravestones and vicinity and offering flowers, incense, food and other stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike on a bike Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 I figured as much we do similiar things on religious holidays, this is a good thing in any culture IMHO. The name just sort of struck me funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted April 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Well as LK points out it does have a correct Chinese name but they call it Tomb Sweeping so the western world understands. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panermaniac Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Mike, its called the "Qing Ming" festival, where the living pay remember and pays respects to their dead ancestors or relatives, by visiting their tombs, cleaning the gravestones and vicinity and offering flowers, incense, food and other stuff. Here in Taiwan, they also burn paper representations of things they wish their ancestors to have.. such as paper mansions, paper cars, paper ipads, paper money.. if they burn the paper item, their ancestors will receive the actual item. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 I figured as much we do similiar things on religious holidays, this is a good thing in any culture IMHO. The name just sort of struck me funny. Mike, being Sicilian, I guess you are more familiar with the part where you put them six feet under, as opposed to what happens afterward? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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