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Respect for Ancestors Day (Ch'ing-ming).


When: April
Where: Chinese

This is the day for honoring ancestors by visiting and tending to their graves. Family members pay respects to their ancestors and leave offerings of flowers and food.

Tea, noodles, and fruit are traditional offerings at the grave. The fruit is usually red or tangerines, oranges, and jujubes are traditional bananas and apples are modern additions. Often pomelos, a type of grapefruit, are used in rituals. Afterward the family returns home and eats a meal that marks the separation of the living and the dead. The meal always includes pork as a tribute to the ancestors and a blessing to the living, and a grain to represent growth and renewal.






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