The Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, is traditionally celebrated on April 4 or 5 of the Gregorian calendar each year, as it is aligned with the second solar term, the Clear and Bright (Ching Ming). It's one of the most important Chinese traditional festivals, marking the start of spring.

The exact date of the Qingming Festival varies every year, but it's typically during the period from late March to mid-April. In English, the holiday can also be referred to as Tomb Sweeping Day, or simply as the Qingming.
Here are some Qingming Festival customs:
1. **Tomb-Sweeping:** Family members gather at gravesites to clean the tombs, repair tombstones, and offer incense, paper offerings, and food in honor of the deceased.
2. **Easterly Winds:** This refers to the strong wind from the east, believed to carry away the bad luck or evil spirits, allowing the earth to be rejuvenated in the spring.
3. **Burning Joss Sticks and Papers:** Offerings such as joss sticks, paper money, or paper replicas of real-world goods like houses and cars are burned as an offering to the deceased, believed to give the deceased wealth and status in the afterlife.
4. **Fasting:** Some people observe a day of fasting during Qingming Festival.
5. **Tidying up Houses:** Houses and altars are thoroughly cleaned, as the spirit world is said to visit in springtime.
6. **Folding Paper Toys:** In addition to paper money, some families also make and burn paper replicas of everyday objects.
7. **Hanging willow branches:** People often hang willow branches at home as a traditional custom for the Qingming Festival, symbolizing good luck and prosperity.
8. **Hiking or Cycling:** Because of the holiday, it is a common time for family members to take leisurely outings or bike rides in nature to appreciate spring's beauty.
The Qingming Festival combines a somber observance of ancestor respect with the joyful experience of spring's rejuvenation.
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