Places | May 22, 2014 04:07 PM EDT

Interesting photos of the Tomb Sweeping Day in China

The Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day or Ching Ming,is a traditional Chinese festival on the first day of the fifth solar term of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar. Other common translations include Chinese Memorial Day and Ancestors' Day. On the mainland, the holiday is associated with the consumption of qingtuan, green dumplings made of glutinous rice and barley grass. In most areas of China, observance of sensitive events is suppressed and all public mention of such events is taboo.

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