PHUKET, THAILAND, March 08, 2011 (Press-News.org) The Qingming Festival is a traditional marker in the Chinese calendar and can be translated as 'Tomb Sweeping Day'.
The festival, which often falls in April, is traditionally a time when Chinese families travel to the area where their ancestors are buried in order to honour their forebears.
Families take food and drink as well as a traditional zhigian paper offering that represents wealth to gravesites and ensure that the area is clean and well presented before enjoying a meal on the site.
The festival, which is believed to have originated in China's Shanxi province, offers an opportunity for families scattered by the pressures of modern life to come together in their ancestral home and celebrate their shared roots as well as honouring their dead.
Lek Boonlert, head of marketing at Directrooms.com, said: "The Qingming festival will see people travelling from across China and indeed the rest of the world to return to their ancestral homes and honour their family's dead. Because of this, the city of Tianjin is likely to be a popular destination for Chinese families around this time. Because festivals such as Qingming can place a high demand on accommodation, we would advise anyone hoping to visit the Tianjin area around this time, especially those seeking cheap Tianjin hotels, to get their bookings in early in order to avoid disappointment."
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Directrooms.com - Qingming Festival a Chinese Homecoming on 5 April 2011
Families with a Tianjin connection will head to the area on 5th April this year to carry out the traditions of the Qingming Festival.
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