Qing Ming Festival (Chinese Trad. 女河, Qing Ming Jie) — holiday of purity and clarity — is associated with the onset of clear and bright days. It was believed that on this day yang and yin come into balance. The sky (yang) fertilizes the earth (yin), a new life is born.
On Qing Ming Day, festively dressed people walk the streets with willow branches in their hands and fly paper snakes. On this day, since ancient times, the Chinese have had another tradition of — walking through the first greenery.
Qing Ming — is a holiday in honor of all the dead; it was also called the Festival of Cold Food and Pure Light. The Chinese combined visits to graves with walks, entertainment and games.
Nowadays, on the Qing Ming holiday, events began to be held in memory of fallen revolutionaries and fallen heroes. By the way, the holiday is celebrated on more than one day; public weekends last three days. Graves are being tidied up and funeral dinners are being held.