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  • The weekend marked "Qingming" -- grave-sweeping day -- an annual festival where Chinese honor the dead.

    Salon 2009

  • The weekend marked "Qingming" - grave-sweeping day - an annual festival where Chinese honor the dead.

    IdahoStatesman.com News Updates 2009

  • Wang's odyssey started in April 1996, one week after the Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the Qingming Festival.

    unknown title 2009

  • Peter Parks/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images On Saturday, China is celebrating the "Qingming," or "Tomb-Sweeping" Festival, which honors the dead.

    Holiday Stirs Painful Earthquake Memories 2009

  • I would go to my grandfather's grave on All Soul's Day which is called "Qingming".

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2010

  • A look at the taboos, superstitions and beliefs surrounding Qingming which is being observed between March 26 and April 15 this year.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • I would go to my grandfather's grave on All Soul's Day which is called "Qingming".

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2010

  • I would go to my grandfather's grave on All Soul's Day which is called "Qingming".

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2010

  • Paper dentures have become a popular new item among ethnic Chinese Malaysians celebrating "Qingming," a festival when replica offerings are burnt to honor the dead, a report said last week.

    Taipei Times 2009

  • Paper dentures have become a popular new item among ethnic Chinese Malaysians celebrating "Qingming," a festival when replica offerings are burnt to honor the dead, a report said last week.

    Taipei Times 2009

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