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On April 6, China celebrated the Qingming holiday. Normally a time when many Chinese visit the graves of their ancestors., how have Chinese Christians celebrated Qingming this year?
The Qingming Festival leaves observers with death; Easter opens the way for life through the work of Jesus Christ.
Finding ways as Christians to respect, honor, and remember the departed.
This year Qingming Festival–Chinese Tomb Sweeping Day–and Easter fell on the same weekend. While Christians around the world were celebrating an empty tomb many in China were remembering their dead and caring for tombs still filled with bones.
This year April 5 was an interesting day for Christians in China as Easter coincided with Qingming Festival (grave sweeping). On the day they celebrated the empty tomb they were also expected to tend to the tombs of their ancestors. In some cases, the ancestors were themselves Christians, so ceremonies and services are conducted at Christian cemeteries.