“Food used in prayers can be consumed as it is believed ... candles while paying respects to their ancestors during Qing Ming last year. “And they used joss sticks that light up while praying ...

The traditional festival expresses respect for the dead with visits to the cemetery, firecrackers, offerings of food and beverages ... celebrated yesterday, Qing Ming, in which relatives of ...

When the Qing soldiers could not find Li, they surrounded the village and built checkpoints to screen every traveller just in case anyone was sending food to him. But the farmer came up with an ...

But the assistant manager of Cypress Lawn in Colma saw thousands Sunday as Bay Area Asian Americans celebrated at the cemetery in recognition of "Qing Ming." Sometimes referred to as Tomb Sweeping ...

Calling for “greener” Qing Ming practices ... take the offerings home after prayers instead of leaving them at the graveyard, adding: “Let’s avoid food waste, especially when food security ...

and it would suspend its free distribution of food. Qing Ming ancestral prayers for the public will be allocated to level one of the monastery’s premises, as well as its multi-storey carpark and ...