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Qing Ming festival
2008.03.31
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offering to the guardian, hence the "things" we wanted to burn to our ancestors will be safely received by our ancestors
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offering to the guardian, hence the "things" we wanted to burn to our ancestors will be safely received by our ancestors
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Cousin Meggie busy preparing...
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Cousin Meggie busy preparing...
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paper shirts, shoes, watches and all sorts of imaginable stuff can be purchase and burn.
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paper shirts, shoes, watches and all sorts of imaginable stuff can be purchase and burn.
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all those yellow paper with silver colour painted on it representing silver in the underworld.. enough for my ancestor for the whole year...
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all those yellow paper with silver colour painted on it representing silver in the underworld.. enough for my ancestor for the whole year...
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everyone was lending their helping hand... young and old.
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everyone was lending their helping hand... young and old.
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Karen... working hard..
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Karen... working hard..
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Cousin Johnny and Tina
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Cousin Johnny and Tina
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starting to burn "send" paper accessory we prepared for days beforehand to our ancestors
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starting to burn "send" paper accessory we prepared for days beforehand to our ancestors
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look at everyone... all exhausted and tired under the HOT sun
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look at everyone... all exhausted and tired under the HOT sun
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my aunt, mum, and 2 bro all tired and taking a short rest..
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my aunt, mum, and 2 bro all tired and taking a short rest..
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best part of the celebration... is to have cold ice cream after everything..
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best part of the celebration... is to have cold ice cream after everything..
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final prayers before we call it an end.
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final prayers before we call it an end.
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What is Qing Ming festival?
For the Chinese, it is a day to remember and honour one's ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, flowers, joss stick, paper accessories, and/or libation to the ancestors.
the flowers posted in my previous blog are to be offer to the ancestors.
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Comments
Thank you ; ) It's always neat to learn about other cultures.
A wonderful ritual and family occasion which you have documented very thoroughly. Some wonderful images. (You have handled several tricky light situations very well; nearly all of these are well exposed.) My personal favs among these shots are #4, #9, #12, #13 & #14.
