Chinese Qingming festival Saturday celebrates arrival of spring, honors the dead
A rich cultural experience awaits those attending the annual Qingming festival at Salem Pioneer Cemetery to usher in the warmer, sunnier days.
Qingming is a celebration of spring. It involves the traditional Chinese practice of sweeping off the tombs of dead loved ones and ancestors, and placing offerings, as a way to honor and care for them in the afterlife.
The celebration takes place Saturday, April 4, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the…
