Qingming celebration returns, new help for people after prison
Good morning, Salem.
The city's Qingming festival returns this weekend. It's a Chinese celebration honoring ancestors by caring for tombs and making offerings.
On Saturday, April 5, Salem will celebrate from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Salem Pioneer Cemetery.
Salem had a regular Qingming celebration a century ago, when the city has a larger Chinese population, including several prominent community members. The city resurrected the celebration in 2018 after the discovery of a funerary table in the cemetery.
Participants in the annual Qingming ceremony at Pioneer Cemetery burn paper money to send wealth to deceased relatives in the afterlife on Saturday, April 1, 2023. (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter)
Read more about the history of Qingming in Salem here.
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