Li river 2 Yangshuo

Qing ming Jie or Clean the tomb holiday

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April 8th 2009
This past weekend was Qing Ming Jie or Clean the tomb. A time when people go to the mountains where the dead have been buried. There they maintain the tomb; and resupply the past away with food and money by burning incense, fireworks and paper money. They also make a few special treats one is quan zi (read chuan zi not Kwanza), a triangle ball of beans and rice wrapped in a thick green leaf and st ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more