Easter and the Clear Bright Festival
March 31st 2010 Painted eggs, tomb sweeping and a synchronistic holiday weekend
Yesterday I was called over to my supervisor's desk and told that I would have Monday off. I asked her if we had a holiday coming up, and she told me we would be off for 清明节 (Qingming Jie or "Clear Bright Festival"). She added that it was a holiday in honor of the dead.
I felt a slight chill, because this weekend is also Eas
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