Qing Ming day

On monday her in China was the Qing Ming Festival. This day is a remembrance of ancestors – it’s similar to All Saints Day and The Day of the Dead. People clean the tombs of their ancestors and offer them food, drink, joss (paper gifts) and spirit money (not real currency). Some people carry willow branches to ward off the evil spirits that are thought to roam the earth on this day.

Qingming is also a celebration of the spring. People have picnics, play on swings and fly kites.

So Pascal Family decided to go to visit a Temple here in Shanghai, spending a relaxing day visiting tombs and enjoying the park!