Over the Qing Ming holiday weekend, millions of people flocked to the nation's cemeteries to burn paper money, arrange dishes of food and deliver trinkets ranging from faux iPhones to plastic flower boas as a way to express their devotion to the departed.
For Qing Ming, users flooded the site with tens of thousands of virtual tributes, spanning everything from GIFs of animated white lotuses to drummers dressed in white or pictures of departed ones' favorite foods.
“清明”是中国传统二十四节气(the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms)中的第五个节气,也是诸多节气中唯一一个与传统节日“清明节”(Tomb Sweeping Day)重合的节气。因“清”“明”二字皆为描述天气的词语,所以“清明”的英语表达为Clear and Bright。参考资料:双语君 中国日报双语新闻 4月4日链接:mp.weixin.qq.com/s/X76YKEduESfjexrDBA9Qsg