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tomb sweeping day

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
tomb sweep-ing -day
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

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An annual Chinese holiday on the first day of the fifth solar term in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar (April 4 or 5), during which families gather to honor their ancestors and clean their tombs. The festival is also associated with the consumption of qingtuan.

Etymology

From its former Chinese name 掃墳節 /扫坟节 (Sǎofénjié, “Sweep-Tomb Festival”), from the traditional act of cleaning one's family grave with willow branches during the holiday.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Tomb-Sweeping Day (alternative) Tomb Sweeping Festival (alternative)

Phrases

hell money

Frequently Paired Words

hell money sycee

Synonyms

Qingming Ching-ming Ching Ming Qingming Festival Ching Ming Festival Pure Brightness Festival All Souls' Day Chinese Memorial Day Ancestors' Day Mourning Day

Questions

What does tomb sweeping day mean?
An annual Chinese holiday on the first day of the fifth solar term in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar (April 4 or 5), during which families gather to honor their ancestors and clean their tombs. The festival is also associated with the consumption of qingtuan.
Where does tomb sweeping day come from?
It is traced to Chinese.

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