Qingming Festival: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Pure Brightness festival • Tomb-Sweeping Festival

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A woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat cleans a tombstone with Chinese characters in a cemetery during Qingming Festival, holding a bucket beside her.

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