Dia De Muertos En China

The Ching Ming festival is to the Chinese what the Day of the Dead for Mexicans.

During this "bright and shining" day descendants are going to visit the grave of their deceased relatives.

This festival evening 4 or 5 April is celebrated on the solar calendar, or Day 106 in the Chinese lunar calendar.

The festival begins about ten days before and ten after Chin Ming, and can last up to a month.

Young people tend to help their parents fix and clean the graves of their ancestors, placed candles and highlight inscriptions. Then gather to eat with honoring the deceased. Money is also burned as a symbol of prosperity and, ultimately, all kneel to pray. On Ching Ming, hanging on their doors a few sprigs of willow, which is a symbol of light enemy of darkness, to ward off evil spirits and.

They believe that if they do not come back in his next life turned into yellow dogs. During daylight hours the Chinese play football, fly kites and betting on cock fights and dog racing. Tradition demands that no fire is lit this day and for this reason can’t cook, hence performing "La Fiesta De La Cold Food". The food offered to the ancestors in their graves are cold and dry provisions. Good luck symbol consuming the dishes after the offering is considered.

The origin of this festival dates back to 600 BC, when Jie Zi Dui saved the life of his sick love feeding him his own leg meat. The master, in gratitude, wanted to do minister. Jie refused to accept the post and went to live in the mountains. To force it to return, the master of Jie Zi ordered to set fire to the mountains, he preferred to die rather than return burned. Moved by remorse, the master ordered commemorate the death anniversary of Jie quenching all fires.

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