The Chinese Qing Ming festival was observed in April 4 this year, but the practice of visiting the graves of ancestors and cleaning the tombs carries on weeks before and after the actual date. At is heart, however, Qing Ming is about family, because it gathers the members of the present together to pay respects to the members of the past. Times of My Life reflects on the family tree in this Qing Ming festival post.
But why I said Qing Ming festival is about knowing our Family Tree? Well how many of us especially the younger generation like my kids know the relationships of who we are paying respect to? How do our kids address them in our own dialects or in Mandarin? Of course in English is much easier but I’m talking about our Chinese Roots and our own Family Tree. How much we know about our Family Tree then? Do you keep a record of your Family Tree too? I’m glad that my father bothers to keep a record of our own Family Tree when he was much healtier;
You can take a look at Time of My Life’s family tree here. Perhaps this might be a good time to draw up your own family tree too.
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