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The holiday is also known by a number of other names in the English language:
For the Chinese, it is a day to remember and honour ones' ancestors. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food and libation to the ancestors. The rites are very important to most Chinese and especially farmers.
Nowadays, the festival is also a patriotic day. The April Fifth MovementThe April Fifth Movement was a mass movement that took place in the People's Republic of China and culminated on April 5, 1976. In response to the death of Zhou Enlai, on the Qing Ming Jie holiday, millions of people gathered around Tiananmen Square to pr and the Tiananmen incident were major events involving Qing Ming Jie that took place in the history of the People's Republic of ChinaThe People's Republic of China was proclaimed in the aftermath of the Communist Party's triumph in the Chinese Civil War by Mao Zedong on October 1, 1949. 1 The Mao era 2 Mao's legacy 3 The rise of Deng Xiaoping 4 Reform and opening up 5 Tiananmen Square. When Premier Zhou EnlaiZhou Enlai Order 1st Premier Term of Office October, 1949 January, 1976 Successor Hua Guofeng Date of Birth March 5, 1898 Place of Birth Huaian, Jiangsu Wife Deng Yingchao Political Party Communist Zhou Enlai ( Pinyin), ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified passed away in 1976, thousands visited him during the festival to pay respect. In the Republic of ChinaThe Republic of China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: ; Wade-Giles: Chung-hua Min-kuo, Tongyong Pinyin: JhongHua MinGuo, Hanyu Pinyin: Zhonghua Minguo) is a de facto sovereign state that currently administers the island groups of Taiwan, Peng, April 5th conincides with the passing of Chiang Kai-shekChiang Kai-shek ( October 31, 1887 April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925. He commanded the Northern Expedition to unify China against the warlor and the date is designated as a national holidayList of holidays and festivals observed in the Republic of China on Taiwan Gregorian Calendar Date English Name Local Name Remarks January 1 Founding Day Founding of ROC on January 1, 1912 February 4 of 5 Farmer's Day Marks beginning of spring February 28.
Chinese holidays