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Chinese festivals · 2027

Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day) 清明节

Monday, 5 April 2027 · in 160 days

Tomb-Sweeping Day: families visit and sweep their ancestors’ graves, and go walking in the spring countryside.

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  1. qīngmíngjié清明节，hěn很duō多rén人huí回lǎojiā老家sǎomù扫墓。

    At Qingming many people go back to their home town to sweep the family graves.

  2. qīngmíng清明de的shíhou时候，tiānqì天气kāishǐ开始nuǎnhuo暖和le了。

    Around Qingming the weather starts to warm up.

  3. wǒmen我们qù去jiāowài郊外tàqīng踏青ba吧。

    Let’s go for a spring walk in the countryside.

When is Qingming Festival 2027?

Monday, 5 April 2027, the solar term Pure Brightness, 4 or 5 April. In 2028 it is on Tuesday, 4 April 2028.

How do you say At Qingming many people go back to their home town to sweep the family graves. in Chinese?

清明节，很多人回老家扫墓 (qīngmíngjié hěn duō rén huí lǎojiā sǎomù). Press Play to hear it, then say it with the voice.

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Dates from the Hong Kong Observatory’s calendar tables; pinyin from our own reader.