Chingming Festival

== English == === Etymology === From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 清明 (Qīngmíng, "pure brightness") and the English translation of 節 (jié, "festival"). === Proper noun === Chingming Festival Alternative form of Qingming Festival. ==== Usage notes ==== Properly "Ch‘ing-ming Festival", with the hyphen separating the Chinese characters and the apostrophe noting a distinct sound, but in practice both are often omitted.