Qingming

== English == === Alternative forms === Chingming, Ching Ming, Ching-ming, Ch'ing-ming, Ch'ing Ming, Qing Ming, Tsing Ming === Etymology === From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 清明 (Qīngmíng, literally “Pure & Bright”). === Proper noun === Qingming The first day of the fifth solar term in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, the 15th day after the Spring equinox (April 4 or 5). (chiefly China) Synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day, a Chinese holiday observed on that day.