📅4月5日/April 5th 清明/Pure Brightness
🌦 宜採茶/An important day in the Chinese tea culture
The Qingming or Ching Ming festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day in English (sometimes also called Chinese Memorial Day or Ancestors’ Day), is a traditional Chinese festival observed by the Han Chinese of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand. It falls on the first day of the fifth solar term of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar. This makes it the 15th day after the Spring Equinox, either 4 or 5 April in a given year. During Qingming, Chinese families visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean the gravesites, pray to their ancestors, and make ritual offerings. Offerings would typically include traditional food dishes, and the burning of joss sticks and joss paper. The holiday recognizes the traditional reverence of one’s ancestors in Chinese culture.
April 5th is “Qingming(Pure Brightness)” of the 24 solar terms in Taiwan. This festival is ultimately about honoring one’s ancestors through various customs meant to acknowledge both spring and Chinese history
清明節是二十四節氣中，唯一一個既是民俗節日又是氣象節氣的「節」🎊
The Qingming festival has a significance in the Chinese tea culture since Oolong tea made from leaves picked around these dates are prized for having much lighter and subtler aromas.
清明節前後採摘的茶葉稱為清明茶，因為春雨充沛，氣溫適中，對於愛茶者來說，是不可多得的採茶好時期。
Qingming is a very important solar term in the Chinese tea culture.
The Qingming festival holiday has a significance in the Chinese tea culture since this specific day divides the fresh green teas by their picking dates. Green teas made from leaves picked before this date are given the prestigious ‘pre-qingming’ (清明前) designation which commands a much higher price tag. These teas are prized for having much lighter and subtler aromas than those picked after the festival.
