Qing Ming Festival experience for Cait
Qing Ming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day) occur once a year. It is like Chinese New Year by cleaning up the area, offering and burning notes for them to use in the netherworld.
Hubby was very happy that wifey is able to join the rest on Sunday. Yes, wifey have to work on Sunday, so there are a lot of occasion, gathering and meeting she have to give amiss. Although the festival fall on next week, but there are a lot of people prefer to do the tomb sweeping 1-2 weeks in advance.
The whole place in Lim Chu Kang Cemetery will be over-crowded if everyone drive in, so there are Police to halt the cars and the people have to walk in themselves! Just imagine, carrying the heavy items, some elderly and young kids are really tiring!
Usually for hubby's mom side, they prefer to do it 2 weeks in advance to prevent such incident occur. But this year, hubby and the rest of the relatives were shocked to see that there are a lot of people around too. It is triple times as compared to last year!
Also, this is the first time Cait is visiting her great-grandfather!
Let's go through when they arrived at the location.
Preparing of the items first... everything had been transfer from Dad bus to the ground. It is lucky that AH Gong have a wonderful space!
The color papers to be stick on the grass above the grave.
Seriously,no idea what is for.
No kidding, they did have lunch there... Mom always cook curry on special occasion!
2 x tentages to cover the grave and all of them. Special, right?
They had been doing this for years.
This is the first time Cait is there and praying to her great - grandfather.
Praying for blessing...
Not easy to let her feel comfortable.
Praying hardly
Princess Cait have 3 person helping her. Carrying, Feeding and Fan...
Faster finish up the yummy food
Everyone chit chatting after makaning...
Part of the gifts to ah gong
Nice, hot and sweaty day... at least better than raining.... It always rain after they finish praying to ah gong. Coincidence?
All the money for Ah Gong... happy using!
Covering from the harsh sun light...
Burning of incense
For Earth God, hubby reckon
All the gifts line up for "hiang".
It means to pray to ah gong so that he can receive them.
Passing here and there
"Hiang" Moment
The money for ah gong
Stacking up! This is just 1%
Unwrap the plastic first
BURNING! That's a lot!
The flame is so big and hot till everyone have to stand quite far away.
Packing up!
Cait first time taking her ahgong bus!
Leave a bite first! Haa!
Orh... the usual sound she always made
She seem so happy tho!
There's still one more time that Cait have to visit again at the cemetery. This time, it's her great grandma at hubby side.
Hubby was very happy that wifey is able to join the rest on Sunday. Yes, wifey have to work on Sunday, so there are a lot of occasion, gathering and meeting she have to give amiss. Although the festival fall on next week, but there are a lot of people prefer to do the tomb sweeping 1-2 weeks in advance.
The whole place in Lim Chu Kang Cemetery will be over-crowded if everyone drive in, so there are Police to halt the cars and the people have to walk in themselves! Just imagine, carrying the heavy items, some elderly and young kids are really tiring!
Usually for hubby's mom side, they prefer to do it 2 weeks in advance to prevent such incident occur. But this year, hubby and the rest of the relatives were shocked to see that there are a lot of people around too. It is triple times as compared to last year!
Also, this is the first time Cait is visiting her great-grandfather!
Let's go through when they arrived at the location.
Preparing of the items first... everything had been transfer from Dad bus to the ground. It is lucky that AH Gong have a wonderful space!
The color papers to be stick on the grass above the grave.
Seriously,no idea what is for.
No kidding, they did have lunch there... Mom always cook curry on special occasion!
2 x tentages to cover the grave and all of them. Special, right?
They had been doing this for years.
This is the first time Cait is there and praying to her great - grandfather.
Praying for blessing...
Not easy to let her feel comfortable.
Praying hardly
Princess Cait have 3 person helping her. Carrying, Feeding and Fan...
Faster finish up the yummy food
Everyone chit chatting after makaning...
Part of the gifts to ah gong
Nice, hot and sweaty day... at least better than raining.... It always rain after they finish praying to ah gong. Coincidence?
All the money for Ah Gong... happy using!
Covering from the harsh sun light...
Burning of incense
For Earth God, hubby reckon
All the gifts line up for "hiang".
It means to pray to ah gong so that he can receive them.
Passing here and there
"Hiang" Moment
The money for ah gong
Stacking up! This is just 1%
Unwrap the plastic first
BURNING! That's a lot!
The flame is so big and hot till everyone have to stand quite far away.
Packing up!
Cait first time taking her ahgong bus!
Leave a bite first! Haa!
Orh... the usual sound she always made
She seem so happy tho!
There's still one more time that Cait have to visit again at the cemetery. This time, it's her great grandma at hubby side.
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