Hi Yeeven! Thank you for this vlog. In Indonesia this day is called Cheng Beng. My father told me that he experienced on Such a day a family gathering (partylike) at the tomb of his grandparents. Even a piano was taken for the music. But then the generation of my parents converted to Katholic, so this tradition got lost. The placing of the food at the tomb is a gesture to honour the ancestors on that special day. Later the family will enjoy the food together sitting near the tomb. If there is life after death? I do not know. For me the family members I knew which have died will stay in my heart as memories.
I am from the Philippines with Chinese ancestry from Fujian. My entire family is Catholic Christian as well, but we still practice the ancestral rites during Cheng Beng; the Catholic Church actually gave permission for us to do so! The only thing we cannot do anymore is to burn paper offerings. Regardless of our religion, this is one thing that we 唐人 have in common, the belief in paying respects to those who came before us!
When my grandma was still alive she would always ask me to help her in sweeping my tai-kong and tai-ma’s tomb, prepare foods to offer to ancestors and folding and burning of papar money. Now its my duty to do the same for my taikong taima angkong ahma and papa. I missed them so much.😪
Funny but true story told to me by a close friend. During the Qing Ming, someone offer/burn a paper mobile phone to their recently departed father. Later they had a great reunion dinner until very late into the night. At midnight, one of the family mobile phone rang and displayed a strange telephone number. No one dared to answer the call and they fearfully, went straight to bed. Hahaha
That time I was at ipoh going to the graveyard my dad say not to take pic bc his scared oh yeah that time when me trun it the graveyard there is a song name teng ni hui lai we was having goosebumps
Another awesome video from Fearless Passport 👍 I learn something new every time. Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to make such an informative video 🙏
thank you for this information. good to know indeed. i am glad i am born muslim as after our death, we only bring 3 things as our saviour i.e. ilmu (the beneficial knowledge we passed down to people whereby it will be continued pass down like domino to the rest of the other people), amal (good things we did when we were still alive like charity, following islamic teaching from the qoran and prophet muhammad PBUH's sunnah etc) & doa dari anak yg soleh (the pray of our obidient children that is always praying for our souls which is conducted after solat etc). islam is simple, moderate and a way of life. P/S: may i know, how you guys handle the residues of the offerings e.g. money, car, clothes etc as they were paper products, once burnt, ashes accumulated. would you just leave it like that or clean the mess and throw it away? i always wondering this. hope to get a reply...
No one knows what to do with it by tradition. By culture and traditions, they will leave it. As for today's generation, people who are considerate, will wash away the ashes. Howells, no one can be like u or me, everyone thinks differently.
Dust to dust. It is a nature cycle of all living beings and things. The offerings, by turning into dust, will find their ways to reach the souls of their ancestors.
hi Fiza, I just came across this video and saw your sharing. Being a Malaysian I'm always curious to learn each other cultures,. thx for your info. For your question, those paper products should be burnt in a big metal 'tong', and the ashes should be cleaned by the management, we did pay a fee during the installation of the tomb for maintenance and cleaning purpose.
@@einatow2279 hi are you a girl? hi girl, thanks for killing my curiousity, i am crystal clear now and should i bump into this question from anyone who are curious alike me, i would let them know the answer as you have provided. it is a good info, though. thanks once again! 💗
This topic is very close to me even I'm not Chinese.. especially the paper car😂 well there is a story about it but I skip that one 😂🤟 As a Muslim I must believe in afterlife, it's a judgement day for us. Our belief is a bit different from each other and it's unique. If my Chinese friend believe in their religion or any ritual or festival, we must respect that. They can burn anything they want for their ancestors. No one really knows actually what it's like being in afterlife world, we only read it or hear it from the elder. And last one is ask yourself this everyday before you going to bed 'am I prepared to go there (afterlife world)?' 🤟😊🤟
Since my Akung was converted his faith to Christianity (fanatic one...LOL) we only bring flowers to his grave during Qing Ming, on the other hand my mom family still practice Confucianism, so...they still doing the burning offering etc, but no one really knows exactly the history of Qing Ming, I just knew the history recently. Do I believe live after death ? Yes. Do I believe Heaven and Hell ? No ! :))
Yea....another eye opener on this! I used to go help clean up & pay respect even though I am not of this religion but I am doing this out of respect for my in-laws they are of the Taoist sect. and they r slightly different but not much. As a Christian we hv this in November called the All Souls Day & do tomb cleaning too but no burnt offerings of course, just white candles. So good of you to do the research! Thank you
Nice video. My sister-in-law took me to her mother's grave in Guangdong, China. This wasn't part of the festival but she cleaned the grave and left flowers. What is the date of this festival? I have also visited a Chinese temple where incense was burned and gifts were offered. Here is the video of the graveyard we visited ruclips.net/video/Bg9yXpVnbdo/видео.html
My neighborhood always get more crowded during Chengbeng day as many people coming home for celebration and all the familiar faces suddenly appear during this day 👍
Hi there, how your all well. My family’s Chinese, I’m aware of what the Qingrong festival is. Just for a second I advise you guys, think. Don’t just copy what your forefathers did and so assume it’s the truth, think for yourself. There’s only one creator. One God worthy of worship without any partners. I came across Islam a couple months ago and it is the truth, just look into it and see what you think about it.
8:26 I looked at the character again carefully. it seems the character used on the tomb is 顕 instead the simplified 显 or traditional 顯, which... according to the Chinese dictionary is a Japanese variant of the character. Hmmm...
Online dictionary only shows how China simplifies characters. Actually, those of us in Southeast Asia have a slightly different way to simplify characters. Likewise there is more than one way the traditional version of a character can be written depending on the region.
By the way Qing ming(ceng beng in hokkien dialect) it is not culture. Originally came from confucianism religion then after 3 chinese dynaties make it into public holiday every 5 apr (including hongkong up to today☺️), it almost become culture. But remember not all chinese are confucianism or taoist☯️ or buddhist☸️. Buddhist also celebrate prayer for dead called pattidana ruclips.net/video/AHotH038reo/видео.html
When i was child i used to join this qing ming festival but after i become Christian i leave it at all as i know this is useless from christian point of view...
Do agree that better we share money with family or relatives that still alive than burning gold paper. However, Its some thing that cannot be argue with parents. But as mentioned on video, due to spiritual comfortness (nothing to do with religion) we follow this command, maybe until no-one senior generation command us again (make peaceful life with them is more important than make some arguments with them that maybe make them sad). This is a wasteful rites, better sharing it with those who are still alive. So i think in our family, the rites will be stop till they die, we will not pass on this wasteful rites to our children.
Indeed, the paper folding(origami) act could have a calming and consolation effect. While buying&burning material 'product' has been commercialize the primary objective of the cheng ming memorial day
今年是我第五年在中国过清明节，我们春节的时候要烧纸钱，打扫坟墓。 清明节我和好老婆平常出去玩儿可是今天我们准备坐火车回她的老家因为我岳父要住院
Thank you for such a in depth video on Tomb Sweeping Day. 清明節
An amazing tradtion and way to remember what has come before you :)
Thanks for the kindly information about Qing Ming festival
* *清明節的意義* ：清明節是華族一个十分重要的傳统節日。清明節掃墓的習俗最重要的意義是家族間的傳承，對先人的悼念，追思，感恩和敬孝道。這天無論再怎麼忙碌，家族成員一定會齊聚一堂，偕老攜幼一起到先人的墓地或塔位祭拜，是全家相聚共同追思緬懷己逝親人的特殊節日。掃墓祭祀緬懷祖先不僅有利於弘揚孝道親情，喚醒家族共同記憶還可促進家族成員乃至民族凝聚力，清明節凝聚着民族精神，傳承了中華文明的祭祀文化，抒發人們尊祖敬宗之美德。清明節不僅有祭掃、緬懷、追思的主題，也有踏青郊遊、愉悅身心的主题。 清明節祭祖掃墓、追念先人功德的活動，與中國文化深層的祖先崇拜、孝的文化之間有著深刻的關係，而這種文化正是中國社會幾千年來得以和諧穩定發展的支柱。然而，清明的意義是否真的只有拜祭先人？华族向來重視孝道，講求慎終追遠。 在南洋，清明節的燃烧祭品扎紙習俗是对祖先的一种思念和孝道，現代出現一些各种各類的新潮扎纸祭品也許有些人对其意義不瞭解而覚得不可思议，其实这也是一些人用以表示对己逝親人的思念和一种感恩回報，此舉其实对孝敬者在心灵深處有着安抚作用。一般人往往難用言語来表逹対己逝親人心理深處的感情和思念，燃燒扎纸供祭品的習俗就是一種表達的方式。很多年青一代因受西方文化影响而対自己华族的習俗根源己不瞭解！也對清明節掃墓这傳统文化習俗不重注和関注，很是可惜！希望老一辈能對此华族節日習俗根源和其意義加以多傳承，以喚醒年青人対祖先和孝道的重注。*
Hi Yeeven! Thank you for this vlog. In Indonesia this day is called Cheng Beng. My father told me that he experienced on Such a day a family gathering (partylike) at the tomb of his grandparents. Even a piano was taken for the music. But then the generation of my parents converted to Katholic, so this tradition got lost.
The placing of the food at the tomb is a gesture to honour the ancestors on that special day. Later the family will enjoy the food together sitting near the tomb. If there is life after death? I do not know. For me the family members I knew which have died will stay in my heart as memories.
I think they lived as long we remember them 😉
I am from the Philippines with Chinese ancestry from Fujian. My entire family is Catholic Christian as well, but we still practice the ancestral rites during Cheng Beng; the Catholic Church actually gave permission for us to do so!
The only thing we cannot do anymore is to burn paper offerings.
Regardless of our religion, this is one thing that we 唐人 have in common, the belief in paying respects to those who came before us!
When my grandma was still alive she would always ask me to help her in sweeping my tai-kong and tai-ma’s tomb, prepare foods to offer to ancestors and folding and burning of papar money. Now its my duty to do the same for my taikong taima angkong ahma and papa. I missed them so much.😪
Thank you for the blog because i don't really see videos on how to pray.
So true
My families do this for years and I don't know why. Chinese culture is very rich, and probably the oldest in the world today, 3000+ years.
Funny but true story told to me by a close friend. During the Qing Ming, someone offer/burn a paper mobile phone to their recently departed father. Later they had a great reunion dinner until very late into the night. At midnight, one of the family mobile phone rang and displayed a strange telephone number. No one dared to answer the call and they fearfully, went straight to bed. Hahaha
Hahaha maybe you have a 4 digits lucky number whisper to you in the call 😂😂
In my place we call Chinese cemetery as bong, anyone same?
I'm not sure, where do you come from?
@@FearlessPassport I'm from North Coast of Central java province - Indonesia
Hokkien(Fujian) dialect
That time I was at ipoh going to the graveyard my dad say not to take pic bc his scared oh yeah that time when me trun it the graveyard there is a song name teng ni hui lai we was having goosebumps
👍👍👍 Thanks for another interesting and informative vlog.
Blessings. 🕊
Thank you, Yeeven!
Very insightful 👍
Another awesome video from Fearless Passport 👍 I learn something new every time. Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to make such an informative video 🙏
Your videos are so informative. I really enjoy learning new things about your culture.
Terbaik.... Perbezaan Dan keunikan negara kita 🇲🇾
Does everyone in Malaysia celebrate this festival? Or only Chinese?
Another great sharing... respect all the efforts and toughts you have put into this clip... u r the best... keep up the momentum😚
thank you for this information. good to know indeed.
i am glad i am born muslim as after our death, we only bring 3 things as our saviour i.e. ilmu (the beneficial knowledge we passed down to people whereby it will be continued pass down like domino to the rest of the other people), amal (good things we did when we were still alive like charity, following islamic teaching from the qoran and prophet muhammad PBUH's sunnah etc) & doa dari anak yg soleh (the pray of our obidient children that is always praying for our souls which is conducted after solat etc).
islam is simple, moderate and a way of life.
P/S: may i know, how you guys handle the residues of the offerings e.g. money, car, clothes etc as they were paper products, once burnt, ashes accumulated. would you just leave it like that or clean the mess and throw it away? i always wondering this. hope to get a reply...
No one knows what to do with it by tradition. By culture and traditions, they will leave it. As for today's generation, people who are considerate, will wash away the ashes. Howells, no one can be like u or me, everyone thinks differently.
i want a reply instead of love... i am curious.
Dust to dust. It is a nature cycle of all living beings and things. The offerings, by turning into dust, will find their ways to reach the souls of their ancestors.
hi Fiza, I just came across this video and saw your sharing. Being a Malaysian I'm always curious to learn each other cultures,. thx for your info. For your question, those paper products should be burnt in a big metal 'tong', and the ashes should be cleaned by the management, we did pay a fee during the installation of the tomb for maintenance and cleaning purpose.
@@einatow2279 hi are you a girl? hi girl, thanks for killing my curiousity, i am crystal clear now and should i bump into this question from anyone who are curious alike me, i would let them know the answer as you have provided. it is a good info, though. thanks once again! 💗
This topic is very close to me even I'm not Chinese.. especially the paper car😂 well there is a story about it but I skip that one 😂🤟 As a Muslim I must believe in afterlife, it's a judgement day for us. Our belief is a bit different from each other and it's unique. If my Chinese friend believe in their religion or any ritual or festival, we must respect that. They can burn anything they want for their ancestors. No one really knows actually what it's like being in afterlife world, we only read it or hear it from the elder. And last one is ask yourself this everyday before you going to bed 'am I prepared to go there (afterlife world)?' 🤟😊🤟
Bro / sis, as Muslim☪️ you also pray to dead people in cemetery especially coming to aidil fitri
Thank you for the education.
U smile omg very sweet
Since my Akung was converted his faith to Christianity (fanatic one...LOL) we only bring flowers to his grave during Qing Ming, on the other hand my mom family still practice Confucianism, so...they still doing the burning offering etc, but no one really knows exactly the history of Qing Ming, I just knew the history recently. Do I believe live after death ? Yes. Do I believe Heaven and Hell ? No ! :))
Love it...
Yea....another eye opener on this! I used to go help clean up & pay respect even though I am not of this religion but I am doing this out of respect for my in-laws they are of the Taoist sect. and they r slightly different but not much. As a Christian we hv this in November called the All Souls Day & do tomb cleaning too but no burnt offerings of course, just white candles. So good of you to do the research! Thank you
廣東鶴山也有客家人嗎?
有哦 客家人四海为家 通常在山里
Nice video. My sister-in-law took me to her mother's grave in Guangdong, China. This wasn't part of the festival but she cleaned the grave and left flowers. What is the date of this festival? I have also visited a Chinese temple where incense was burned and gifts were offered. Here is the video of the graveyard we visited ruclips.net/video/Bg9yXpVnbdo/видео.html
Wow first time see the bread and pau offering, never seen that before . Really interesting. Regards afterlife I always 半信半疑。哈哈
Is the same thing that we are doing in here indonesia hehe nice info
Wow this is very interesting I bet
My neighborhood always get more crowded during Chengbeng day as many people coming home for celebration and all the familiar faces suddenly appear during this day 👍
Great video Yeeven! Wow how many kinds of Chinese can you speak?
Hi there, how your all well. My family’s Chinese, I’m aware of what the Qingrong festival is. Just for a second I advise you guys, think. Don’t just copy what your forefathers did and so assume it’s the truth, think for yourself. There’s only one creator. One God worthy of worship without any partners. I came across Islam a couple months ago and it is the truth, just look into it and see what you think about it.
8:26 I looked at the character again carefully. it seems the character used on the tomb is 顕 instead the simplified 显 or traditional 顯, which... according to the Chinese dictionary is a Japanese variant of the character. Hmmm...
Online dictionary only shows how China simplifies characters. Actually, those of us in Southeast Asia have a slightly different way to simplify characters. Likewise there is more than one way the traditional version of a character can be written depending on the region.
Hello good morning
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又有才的妹子，好像亲一口。
..Great topic. It have a long time I have not being able to attend the festival. Some day I will.
CHENG BENG,,清明
Ur next project, find out the roots of every surname .😆
By the way Qing ming(ceng beng in hokkien dialect) it is not culture. Originally came from confucianism religion then after 3 chinese dynaties make it into public holiday every 5 apr (including hongkong up to today☺️), it almost become culture. But remember not all chinese are confucianism or taoist☯️ or buddhist☸️. Buddhist also celebrate prayer for dead called pattidana
ruclips.net/video/AHotH038reo/видео.html
When i was child i used to join this qing ming festival but after i become Christian i leave it at all as i know this is useless from christian point of view...
Do agree that better we share money with family or relatives that still alive than burning gold paper. However, Its some thing that cannot be argue with parents. But as mentioned on video, due to spiritual comfortness (nothing to do with religion) we follow this command, maybe until no-one senior generation command us again (make peaceful life with them is more important than make some arguments with them that maybe make them sad). This is a wasteful rites, better sharing it with those who are still alive. So i think in our family, the rites will be stop till they die, we will not pass on this wasteful rites to our children.
Hahahaha burn iPhones, cars, even furnitures to ancestors every year
Why not sent Made in China,like VIVO,Huawei,etc,,,we are CHINESE,,,🤣🤣
Indeed, the paper folding(origami) act could have a calming and consolation effect. While buying&burning material 'product' has been commercialize the primary objective of the cheng ming memorial day
After death life is a blind-faith or i say its LIE !