Wednesday is a public holiday in Taiwan – Tomb Sweeping day. A day when one’s ancestors are honored. A really strange holiday to western thinking. Visit the links below to get a better idea what makes this holiday so strange.

http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/festival_c/tomb_e/tomb.htm

http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/festival/qingming/qingming.html

http://tinylinks.net/3665

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