Essay On Qingming Festival

The Downfalls of Qingming Festival

“Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.” Said Mark Twain in his famous novel, The Adventure of Tom Sawyer. Qingming festival is one of the prominent Chinese traditions. It is also known as Tomb Sweeping day, which Chinese families travel to their ancestors’ graves to clean the site, plant new flowers, pay respect, and offer food to the dead every year. Chinese descendants in Thailand have been preserved the tradition for more than hundreds years even though a newer generation of children does not understand the meaning behind Qingming anymore. Moreover, the financial, environmental, and health and safety problems always pursue the descendants during this ancestor worship festival. Those are the reasons why Qingming in Thailand should be get rid of.

First of all, Financial problems is one of the most troublesome issues of Qingming festival among Chinese descendants. Countless amount of money has been spent on a dead. Starting from the burial sites, Mr. Montri

Since Chinese families mostly consist of numerous members, there is barely any possibility that everyone would be able to gather and catch up on each other’s lives. However, with the existence of Qingming festival, they would manage to do so. It is a tradition of Qingming festival that every members would show up before their ancestors’ graveyards, and spend quality time together, creating bonds between members. In spite of that, we are living in the twenty-first century, where communication is seamless and boundless. There are plentiful ways to stay in contact with families and it does not necessarily require a presence at Qingming festival. Furthermore, lot of productive tasks can be done instead of being out in the middle of traffic jams and spend several hours in a hot crowded