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According to a Chinese agricultural proverb, Pure Brightness breaks snow, Grain Rain breaks frost.The advent of Grain Rain, or Guyu in Chinese, marks a favorabl
Every spring, an old friend of mine named Xu Jue makes a trip to the Babaoshan cemetery in the western suburbs of Beijing to lay flowers on the tombs of her dead son and husband. She always plans her visit for April 5, which is the holiday of Pure Brightness, or Qingming. The traditional Chinese calendar has three festivals to honor the dead and Qingming is the most