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PETALING JAYA: Exasperated with having to clear tonnes of waste every year, leading Chinese associations in the country have implored those observing Qing Ming to go easy on the burning of joss paper and food offerings.
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SOP for Qing Ming still being finalised Bernama
PETALING JAYA: The Chinese community will be looking to perform prayer rituals and customs at this year’s Qing Ming, also known as Chinese All Souls Day, after missing out on the festival last year.
The 2,500-year-old practice to honour ancestors falls on April 4 this year. According to Chinese custom and tradition, the community will pay their respects within 10 days before and after the actual date.
Last year’s Qing Ming festival had to be observed at home as the nation was facing the first movement control order (MCO) due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
The more the merrier: Under the revised SOP, up to 15 family members can attend a reunion dinner at home. YAP CHEE HONG/The Star
PETALING JAYA: Chinese groups are relieved with the revised Covid-19 standard operating procedure that will allow up to 15 family members within a 10km radius to attend the traditionally important reunion dinner on the eve of the Lunar New Year.
Describing it as a positive way forward ahead of the festive celebration, Malaysian Han Cultural Association president Datuk Goh Hin San said the revised SOP showed that the government listened to the voices on the ground.
“We suggested for 20 people to be allowed for the reunion dinner as well as for Chap Goh Meh.