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China's Tomb Sweeping Day and Chinese culture diversity

The Bridge to China

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The Tomb-Sweep Festival

The tomb-sweetening festival was trending in December as China haters sought to slight China. Dongbei is not one place, it's the Northeast three provinces plus part of Inamongolia. Why do Chinese folks burn mounds of paper called joss each year on special days? And why does all of China take a holiday to sweep tombs?

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