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25 – 27 FEBRUARY, 2021
Introducing RootsTech Connect: A Free Online Conference Experience
For the first time ever, the world’s largest family celebration event will be entirely virtual and completely free. Get ready to celebrate shared connections with people from around the world. Connect with friends, your family, your past, and your heritage and homelands—all from the comfort of your home and in your browser.
Celebrity Keynote Speakers
Keynotes are a huge part of RootsTech events. They deliver messages of inspiration and hope. Stay tuned for the full lineup of keynote speakers to be announced soon.
Virtual Marketplace
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Cultural Activities
Celebrate the world’s cultures with activities such as homeland cooking demonstrations, yoga, and music from around the world. These experiences will be available throughout the online event and on demand.
Connect with Family from Anywhere
Finding cousins and interacting with other attendees is an important part of the RootsTech model. Enjoy exclusive opportunities to chat with other attendees through various messaging boards, social media interactions, and video chats.
Ching Ming Festival 清明節 Sunday, April 4, 2021
Yesterday was Ching Ming or Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day. It is a time for families to visit the cemetery of their ancestors by sweeping and cleaning off the tombs, burn incense and paper money for them, and present offerings of the prepared foods. Afterwards, the families would have a picnic to enjoy the rest of the day.
Here are three web links to learn more about this festival.
1. How to Celebrate the Qingming Festival (2021)
https://www.chineseamericanfamily.com/qingming-festival/
How to Celebrate the Qingming Festival (2021) | Chinese American Family
The Basics. Celebrating the Qingming Festival has two halves, equally balanced between sadness and happiness, death and rebirth. Qingming is generally observed quietly among family by visiting the gravesites of relatives and enjoying time outdoors.
http://www.chineseamericanfamily.com
2. Ching Ming Festival 清明節, or Qingming , is a special Chinese day for the remembrance of ancestors.
https://publicholidays.hk/ching-ming-festival/
Ching Ming Festival 2021, 2022 and 2023 – PublicHolidays.hk
Ching Ming Festival, or Qingming, is a special Chinese day for the remembrance of ancestors.
publicholidays.hk
3. “Ching Ming Festival around the world in 2021”
https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/ching-ming-festival
Ching Ming Festival around the world in 2021 | Office Holidays
Read about Ching Ming Festival around the world in 2021. Ching Ming is the Remembrance of Ancestors Day or Grave-Sweeping Day and takes place on the 15th day after the Spring Equinox.
http://www.officeholidays.com
Bonus: For more info on the tradition and the legend, check out this web link,
https://www.chinaeducationaltours.com/guide/qingming-festival.htm
How many of you still follow this tradition of *“hung son”, “walk the mountain?”
(*行山 (haang4 saan1 | ) : climb mountain; hike; trek; go hiking
http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/14748/ )