As I walk along..

Today the Chinese community observe the Qing Ming festival or All Souls Day. This festival is commonly known as the Tomb Sweeping Day where the Chinese observe the traditional prayer and make offering of food, flowers and burn incense at their relatives' graves and literally clean the graveyards of weeds and bushes. In the minority cases with strong belief in traditional Chinese Taoism, they also burn coloured paper money with the hope that these may enable those diseased have sufficient mean to continue living in the world beyond. Superstition aside, the festival serves as a reminder to the younger generation to honour and remember their love ones who have passed away. May all souls rest in peace.

Today is also a public holiday in Hong Kong and Taiwan. As for the other countries where today is not a public holiday, the festival is normally performed earlier, normally the previous weekend.

As for any other days, many babies are born today. And to those who are born today and on this date, may I wish them Happy Birthday. It is a joyful day today.