Qingming Festival at the Chinese Canadian Museum

Falling on April 5 this year, Qingming Festival (清明節), also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, is a time to honour ancestors through grave visits and ritual offerings.

Join us ahead of the festival for special storytelling performances about the familial connections of this holiday by Five Blessings Collective, followed by a short presentation on the cultural significance of Qingming by the Wong’s Benevolent Association of Canada.

Five Blessings Collective’s second episode in their A Year of Blessings audio play series about Chinese holidays, Little Shrimp, focuses on the Qingming Festival. Little Shrimp is a story about a brave little shrimp with a big heart who takes us on a musical adventure through the underwater (and underworld) to connect with friends, family, and ancestors on Qingming, the tomb-sweeping holiday.

11:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. | English storytelling performance
1:30 P.M. – 2:30 P.M. | Cantonese storytelling performance