Ching Ming Festival

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Ching Ming Festival

• Name Lee Ka Ming, Pang Chun Kit
• Class 4B1
• Teacher-in-charge Ms. Ho Yin Kwan
• Date of Presentation 23th March, 2009

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Good morning. principal, teachers and fellow
schoolmates.
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I am Lee Ka Ming from 4B1.
I am Pang Chun Kit from 4B1.
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Kit, why are you carrying a bunch of flowers and
a roasted suckling pig?
My mother asked me to buy them before 4 April.
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Dont you know that it usually falls on 4th or
5th of April. Ching Ming is also called
Remembrance of Ancestors Day or Grave Sweeping
Day.
Oh yes I nearly forget. Thats the Ching Ming
Festival!
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I need to buy incense sticks, paper money and
paper clothes etc. All paper offerings will be
burnt because we believe that the relatives can
get the goods and even paper money this way.
What do you have to prepare for the Ching Ming
Festival? It is coming after 2 weeks.
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Thats silly but funny! Hahaha I prefer the
roasted suckling pig, steamed chicken, fruit and
wine. Food is much better than the paper stuff.
You can eat them up after the worshipping.
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I like eating too but not that kind of food. I
would rather give the food to the poor. I saw
some poor teenagers and adults last year. They
were asking people if they wanted the weeding
services around the grave stones. Since we visit
the grave twice a year (Ching Ming Chung
Yeung), we can handle the weed with a pair of
scissors.
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Did you see some children then? I remember that
there were children wearing dirty clothes
offering us a red piece of paper and a stone to
put on the top of the grave stone.
That sounds strange. Whats that for?
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I am not sure, probably about good luck to the
dead people since red means luck. I even gave a
few dollars to the children to buy this red
paper.
I am not sure if we can meet those children this
time.
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Anyway, you have to be alert as the transport
will be busy on that day. You had better take the
public transport and bring enough water.
Yes, I shall be alert and prevent hill fire. We
should prepare a bucket of water to put out the
fire after burning the paper offering.
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You are considerate. I am not talking to you now.
Your mum should be waiting for you. Talk later.
Yes. See you!
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This is the end of our presentation. Thank you.