qing ming holiday this past monday

[ttwjr32]

in downtown Guangzhou this past holiday many people were flying kites in the brisk breeze that was going on AT NIGHT and they had little lites tied on the kites? so i went talking with a few and they said during this time it is accepted to fly the kites and the lites are the gods lanterns which i thought was interesting and something new i learned as i have never saw that all these past years coming in and out of China. so i thought i would share that.

[Martin]

It was about this time last year that Peter and I saw this same thing in Changsha.

[Bee964]

Is this an anual holiday guys? I have not heard of this one before. I have heard of the chinese flying kites at night with lites but I didn't know it was a holiday. Is this what it is called too, "Qing Ming"?

Dave C

[ttwjr32]

qing ming holiday is the one were they honor the dead relatives Dave
once a year

[shaun]

Yes and they close the American Embassy. :@

[rockycoon]

Take pictures Ted, take pictures....

All these wonderful things happening there and no pictures to see them with...:icon_cheesygrin:

[ttwjr32]

i know what you mean Rocky i walk around see many things
 but i ever have my camera with me. always tell myself i should
 carry my camera but never do. just recently i saw my first graffitti here
 in china which was a first for me to see

[rockycoon]

I am afraid to ask what it said...:s  I have a small sony digital camera, its a DSC-W230 and is wonderful, will even work underwater
when I go diving and takes movies.  Darn thing is so small, it fits nicely in a shirt pocket like a pack of ciggs and takes about 1000
pictures.  It is also inexpensive and you can download the pictures to your computer.  The underwater housing is a little more
expensive, but it's good down to 200 feet.  I will take some time and download some photo's for you.  A friend there in China told
me the water is dirty and very cloudy there.

[ttwjr32]

depends were you are Rocky as far as the water goes. ive been to places
were the water is crystal clear and in some places dirty. but eve so in one
part of guanzhou a lot of the festivals and holidays takes place near the water
here by the white swan hotel