Qingming Festival
E181414
Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday focused on ancestor worship and tomb-sweeping, while also celebrating the arrival of spring.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Qingming Festival canonical | 17 |
| Qingming Festival observance | 2 |
| Qingming Jie | 2 |
| Qingming Festival in Singapore | 1 |
| Qingming period | 1 |
| Qīngmíng Jié | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1592666 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Qingming Festival Context triple: [Han Chinese, traditionalFestivals, Qingming Festival]
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A.
Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional East Asian cultural and sporting event featuring dragon boat races, ceremonies, and community celebrations, often held on rivers or lakes.
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B.
Yi Peng Lantern Festival
The Yi Peng Lantern Festival is a traditional Thai celebration in Chiang Mai where thousands of glowing paper lanterns are released into the night sky to mark the Lanna-style Loy Krathong festivities.
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C.
Festival of Spring
Festival of Spring is a vibrant Hindu festival celebrated with colored powders, music, and dancing to mark the arrival of spring and the triumph of good over evil.
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D.
Naha Hari (dragon boat festival)
Naha Hari is a traditional Okinawan dragon boat festival featuring colorful boat races, music, and cultural celebrations held annually in Naha, Japan.
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E.
Têt
The Têt is a river in southern France that flows through the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitanie region before reaching the Mediterranean Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Qingming Festival Target entity description: Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday focused on ancestor worship and tomb-sweeping, while also celebrating the arrival of spring.
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A.
Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional East Asian cultural and sporting event featuring dragon boat races, ceremonies, and community celebrations, often held on rivers or lakes.
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B.
Yi Peng Lantern Festival
The Yi Peng Lantern Festival is a traditional Thai celebration in Chiang Mai where thousands of glowing paper lanterns are released into the night sky to mark the Lanna-style Loy Krathong festivities.
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C.
Festival of Spring
Festival of Spring is a vibrant Hindu festival celebrated with colored powders, music, and dancing to mark the arrival of spring and the triumph of good over evil.
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D.
Naha Hari (dragon boat festival)
Naha Hari is a traditional Okinawan dragon boat festival featuring colorful boat races, music, and cultural celebrations held annually in Naha, Japan.
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E.
Têt
The Têt is a river in southern France that flows through the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitanie region before reaching the Mediterranean Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
East Asian festival
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public holiday in China ⓘ spring festival ⓘ traditional Chinese festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Clear and Bright Festival
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linked to:
Pure Brightness Festival
Pure Brightness Festival ⓘ Qingming Jie ⓘ
linked to:
Qingming Festival
Tomb-Sweeping Day ⓘ |
| associatedActivity |
burning incense
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burning joss paper ⓘ burning paper money ⓘ cleaning tombs ⓘ family gatherings at ancestral sites ⓘ flying kites ⓘ offering food to ancestors ⓘ picnics in the countryside ⓘ planting trees ⓘ presenting flowers at graves ⓘ repainting inscriptions on tombstones ⓘ spring outings ⓘ visiting ancestral tombs ⓘ weeding around graves ⓘ |
| associatedFood |
Qingtuan
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cold food in some regions ⓘ sweet green rice balls ⓘ |
| calendarSystem | Chinese lunisolar calendar ⓘ |
| climateAssociation | mild weather ⓘ |
| coreValue |
family continuity
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filial piety ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese culture ⓘ |
| dateDetermination | occurs around the Qingming solar term ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin |
derived from the Qingming solar term in the traditional Chinese calendar
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linked to ancient Chinese rituals of ancestor veneration ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
ancestor worship
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celebration of spring ⓘ remembrance of the dead ⓘ tomb sweeping ⓘ |
| observedIn |
China
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Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong, China
Macau ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
overseas Chinese communities ⓘ |
| publicHolidayStatus | statutory holiday in mainland China ⓘ |
| relatedFestival | Cold Food Festival ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Buddhist traditions
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Chinese folk religion ⓘ Confucian traditions ⓘ Taoist traditions ⓘ |
| season | spring ⓘ |
| solarTermRelation | coincides with the Qingming solar term ⓘ |
| typicalGregorianDate | around 4 or 5 April ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | part of China’s intangible cultural heritage (as traditional festivals) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Qingming Festival Description of subject: Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday focused on ancestor worship and tomb-sweeping, while also celebrating the arrival of spring.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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