alexleow-kimmy.com would like to wish all its readers Happy Souls Day. Although Souls Day is celebrated just for the dead people among the chinese community, still we celebrate it to pray for our ancestors too. It also known as Qing Ming. 
The Qingming Festival (清明节); Clear Bright Festival, Ancestors Day or Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese Festival on the 104th day after the winter solstice (or the 15th day from the Spring Equinox), usually occurring around April 5 of the Chinese Calendar. The Qingming festival falls on the first day of the fifth solar term, named Qingming. Its name denotes a time for people to go outside and enjoy the greenery of springtime (踏青 Tàqīng, "treading on the greenery") and tend to the graves of departed ones. Qingming has been regularly observed as a statutory public holiday in Taiwan and in the Chinese jurisdictions of Hong Kong and Macau.
Early in the morning, preparations will be made where they will prepare the nessasary for the prayers at the hill att he respective graveyard. Then, they will pray in the mornings and as they pray, they will gave the ancestors a lot of food to eat including fruits, 'pau', chicken, pig etc. Besides, they will also pray for prosperity, wealth and the blessings for the whole family from their ancestors. Also, they will burn a lot of things for their ancestors such as TV, Handphones, Aeroplanes etc. where they believe their ancestors will received it at another world. For those who like to gamble, they also asked their ancestors about the lucky numbers and they hope that those numbers will actually open in MAGNUM, TOTO etc.
Lastly, remember to drive safely back to your hometown for the prayers and don't speed while you're on the road. Remember to take care of yourselves and good luck in everything after the prayers of the ancestors. Adios! :)
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