Tomb Sweeping Festival

Today is Tomb Sweeping Festival in China. That means that families go to their ancestors' graves and honor them by giving food, burning candles, and burning paper money. My students also say that they pray to the ancestors for good luck and good grades. It's a little like the Day of the Dead in Mexico, according to my mother, except in Mexico there's also music and dancing. Isn't it ironic that while Mainlanders celebrate Tomb Sweeping Festival today (we get Monday off), people in Hong Kong get a 5 day holiday for Easter! Two TOTALLY different faiths, operating in the same country next to each other. Oh, that more people in all places would know the resurrection power of Jesus...