World Religions: Confucianism

• The birthday of Confucius, which is September 28th. This festival is held each year, to pay their respects to the founder of Confucianism. The holiday lasts 10 days. 
• They also celebrate Chinese new year, which is on January 31st. 
• Qing ming is another key holiday that they celebrate. It occurs 106 days after the winter solstice, on this day people who believe in Confucianism go to their ancestors graves and give them offerings such as, paper money and paper cloths. Usually food is offered after ceremonies, however, with Confucianism they offer food during the ceremony. 
• Chongmyo Taeje is also a ceremony that they celebrate. This ceremony is to honour the kings and queens of the Yi dynasty. This holiday takes place on the 1st sunday in may. 
• Ching Ming is another holiday that also takes place if you believe in Confucianism. It is also known as Tomb sweeping day, or ancestor day. It is celebrated on the 15th day from the spring equinox. During this ceremony, believers visit their ancestors graves and present them with gifts, they also sweep their ancestors graves, which gives this holiday it's name.   

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