Spring break, however, doesn't really exist in the Chinese context. It's simply spring and the rice is ready to plant. So, it could be more fitting that in English, one of the translated names for the holiday is about working instead of breaking. Rather blunt and literal, Qing Ming can be found masquerading around the web as Tomb Sweeping Day. A day for the dead. It's other moniker, the festival of Pure Brightness, perhaps a bit more poetic.
For me, however, the Qing Ming Festival simply means no obligation for 5 days. Naturally, I'm flying the coop. On Friday I'm heading south to Yunnan to hike the deepest gorge in the world--Tiger Leaping Gorge.
Mountains, rivers, Naxi, hell yes.
The picture to the left is one I took in Guangxi province in the fall, it's located just southeast of Yunnan.
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