Qing Bing 1.4.2012

Others may call it April Fool's day

but to us it is time to perform our filial duty

to our departed grandparents (on my husband's side)

and my in-laws
 (according to the Hakka and Cantonese, married daughters are not allowed

to do Qing Bing for their own fathers otherwise bad luck
will befall their brothers ...the brothers' luck and fortune will dwindle
 and they might even go bankrupt!)

Everybody also chose today to go to the same memorial park, causing a massive jam
It was an utter standstill, and a sheer waste of time on the road......4 hours!!!
We started at 7.30 in the morning and reached there nearly 11 o'clock and by the time we finished, we got home at 1.30!!!!

At the temple....full of people already offering prayers

My nephew, he does it every year.

Youngest son and Oldest son

My baby, the youngest paternal grandchild, the only kid able to perform duties this year
Every year she does it too, without fail, dragging herself out of bed on a Sunday morning.

filial grandson!

dutiful daughter-in-law......me!

the members of the family available in KL are here

three brothers doing the honours

Beautifully landscaped to look serene and calm

orderly, with straight lines and paths, unlike the old cemetery where we had to walk through tall weeds:(picture below) which, somehow, added to the mystique and intrique

Shady trees offer respite to parked cars

hot scorching day, because of the traffic jam, we were late!

Next year, we have to start at 5 a.m.!

Lone man silhouetted against blue blue sky.

My little daughter is dwarfed by the lallang (grass, weeds or reeds).
At the old graveyard before the graves were exhumed and moved to

the new resting place, we had to walk among the lallang in pitch darkness

because we started at 5 a.m. to avoid the Old Airport Road jam.

See my little daughter? We train her to perform her duties.

So, she has been coming to Qing Bing since she was a wee tot.

Cute?

Wow!!!!

How she has grown!

We need the

new generation to pass down our cultural heritage and

continue traditional customs.

She is such an obedient and well behaved child!