Paying Tribute to our Chinese Ancestors
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- We went to the graves paying tribute to our Chinese ancestors (my husband's forefathers). This is a tradition that can be found in many areas in China, but there are probably differences in how it's done and also when. We offered food, added soil, burned money and bowed down to show our respect and to commemorate the ancestors - throughout the video, my parents-in-law explain the meaning of what we do.
This was the first time Sansan went, so it was a little special. After the ceremony at the graveyard, we went to an uncle's house for a little feast and celebration.
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I love your mother-in-law, her heart is happy. She shares her culture, in an interesting and easy to understanding way. I would watch a whole show of her explaining things. Please tell her thank you from southern New Jersey!
JOhn Smith I was Just Observing the same thing about Miriam’s mother-in-law. She has such a warm and inviting spirit.
A wise lady with big kind heart
I'm so happy Sansan will see these videos when he grows up.
Yes it will be so touching for him
That's a cute thought. Like a diary. He is lucky!
Miriam, your son is so cute. I hope you will have another baby soon.😍😍😍
I want to have another one, but not too soon haha.
@@MiriamFollin haha ironic 😜
Amazing to learn about the reasons behind the money, earth, food, and bowing. And the family gathering at the end is amazing.
Miriam the quality of your photography and video making has improved 100 fold over the months. You do an amazing job and are so very talented. Thank you for allowing me to visit China through your wonderful videos. Keep on producing them. You can be very very proud with your growth and talent.
清明--是中国最重要的节日之一，清明时节祭奠祖先。而祖先就是中国人的信仰。Qingming Festival-is one of the most important festivals in China, paying tribute to ancestors during the Qingming Festival. And the ancestors are the beliefs of the Chinese people.
Your videos show that the World is one
I am from Hubei, we do almost the
same thing to remember our ancestors and all the family members will have a big feast and catch up with each other . Miss the old time !
Yuan Gao answer ...😯 i hope you and all people they are in the same situation it will be better time as soon as possible 😔🙏👐
i'm so happy when i see san san 😀😀😀
Haha, me too, so I can't help myself from putting him in my videos 😀
Yes, san san is so cute and so is his name.
San San is so adorable. He make me smile. Love to see more of him.🙂
❤️ San san
It is very good to remember our parents & ancestors when they have gone to Heaven. Respect and love them when they are alive. So happy to see your lovely family is practicing the respectful culture towards family members who have passed. God bless all of you!🙏💕
Sansan is so precious!!!
It's so lovely to see you all together... Here in Australia if we want to get together with friends I have to go to her house, her husband had to come to mine (to be with my husband) then we have to video call each house so the wife's and husbands can all be together! With CoronaVirus lockdown, only one person but living in that household can visit at any time! So my husband and I cannot go anywhere together to visit friends. So I'm living vicariously through you all, now!
Thank you Miriam. The World Needs You your Husband and Family so Desperately Now
Reminds me of my days when visiting my parents years ago. It’s a sweet tradition and should be passing the meaningful tradition to the generations to generation.
young and old，the whole family respected their ancestor
Thank you for another sweet video. I have been to my husband’s family’s graves every year, until this one, due to the virus. The graves are in Queens NY, and my husband and I always traveled to New York to tidy up the plots, pull weeds, plant flowers, and bow three times. I liked to tell my mother in law some good memories of the loved ones I knew. We would talk about how sweet certain relatives were to us.
Great to see Sansan...the next generation of the Wang family tree.
Miriam, you are a wondeful wife. Accepting the chinese culture as it is. These vids will be priceless to help him understand part of his chinese side culture.
The Tree of Family is most improtant name record of whole family histroy, may record for thousands years history.
Beautiful tradition. Your mother in law has great energy - very gentle! San San is so precious!
I did the same thing with my parents when I was a kid.
your mom-law is a good good person.
teng lung she truly is
@@AmelieZh yes. Chinese woman's traditional beauty
Yes, she has this coming through as kind, honest and warmth.
@@May-le6hp i think so too... Best wishes to miriam and their family from germany 🙋 all the best health to all of the world
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@@miameier7714 I wish for more people like you who look through colours and borders! Stay cool!
Qingming festival is one of the most important Chinese event to commemorate our ancestors. when we're young, we used to worship our ancestors in the same way. Your video reminds me of my beautiful childhood memories. 💖 you and your family ! My 😘😘😘 to Sansan !
Sad to hear that you have stopped doing so.
So sweet! Cute San san 💚
Miriam, thank you for showing your life in China and Sweden. I was born in Johannesburg, South Africa of late immigrant parents from Southern China.Was that pumpkin seeds,yummy.Its been awhile since I had pumpkin seeds.
Thank you Miriam. How beautiful this is, family, traditions, remembrance, heritage, food, sharing and so much more.
That’s way simpler than I thought. The tradition seems to be forgotten in today’s world, basically it’s a thankful for what the ancestors had did right?
I wonder the people in cities still do that...it’s good to remember where and how you come from.
Regardless of where you come from, food always brings people together. Doesn’t seems to be fancy or anything, but it sure nice to be together.
I pray a better health and future for your family.
You can pay for remote services, professionals will go do the tribute for you. It is a whole industry in China.
people in city still do that, some people travel back to their hometown where their ancestors are buried, some will do it in front of their house. its not only every qingming festival, in some areas people do it during the celebration of chinese new year as well
I love to see grand father with his grand son. Such love. Grandma is beyond praise. No words. Thank you.
....a few happy tears as i watch this vid of y'all honoring family...my tea tray has some very special items from 3 generations back...imho ceremony/tokens of family/bits of beauty keeps sacred the gifts of the past and present ...so much kindness and joy in your family-ty for sharing..as always best to y'all...
Wow, they still have their family tree, so beautiful , many Chinese families we already lost it
Beautiful family, simple, humble and down to earth....🤩🤩🤩🤩🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Your awesome in-laws are becoming more and more comfortable now on camera. Thanks for sharing!
I was waitting for your new video. ❤️❤️ Thank you miriam for such interesting video 🙏🙏💓💓
That is really traditional Chinese way to tribute our ancestor, we did the same way in Qingming Festival in Hubei. Thank you for shooting this scene to show a traditional Chinese humane touch.
Your kid is so adorable
Remembering ur Ancestors made me missed my Origin as well. Doing it together with ur kin or relatives made it so classic, memorable and unifying. ❤
Thanks a lot for the video Miriam! it gives a fresh of hope to hear the explanation of your parents in law about the symbology behind the rituals the follow. Live continue! I need it right now! Big hug from Madrid.
Remarkable. This is the root of Chinese culture. No god in our life and the first teacher is our parents. Parents must treat kids well and help them to learn and live. On the another hand, kids must respect their parents and feed them when parents getting old. This is a frame of China political. not communism, socialism or capitalism but a part of communism, socialism and capitalism. Respect professionals. Everyone must respects teacher, doctor and police man. And every professional must take care every single social member. Our society more like family band. If in a small group, we will show out our birthday to identify the respect rule. Older has respect from young and young will have some kind of caring from older. A small group unit complicates like this. This is why Chinese always uniting together.
Ah again such a lovely video, Miriam! 😍❤️ looks like life is getting back to normal in Qinghai, makes me happy to see a family gathering 😊
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing! You have a lovely extended family with a rich history and customs! Wonderful!
Absolutely beautiful babies!
Warm people.
清明祭祖！给米粒点赞！
Your channel is so informative. I learned a lot about China through your videos
Real life. Good story. Lovely culture. Those who appreciates will be appreciated.
The ancestors will be feasting! A buffet! Especially since your MIL makes such delicious food! Oh it is such a big deal for the first born son to make this first journey to the ancestors' grave site. Wonderful video work!
*clap clap clap* Bravo!!!!!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Thank you!
My daughter similar like San san! Wish were slowly growing 😊
She is 22 Years old, time is going rapidly!
hi Sansan.. he is so adorable.. 💕
God bless you all....your baby boy is beautiful
致敬先祖，致敬英雄，缅怀历史
Great videography and superb story telling that shows how "Qing Ming" festival is celebrated. We cannot go to the temple to remember our ancestors due to COVID-19 unlike you, the advantage of being in a remote place. From your MIL narration 7:03, it seems that the celebration remain intact in the the countryside despite the changes in China.
In Myanmar (Burma), the Burmese celebrate in remembrance of their love ones who passed away by offering food in the monastery, nunnery, orphanage or to the less privilege neighbourhood and also in birthday celebration. I feel this is one aspect of the culture the Chinese should emulate.
Is Lillsolen calling you "mama" 3:07 in Swede?
So beautifully done. Surprised that you folks are still able to perform this annual ritual, here in Malaysia we are in lockdown.
I went to my grandpa's grave today too. Nice video😊
Love your daily life vlogs but this one is just DOCUMENTARY QUALITY! Must admire your filming skills and ideas x
Lovely to see family gatherings
Shan Shan so cute, handsome babyboy! 👦 . We did the same tradition in Malaysia for 祖先。
It's good to see this tradition is still alive at present China.
China will always be our Motherland where our ancestors came from.
I just came across your videos today. So sweet!
Nice vlog. Spring is the time to look forward and look back. Jewish Passover also happens in Spring, this year it's quite close to the Chinese QingMing. They both use rituals to preserve tribal memory and legends. Goes to show human beings are pretty much the same. Setting aside elements of rites and rituals that seem superstitious from the vantage of modernity, they are useful to reaffirm family relationship.
We should not forget them. Their love is always on my mine.
今天上午我也去山上扫墓了大家庭也在一起吃中饭 全国的清明习俗都大同小异的样子
没想到青海这边还是没有一点绿意。在南方的山区，清明除了缅怀祖先，也是全家老小一起去踏青的好时节，各种野果，花，野菜
南北差很大的，不管是气候还是人文，生活。但是我们有意思的是我们能清楚知道 这些不同而能和谐地生活在同一国家
我们这边海拔高，季节延迟
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Amazing video! Great editing!
Notice that Chinese are communal. In fact, Asians and Pacific islanders are communal. Italians as well.
Miriam, your videos are very well made. Professional like. Love it!
Sansan is so precious 🥰
You are very lucky in your mother-in-law. She always looks happy.
Great, teach your kid, the familyconcept is the most key component of chinese culture.
愿山河无恙，愿远在天堂的亲人一切安好，🕯️🕯️🕯️🙏🙏🙏。
What dialect was being spoken at the beginning of the video? I’m unfamiliar with Qinghai! I could understand the Mandarin (mostly) but not him at all. Sounded beautiful though.
It's Qinghai dialect! Very special. I think there might be quite a heavy influence from the minority groups languages here, such as tibetan, mongol, and languages by the Muslim minorities.
@@MiriamFollin I figured that's what it was! I tried to search about it and a lot on Tibet came up but nothing about Qinghai dialect specifically. It sounds amazing I love it. I'm still trying to learn the Chongqing dialect down here.
We Chinese get the power, knowledge and mental strength from our ancestors.Someone who forget their ancestors is unforgivable.A phrase is used to describe and swear this kind of person,数典忘祖.It means they forget and betrayed their ancestors, which is one of the most shame for a Chinese. We also inherit the reputation from our ancestors.Many gods of Chinese are real exist in history,such as 黄帝，炎帝,JiangZiYa,GuanYu,MaZu etc.We worship them forever.
A lovely professional video as always. Was that real money being burnt or just ‘token’ symbolic money?
My favourite part? The adorable Sansan waving 👋🏻 bye bye and blowing a kiss.
A wonderful tradition. 11/2020
We did the same just one week ago, about twice a year, go as a family.
米粒拍的農村視頻才是真實的中國農民生活👍李子柒拍的農村視頻都是忽悠老外，沒多少真實的東西！
我今天去了山上，腿都打摆子了，真正的深山老林，每年都要请人去修路才能进去，也是我爷爷的爷爷的爷爷，从江西移民来的。
30 k 🎉
Congrats from Germany 💐
Beautiful family, they kinda look slightly Tibetan or Kazakh
I know, they don't look 100% han. I'd love for my husband to to a DNA test.
Han people look somewhat differently in different regions. Qinghai is actually very close to Tibet, so I am not surprised people there look like Tibetans.
Northwest people look like that . We were mixed with lots of nations .especially Mongolia and Han
你丈夫应该有回族 或者蒙古血统
@@MiriamFollin Had my DNA done. Although my greatgrandfather was Hakka, the DNA shows they originally came from the Andes in South America.
my village also has this kind of culture visit the ancestor grave, tell their success stories, daily life to their Dead beloved one,
Can we grow szechuan pepercorn in Lowland?
i want to try to make small garden of szechuan pepercorn
Hi Miriam, great video as always. Just to remind you that "风风光光" means live with dignity (material-wise) in Chinese. This can be quite confusing to translate.
I am attracted to this little guy. He is so cute
Most Chinese traditions has their own historical stories. Although originally they are not connected to religion, but traditions and religious affairs have mixed-up in Chinese culture.
If you dont mind, here is the history behind the grave visit tradition:
th-cam.com/video/xfzfJxp0vSQ/w-d-xo.html
And this one is about burning paper money:
th-cam.com/video/4WYA7OAsjr8/w-d-xo.html
Thank you.
One happy family.
This is called cingming right? My father still followsuit the tradition
Yes, its called Cheng Beng & fall on 04/04, ie today. I'm a Malaysian Chinese. We still practice this tradition. Due to Covid-19 & Movement lock down, we do the prayer at home. No gathering & can't burn the paper money as I'm staying in a condominium. Normally after the prayer at the grave, all the family members will eat & enjoy the food offer to the ancestors, like a party without music.
Yes ，It's called qingming 清明festival here in china， a tradition that last for thousands of years
yeah,you are right. ....show some respect to the dead ppl
@@hoosweephung2646 Mainland China all keep silent in today .you can search Chinese news ...10:00 clock alarm on.....
Chinese practice it all over the world, be it malaysian, singapore, canadian chinese, etc. The Ching Ming tradition is carried out.
U are really deep in China
my ancestor is come from fujian china and we have same surname wang
Would love to hear more about your husband ancestors!
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All the Chinese around the world do practice Ching Min, usually falls in the month of May. But unfortunately this year due to Covid19, many have been advised to scale down the number of people attending.
Thanks for sharing.
Your mother in law is very nice. I like her all action s and behavior.
Many chinese has change their qingming tradition. Some of them didnt burn gold or silver paper anyway, but donate the money for the poor .
中国人信仰祖先。相信能得到祖先保估
The family tree has info about where they are from? I think that would be cool to look into.
.Of course, our ancestors will be recorded in the family tree. Their names, where they came from, his official position at the time, etc. These tell us where we come from. (So we Chinese people rarely believe in religion, because most religions have not been established for a long time before our ancestors.) Some genealogies have even been recorded for more than two thousand years. These tell us where we come from.
Se hace un dia especial en el año?
Como en España el dia de todos los Santos?
Vet inte vad det var, men denna videon fick mig att rysa över hela kroppen! Filmperspektivet va 👏🏻👏🏻
good! thanks!
Happy Qing Ming Festival to all! :)
Ancestors worshiping or ancestors veneration are a Chinese religion more than a billion people strong in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and many others countries with a lot of Chinese populations but we are not counted in any statistics.