Clear and Bright
A Ching Ming Festival Story

What a beautiful story about family traditions and honoring loved ones who have died. Every spring, a young girl, Lily, helps her family prepare for Ching Ming. She helps clean and shop for food because once her aunt, uncle, and cousin arrive they will play games and cook lots of special food. Then......more

Clear and Bright: A Ching Ming Festival Story is a beautiful book steeped in tradition. It details the history and meaning behind the Chinese Festival, Ching Ming, told through the eyes of a young girl named Lily. Ching Ming is a time to honor ancestors for their sacrifices/hardships but also a time......more

Lily celebrates Ching Ming, a Chinese spring festival, by carrying on family traditions. Through stories of the hardships and happiness of their ancestors who came to the U.S., they remember with reverence and respect. This book gently and beautifully shares the cultural bonds between generations an......more

A family story of gathering to honor ancestors during the Ching Ming festival. Narrated by one child of the family that stayed in its ancestral home established by original immigrants to North America, the story unfolds from their point of view - the joy of returning family, playing with cousins, he......more

Clear and Bright is the story of the Ching Ming Chinese spring festival, where families gather to honor their deceased ancestors. Lily is looking forward to this day because she will see cousins and family members who are traveling to the place in America where her great-great grandparents immigrate......more