The other day, we went to my great-grandmother's memorial at the cemetery for "ching ming". It's an annual event where people of Chinese background go to their ancestor's grave site to clean the area and give offerings. But, I was shocked when I overheard the conversation of another Chinese family. The son, who was probably around 18, asked his father if it was a special day because there were so many Chinese families there that day. The father replied, "it's Chinese Easter". I have to be honest, as a "banana", I don't know too much about ching ming. But to say Chinese Easter?!?! If I had been drinking something at the time, I would have sprayed it out. I didn't know that the Chinese had a messiah that died and rose from the dead too! Did someone forget to mention that Jesus was yellow? Honestly, if you don't know, say you don't know. Don't go and make up your own holiday, confuse your child, and cause further degradation to your child's cultural understanding!
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