Qing Ming SOP

suppadmin | March 18, 2021

The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) allowed eight family members to go to graves and only two at columbariums or memorial halls for Qing Ming from March 20 to April 14. The official Qing Ming falls on April 4. Visiting time is from 4 am at graveyards and columbaruims or Memorial halls is from 8am to 4 pm.

The SDMC Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) drawn up by the state’s Unit for Other Religions (Unifor) which was released said no inter-zone travel was permitted for those observing Qing Ming.

The elderly, children below 12 years old and individuals with chronic diseases should refrain from participating in the event.

On Monday, the Federation of Chinese Associations Sarawak, Dato Richard Wee had proposed to Unifor to allow the number of people involved in the coming tomb-sweeping activities to be increased to 12, seven more than that in the SOP for last year.

Qing Ming Festival or Tomb-Sweeping Day is an annual event for Chinese to clean the tombs of their ancestors as well as to pray and make ritual offerings at the cemeteries.