ʻO ka ʻAhaʻaina Qingming (Pure Brightness) kekahi o nā kumu mahele 24 ma Kina, e hāʻule ana ma ʻApelila 4-6^th i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ma hope o ka ʻahaʻaina, e piʻi aʻe ka mahana a piʻi ka ua. ʻO ia ka manawa kiʻekiʻe no ka palau ʻana i ka pūnāwai a me ka hau ʻana. Akā, ʻaʻole wale ka ʻahaʻaina Qingming he wahi kau e alakaʻi ai i ka hana mahiʻai, he ʻahaʻaina hoʻomanaʻo nō ia.

ʻIke ʻia ka ʻahaʻaina Qingming i ka hui pū ʻana o ke kaumaha a me ka hauʻoli.

ʻO kēia ka lā mōhai koʻikoʻi loa. Hāʻawi nā lāhui Han a me nā lāhui liʻiliʻi i kēia manawa i nā mōhai i ko lākou mau kūpuna a pulumi i nā hale kupapaʻu o ka poʻe maʻi. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole lākou e kuke i kēia lā a lawelawe wale ʻia ka meaʻai anu.

A laila ʻo ka ʻAhaʻaina Hanshi (Meaʻai Anu) maʻamau i hoʻokahi lā ma mua o ka ʻAhaʻaina Qingming. No ka mea, ua hoʻolōʻihi pinepine ko mākou mau kūpuna i ka lā a hiki i ka Qingming, ua hui pū ʻia lākou ma hope.

I kēlā me kēia ʻahaʻaina Qingming, ua piha nā ilina āpau i nā kānaka e hele mai ana e pulumi i nā ilina a hāʻawi i nā mōhai. Ua paʻa loa ke kaʻa ma ke ala e hele ai i nā ilina. Ua hoʻomaʻalahi nui ʻia nā loina i kēia lā. Ma hope o ka pulumi iki ʻana i nā ilina, hāʻawi ka poʻe i ka meaʻai, nā pua a me nā mea punahele a ka poʻe make, a laila kuni i ka mea ʻala a me ke kālā pepa a kūlou i mua o ka papa hoʻomanaʻo.

I ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ke kaumaha o ka poʻe holoi hale kupapaʻu, hauʻoli pū ka poʻe i ka manaʻolana o ka pūnāwai i kēia lā. ʻO ka ʻahaʻaina Qingming kahi manawa e ʻālohilohi ai ka lā, a laila e ʻōmaʻomaʻo nā lāʻau a me ka mauʻu a ola hou ke ʻano. Mai ka wā kahiko mai, ua hahai ka poʻe i ke ʻano maʻamau o nā huakaʻi pūnāwai. I kēia manawa, aia nā mākaʻikaʻi ma nā wahi āpau.

Makemake nui ka poʻe e lele manu i ka wā o ka ʻAhaʻaina Qingming. ʻAʻole i kaupalena ʻia ka lele manu i ka ʻAhaʻaina Qingming wale nō. ʻO kona ʻano kū hoʻokahi, ʻaʻole wale ka lele ʻana o ka poʻe i nā manu i ke ao, akā i ka pō hoʻi. ʻO ke kaula kukui liʻiliʻi i nakinaki ʻia ma luna o ka manu a i ʻole ke kaula e like me nā hōkū ʻālohilohi, a no laila, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he mau hōkū ʻālohilohi."ke akua""nā kukui.

ʻO ka ʻAhaʻaina Qingming kekahi manawa e kanu ai i nā lāʻau, no ka mea, kiʻekiʻe ka nui o ke ola ʻana o nā lāʻau liʻiliʻi a ulu koke nā lāʻau ma hope. I ka wā ma mua, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Qingming Festival ka"Lā ʻĀkau"Akā, mai ka makahiki 1979, ʻo ka Lā ʻĀkau"ua hoʻoholo ʻia ma Malaki 12^th e like me ke kalena Gregorian.