Sunday, April 5, 2026

The swept tomb

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Les saintes femmes au tombeau (1890)

In "A feast for the god of war," I noted that Mardi Gras coincided with the beginning of the Year of the Fire Horse. In another 2026 coincidence of Chinese and Christian holidays, the significance of which is much more straightforward, April 5 is both Tomb Sweeping Day and Easter Sunday this year.

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