Honoring deceased family members is a common practice in many continents across the globe, such as Day of the Dead, Day of Saints and the Wag Festival, just to name a few. China also has this tradition to cultivate kinship values, filial piety and continuity of lineage. In fact, it is a public holiday called the Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, which falls on April 4th this year. Families across the country visit the graves of friends and family, spruce up the area and make offerings to their spirits, including cakes, fruit and flowers. White and yellow chrysanthemums are one of the conventional options, which symbolize grief in Chinese culture. In this edition, our guest on the show is Yang Chunlin, a famed conductor and composer with the China Oriental Performing Arts Group. He brings us some of his works that depict the appearance, aroma and spirit of the flower. In addition, we’ll get a glimpse of the customs observed during this special time of the year.