In observance of Ching Ming, or “tomb-sweeping day,” join us with a collective ceremony that remembers and honors Boston Chinatown’s early immigrants who faced exclusion and neglect in Mount Hope Cemetery. In a storytelling panel, Friends of the Chinese Burial Grounds at Mount Hope Cemetery will share their ancestral stories, memories, as well as historical contexts of early Chinese immigrants to Boston, while featuring a new documentary film Mt. Hope Cemetery by Kenneth Eng.

What follows is an ancestral ceremony facilitated by Venerables from Quincy-based Thousand Buddha Temple that will honor the memories of those buried at Mount Hope Cemetery and offer collective remembrance for those who have shaped and sustained Chinatown and the wider Boston community. Together, participants will be invited to honor the familial, chosen, and place-based ancestors whose lives and care made our gathering possible.

This event will be in English and will have Mandarin and Cantonese translators on site.

在清明掃墓之際，我們邀請你參與緬懷和紀念埋在望合山墓園中的華埠早期移民的活動。在故事座談中，我們將傾聽來自望合山華人墓地修復團隊講述早期波士頓華人移民的故事和回憶，並且觀看來自導演伍少文的最新紀錄片《望合山墓地》。座談結束後是來自昆市千佛寺僧人所引導的祖先紀念儀式，由此緬懷埋在望合山墓地的華人集體記憶，銘記那些往往被遺忘的鑄造波士頓華埠的先驅者。我們也邀請你一同紀念血緣內外以及華埠社區的祖先，並為其表達感恩。

該活動將以英文為主進行， 會有普通話和廣東話翻譯在場。

Schedule

2:00 PM – Tea Reception

Explore Pao Arts Center’s new exhibition Temple of Our Ancestral Dreams.

2:30 PM – Storytelling Panel and Film Screening

Learn more about early Chinese immigrants’ stories buried at Mount Hope Cemetery from Nancy Lo, Deborah Dong, Terry Guen, Peter Kiang, and a new short film from Kenneth Eng.

3:45 PM – Ancestral Ceremony

Participate in a ritual to honor those buried at Mount Hope Cemetery and our collective ancestors.

活動安排

2:00 PM – 茶水點心 – 參觀包氏艺术中心展覽《尋根之夢》

2:30 PM – 故事座談 – 了解埋在望合山墓地的早期華人移民故事

3:45 PM – 祖先紀念儀式 – 參與緬懷和紀念華埠社區和我們共同的祖先