Tomb-Sweeping Day egg making method

Tomb-Sweeping Day eggs are made as follows:

1. First, soak the eggs in vinegar water for a while.

2. Then spread the tin foil on the iron plate, squeeze in the whipped cream and flatten it with a spoon.

3. Continue to squeeze some black food coloring.

4. Then stir with bamboo sticks.

5. Then roll the eggs on the whipped cream a few times, color the eggshells and dry them.

6. After a certain period of time, the extra cream is removed, and the eggs with a feeling of landscape painting are ready.

The main customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day

Tomb-Sweeping Day, 04-06 Gregorian calendar, the activities of offering sacrifices to sweep away the ancestors (Tomb-Sweeping Day) are usually 10 days before and 10 days after Tomb-Sweeping Day. In some places, the activities of offering sacrifices to sweep away the ancestors last for one month. Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the important "eight festivals a year" in China.

As a festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day is different from pure solar terms. Solar terms are signs of phenological changes and seasonal order, while festivals contain spiritual beliefs and customs. Ancestor belief and sacrificial culture are important factors in the formation of Tomb-Sweeping Day, and Tomb-Sweeping Day is an important carrier of inheriting belief and family ethics.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a kind of cultural expression and an important way to be grateful to ancestors and close to human feelings. The custom of sweeping graves to worship ancestors in Tomb-Sweeping Day has become a fixed etiquette and custom theme. During Tomb-Sweeping Day, no matter where people are, they will return to their hometown to participate in ancestor worship activities and remember their ancestors.