What are the characteristics of Tomb-Sweeping Day?

In addition to visiting graves, the custom of Tomb-Sweeping Day has absorbed a series of folk sports activities in its historical development, such as swinging, cuju, polo and willow planting.

The custom of sweeping graves to worship ancestors in Tomb-Sweeping Day has continued since ancient times. Even in today's society, people still visit graves around Tomb-Sweeping Day to pay homage to their ancestors: uprooting weeds, placing offerings, burning incense and praying in front of graves, burning paper money and gold ingots, or simply offering a bunch of flowers to express their memory of their ancestors.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a fine tradition left by the Chinese nation for thousands of years, which is not only conducive to promoting filial piety and family memory, but also conducive to promoting the cohesion and identity of family members and even the nation. The historical development of Tomb-Sweeping Day has rich cultural connotations. Due to different regional cultures, the content or details of customs vary from place to place in China. Although festival activities vary from place to place, sweeping graves to worship ancestors and going out for an outing are the same basic customs.