Essay about Customs of Qingming Festival in Yogan County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province

The custom of Qingming Festival is to sweep the graves of the dead relatives every time this festival comes.　　Once on the Qingming Festival, I went with my father and mother and my sister ...... to help my grandfather sweep the tomb. We climbed up the hill to sweep the graves together, and I saw the adults pouring wine and water on the ground and getting rid of the weeds, so it was hard work! We also picked flowers and ferns. I saw many bamboo shoots under the ground! "How do we dig up the bamboo shoots we eat?" I asked. Mom answered, "It's all dug out with a hoe." "Oh, that must be very tiring," I said. Mom added, "Yes, that's why we should treasure food!"　　The Qingming festival made me see a lot of new things and know the hardship of labor. I had these experiences because of this festival. For this reason, I couldn't help but be interested in the origin and purpose of this festival, and I asked my mom about it. I asked my mom about it. My mom replied, "Qingming Festival is one of the twenty-four solar terms in the lunar calendar. When Qingming arrives, the temperature rises and it is a good time for spring plowing and planting, so you can guide the farmers to carry out agricultural production. At the same time, Qingming Festival is a festival of ancestor worship, the traditional activities for sweeping graves, is a kind of respect and remembrance of ancestors, in 2006 this festival was also included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list."　　Qingming Festival is a festival that is both meaningful and gives me a lot of knowledge. Next year I will definitely come back to sweep the tomb on Qingming Festival.