What are the traditional customs of Tomb-Sweeping Day in the south of the Yangtze River?

Qingyuan Festival is a traditional snack that people in the south of the Yangtze River eat in Tomb-Sweeping Day. According to textual research, the name of the Youth League has a history of 1000 years since the Tang Dynasty. When I was in Tomb-Sweeping Day, the youth league was almost steamed. In ancient times, people made green balls mainly as sacrifices. Although the Youth League has existed for thousands of years and its shape has not changed, its function as a sacrifice has gradually faded and it has become a seasonal snack.

2. Sweeping graves to worship ancestors

Tomb-Sweeping Day worships his ancestors. According to the custom, people usually set out to visit graves in the morning in Tomb-Sweeping Day. When sweeping graves, people should bring wine, food, fruit, paper money and other items to the cemetery, offer food to the graves of their ancestors, then burn the paper money to cultivate new soil for the graves, or break some fresh branches and insert them in front of the graves, and then kowtow to worship.

The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day

Tomb-Sweeping Day originated from the ancient Spring Festival, which has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only a natural solar term, but also a traditional festival. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a combination of solar terms and festivals. Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the twenty-four solar terms in the Ganzhi calendar, indicating the change of seasons. This is the season of Yin Qi's vigorous vitality, but also the season of decline.

At this time, it is a good time for the suburbs to step in the spring and sweep the Qingming Festival. The old and new smells are coming out, the temperature is rising, everything is clean and tidy, and the earth presents a quiet scene in spring. The traditional concept of "harmony between man and nature" has been vividly reflected in Tomb-Sweeping Day.