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Handmade for Qingming

The crafts for Qingming Festival are as follows:

1. Flower Patchwork Belt: The petals of lotus, lotus, chrysanthemum, and other flowers are put together on a thin belt and used to be worn during the rituals.

2. Paper Horse Lanterns: Sesame seeds are made into the shape of lanterns, which are lit with candles and then placed in front of the tomb where the ritual is performed.

3. Paper money: Paper money is folded into the shape of various masks and burned for ancestors.

4. Gift box: Putting apples, fruits and other Ching Ming offerings in a beautiful box to give to friends and relatives or dedicate to the ancestors.

5. Flower arrangements, before the Qingming Festival to pick some flowers, made of plastic foam or lily foam, out of the bottom of the flower arrangement bracket, the flowers will be inserted in the above on the tomb of loved ones.

The Qingming Festival, also known as the Treading Green Festival, line Qing Festival, March Festival, Ancestor Festival, etc., the festival in the middle of spring and late spring. The Qingming Festival originated from early human ancestor beliefs and spring festival rituals, is the most grand and grand Chinese ancestor festival. The Qingming Festival has both natural and humanistic connotations, and is both a natural festival and a traditional festival. Sweeping tombs and offering sacrifices to ancestors as well as trekking are the two main themes of the Qingming Festival, which have been handed down in China since ancient times and continue to be celebrated to this day.

The Qingming Festival, together with the Spring Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, are known as the four major traditional festivals in China. In addition to China, there are some other countries and regions in the world that also celebrate Qingming Festival, such as Vietnam, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, etc. On May 20, 2006, the Qingming Festival declared by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China*** and the country was approved by the State Council to be included in the list of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.