Tomb-Sweeping Day in China | Cherry’s Essays
Tomb-Sweeping Day is a very important festival in China. The history of it can date back to Tang Dynasty. The Chinese name of Tomb-Sweeping Day is Qingming, which is also one of The 24 Solar Terms, means Clear and Bright, as it is on 5th April every year, when spring is coming, winter is running back home.
This is a special day which set up to recall our passed-away relatives. We prepare some particular food like boiled chicken, special cake and some fruits, and place them in front of the tombstone. There is a special type of currency which made by simple papers are used to burn into ash, for we believe our passed-away elatives can get the money we give in this way. And we also burn some “clothes (made by paper)”or “cars (made by paper). (I even saw “wife” one year, crazy!). In addition, we also burn incense.
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