清明

王科军

寂寞怀人念双亲，养育孩儿近半生。

驾鹤归西多少载，骨肉情潜我心房。

Chingming Festival

How do the Chinese Celebrate the Qingming Festival?

The most important custom is Tomb-sweeping.

People commemorate and honor the dead by clearning graves, burning incense and joss paper, offering food, wine, and others.

However, the custom has been greatly simplified, especially in cities.

Some people only offer flowers to their loved ones, while some who cannot visit tombs do tomb-sweeping online, especially during the pandemic.

Qingming is a good time for a Spring Outing to enjoy the beautiful natural views as the weather warms up and everything comes to life.

Flying kites is also a popular activity during the Qingming festival, especially for the kids.

There are some other activities, like planting Trees, and Sticking Willow branches.

What do eat at the Qingming Festival?

People in south China usually eat Qingtuan which is a sweet green glutinous rice ball. It is a seasonal snack made from a mixture of glutinous rice flour and Cinese mugwort or barley grass, then stuffed with red bean paste. In North China, people eat cool foods like Eggs and Cold Pancakes.

------From the internet