英语清明节内容

the major custom in qingming festival is tomb sweeping. according to folk religion, the spirits of deceased ancestors still live underground and look after the family; the tombs are said to be their houses; thus it is very important to keep the tombs clean.

the qingming festival is spent honoring the dead, which is one of many ways good confucians demonstrate filial piety. on this day, people visit their family graves to remove any underbrush that has grown. they would uproot weeds near the gravesites, wipe the tombstones and decorate the tombstones with fresh flowers. and then they will set out offerings of food and paper money.