Mourning day, drizzle like tears; Pedestrians on the road want to die. What are the traditional customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

In the history of China, many poets used Tomb-Sweeping Day to describe this festival. However, Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival in China, which has many customs. The biggest custom on this day is that people will visit graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day. In addition, there will be customs such as washing eyes, inserting willows, eating Qingming, and hiking.

First, sweep the ancestors' graves. On this day in Tomb-Sweeping Day, China, most people will choose to sweep graves for their dead ancestors. They will use some weeding tools to clean up trees and weeds around some graves. Sometimes, the graves of ancestors are reinforced and a series of worship activities are held for their graves, hoping that ancestors can bless them with smooth sailing this year.

Second, in some places, in Tomb-Sweeping Day, besides sweeping ancestors' graves, there is a special custom of washing eyes. The so-called eye washing means that on this day in Tomb-Sweeping Day, everyone will wash their eyes with water soaked in the leaves of snails or willows. It means that eyes washed with willow leaves will make people shine. In addition, people will break some willow branches under some willows and take them home on the same day, and put them on the eaves of their homes.

Third, eat Qingming and go for an outing. On this day in Tomb-Sweeping Day, different places have different customs. However, in some parts of Tomb-Sweeping Day, this day will also be called eating Qingming. The so-called Tomb-Sweeping Day is a day in Tomb-Sweeping Day. In some places, the whole family will have a Qingming picnic. This Qingming picnic is a little different from what we usually call a picnic. On this day, the meat or vegetables eaten in the picnic have been sacrificed to their ancestors, so they use these ingredients in the picnic mainly because on this day, they want to remember them by eating the same food as their ancestors. On this day in Tomb-Sweeping Day, some people will go for an outing.