Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Tomb-sweeping Day

Ching Ming is the one of China's 24 Solar Terms, Tomb-sweeping Day around at the Zhou Dynasty, and the history of Tomb-sweeping Day has been 2500 years. At the beginning Ching Ming is a very important cycle, Ching Ming is coming the weather would warmer; it is a good time to farm. Ching Ming Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday, is also the most important religious holiday, and is the days of worship and the graves. Under the old customs, when people grave who have to carry some food , wine, fruit, paper money and other items. People have to put food and fruit on the cemetery, and then incinerated paper money for the grave on new soil, folding some new green sticks inserted at grave, tow to salute and worship, finally eat food and fruit, drink wine before go back home.

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