The Tomb Sweeping Day

The tomb sweeping day is one of the traditional festivals in China.
On April 5th, people start to visit their ancestors’ tombs. Generally speaking, people will bring the home-made food, some fake money and paper-made mansion to their ancestors. When they start to honour their ancestor, they will put some flowers around the tombs. The most important thing  is to put the home-made food in front of the tombs. The food, also known as  sacrifices, is usually made up with a chicken, a fish and some pork. It’s a symbol of the offspring’s respect to the ancestors. People believe that the forbears will share the food with them.  The young offspring will pray for their ancestors. They can say their wishes in front of the tombs and  the ancestors will make their dreams come true.
Other activities such as spring outing, tree planting are the other ways to commemorate the forbears. For one thing, it is a sign that people should look into the future and embrace the hope; for another thing, we do hope our ancestor rest in peace.