last qingming festival,i return home to worship my grandfather.qingming festival is a folk festival.in the past,in the past, the qingming festival was called "arbor day". but today, chinese visit their family graves to tend to any underbrush that has grown. *s are pulled, and dirt swept away, and the family will set out offerings of food and spirit money. unlike the sacrifices at a family's home altar, the offerings at the tomb usually consist of dry, bland food. one theory is that since any number of *s rome around a grave area, the less appealing food will be consumed by the ancestors, and not be plundered by strangers.
with the passing of time, this celebration of life became a day to the honor past ancestors. following folk religion, the chinese beli*d that the spirits of deceased ancestors looked after the family. sacrifices of food and spirit money could keep them happy, and the family would prosper through good harvests and * children.
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