At that time, the offerings made by every household for soup rice were: bean sprouts fried with tofu, vegetable soup, braised yellow croaker, braised pork and goose. In addition, a green ball is essential in the sacrifice, because it is a symbol of Qingming. Green ball is a stuffing made by mashing Artemisia argyi leaves, taking juice, kneading with glutinous rice flour, and embedding cowpea paste or white sugar sesame or soybean powder.
When the incense sticks on the sacrificial table are almost burned out, we will burn some "silver ingots" made of tin foil to see our ancestors off. In the past, people usually went to the countryside near the cemetery by boat or on foot, and then walked to the cemetery. But some families with cymbals will hire a sedan chair to go to the grave, so there is a proverb "Go to the grave in March and sit in a sedan chair".
Mr. Pang Shuhua, a modern master, said;
Times have changed. During the period of contemporary Tomb-Sweeping Day, whether cooking soup or going to the grave is an expression of missing ancestors and deceased relatives, and it is also a traditional folk custom. Bring a few meals you like. Generally, you can pay attention to three kinds, and then bring them back to eat after the incense is burned.