"It rains a lot during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road want to die ..." This poem has lost the feeling of parting from sorrow for modern us, but Tomb-Sweeping Day has become an annual gathering day for a big family.

I remember when I was a child, at the end of March, the parents in the family agreed to go for a "clean trip" on the day of Tomb-Sweeping Day. "Clean trip" is different from an outing, and "clean trip" means that the family agreed to go to the grave together on that day to clear the weeds from their ancestors' graves, and then filled in the ancestors' Dabao with bright red paint after a year of wind, rain and sunshine erosion. Burning things specially bought from shops selling ghost products, including paper villas, paper maids, paper bicycles, paper ingots and paper money, in front of ancestors' graves, and asking ancestors to come and collect them while burning them, is a filial piety to ancestors. Of course, nowadays, ghost products are becoming more and more upscale, including passports, cars, beautiful women and so on, probably people living in the dead. Haha ................................................................................................................................................................................

There are different names for "clearing the grave" on different days. If you are sweeping the grave in Tomb-Sweeping Day on that day, it is called "clearing the grave". To be honest, parents should coordinate their rest time, because the day in Tomb-Sweeping Day is not Saturday and Sunday every year. After coordinating the time, they will discuss and arrange the offerings prepared by each family for ancestor worship. Generally, the eldest family prepares a roast pig, which means that everyone in the family can be full of vigor and vitality for a year. The weight of this pig depends on the size of the family, and my family is also large. Most of the time, a big pig weighing about 2 Jin was directly burned and carried up the mountain, and each family could get three or two Jin of pork. On the day of the sacrifice, the roast pig was hung in red and hung in the green space, which was carried by several strong men in the family and placed in front of the ancestors' graves. The skillful daughter-in-law in the family was also responsible for steaming some cakes such as big cakes specially used for sacrifice (most of them were bought off-the-shelf), and then one of the families would be arranged to be responsible for purchasing the ghost firecrackers and the like and making them into the finished products of gold and silver ingots according to the custom.

On the appointed day, everyone will gather at the nearest ancestral grave. After all the prepared things are combined, a parent will be responsible for checking whether there is anything missing. Then a group of people will call the girl to go straight to the cemetery with things such as roast pigs, hoes, sacrifices, and so on. The parents will start weeding, drawing characters, offering sacrifices, and burning firecrackers according to the handed down pattern. When you burn incense, you will read something you want to your ancestors and pray for their blessing. I have heard the funniest request for offering sacrifices. One person read during the sacrifice, "Ancestors, you are really unfair. You let your brother's family have a house, a car and a man, and live a sweeter life than honey. My family has no building, no car and no man. Arguably, I have given less to my ancestors every year than my brother." After I heard it, I couldn't help laughing except for a pause. If their ancestors knew something underground, they must have lamented the interests of fame and fortune.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is the happiest day for ethnic children. Those of the same age who are rarely seen can get together and have a good time on this day. When the adults are busy with the sacrificial ceremony, the children will generally chase all over the mountain until the adults call them down the mountain. Therefore, everyone in Tomb-Sweeping Day will not be heartbroken, but it will become a good day for ethnic people to get together once a year to contact their feelings.

Of course, there will be sad times, that is, when there is a "new mountain" to worship, what is a "new mountain"? That is, a family member who died less than a year ago is called "Johor Bahru". This kind of "Johor Bahru" must worship in front of Tomb-Sweeping Day, and it is not allowed to be "upright and clean". Some families have a rule that this family member with "Johor Bahru" can't participate in the sacrifice of the ancestral mountain after worshipping before Qingming Festival. Presumably, it is afraid that the sad mood of the people of "Johor Bahru" will affect other ethnic groups. Because it is "new", there will still be a sense of sadness. After a year, it will not be new but called old. Since it is old, it will not be sad any more. Can a family always be sad about their days? Looking forward to everything, the living have to live happily. Therefore, I think this "walking green" rule of my ancestors is reasonable, which shows that my ancestors are all reasonable people.

Before going down the mountain, people will gather around the grave to share the offerings of fruits and cakes. All the adults and children who participate in the "clearing" will eat a crisp piece of Qingming sugar cane, which means happiness and sweetness. Before going down the mountain, the big roast pig will be divided into various families by people in too many cooks, and the pig's head and pork will be evenly matched, no matter whether it is rich or poor, one for each family will never fail. This sub-pork has a famous name, that is, it is called "too cm pork", which means that the ancestors will distribute it to you equally regardless of the size of their own people, and there is no bias. Some families are too big and have ancestral temples, so they will divide the pork directly in the ancestral temple after the sacrifice. It is also impartial, one for each family. Now, when Guangzhou dialect means that everyone has something that will never fail, they will say, too much pork, everyone has a share! This is how the allusion to this sentence comes out.

After the pork is distributed, it is not considered as a form of ancestor worship. When that piece of pork is brought home, it will be accompanied by a vegetable "Qingming buckwheat dish" in the Qingming period to be fried and eaten. Other people who don't bother to use this "Qingming buckwheat dish" with some shredded eggs and shredded pork to fry some spring rolls. After eating these dishes, the task of "clearing the line" this year will be completed.

In some places, women are not allowed to go up the mountain. Sacrifice on the mountain can only be done by men. Women only need to do chores, such as making paper money, making gold ingots, steaming cakes, and so on. Only when the men take the roast pork home can they fry it for the whole family to eat. In this way, women can be considered to be blessed by their ancestors. Their rule is that things like wealth and wealth are only passed on to men, not to women, and they are afraid of women. Some people say that they are afraid that women will pollute their ancestors' treasure land, and the gens will not be able to get up. My family completely allows women to participate, and egalitarianism is evident. Up to now, my aunts will come back with their children and grandchildren to participate in the sacrifice. This is the custom of our family's Qingming Festival. I thought it would be remembered if I was free today.