1, custom. First of all, Qingming Festival refers to the 15 days after the equinox, also called "Treading Green Festival", is one of China's traditional festivals, but also one of the festivals, mainly ancestor worship and grave sweeping, and the Qingming Festival this day there are a lot of people will eat green dumplings, eat green dumplings is a custom, mainly because of the Zhou Dynasty, the "Rites of Zhou" on the record can not be in the middle of the spring on this day to lead the fire, also called "three days of cold food", so people will prepare pastries in advance to eat. Called "three days of cold food", so people will prepare cakes in advance to fill up the hunger, which is what we often call green dumplings.

2, to commemorate the ancestors, the meaning of reunion. Qingming Festival to eat green dumplings in the South is more common, and eat green dumplings like its name, meaning reunion, but also to commemorate the ancestors, expressed their feelings of remembrance, in addition, the green dumplings is a nutritious value of the pastries, containing vitamins, dietary fiber, starch, and other nutrients, eaten in moderation, to supplement the human body nutrients to improve their immune system.