1. Worship the mountain and eat mugwort cake

In Dongguan, sweeping tombs during the Qingming period is called "worshiping the mountain" or "hanging paper". When it comes to sacrifices, Qingming Festival is more particular. Apples represent peace, sugar canes represent prosperity, and suckling pigs represent the wealth of the whole family. Hakka people have different opinions about eating moxa sticks during the Qingming Festival. In Fenggang, Dongguan, it is said that because there are so many thunderstorms during the Qingming Festival, eating moxa sticks will not prevent you from being struck by lightning. Some people also say that children who eat Ai Bo will be better behaved.

2. Carrying out the Qing Dynasty

Traditional Guangzhou people have always attached great importance to tomb-sweeping during the Qingming Festival, and they have the custom of "performing the Qing Dynasty" on the day of the Qing Dynasty. "Xingqing" is different from outing. Outing is an outing, while "Xingqing" means that the whole family agrees to visit the grave together on that day.

According to the old custom, when sweeping the tomb, people should bring wine, food, fruits, paper money and other items to the cemetery, offer the food in front of the tomb of their loved ones, then burn the paper money, build new soil on the tomb, and fold a few branches. New green branches are planted on the grave, then they kowtow and worship, and finally eat wine and food.

Jiangmen’s Tomb Sweeping Day is a gathering festival for families or families. For this reason, there are also some special delicacies for the festival, such as chicken shit and rattan cakes, and chicken cakes used to worship ancestors. , Enping’s sesame cakes, etc. The owner of a local pastry shop in Jiangmen said that chicken feces and rattan cakes are best eaten during the Qingming Festival. They have the effect of clearing away heat and dispersing toxins. And because they only cost 50 cents, they can be said to be high-quality and low-priced. Thousands of them can be sold every day before and after Qingming.

Qingming Festival is the time when willows sprout and turn green. Among Jiangmen people, there is a custom of folding and inserting willows during the Qingming Festival. Many local citizens will buy a bunch of willow sticks and hang them on their doors. Qingming is also an important solar term for agricultural production. A farmer's proverb says, "Before and after Qingming, order melons and plant beans." During Qingming, the temperature warms and rainfall increases, which is a good time for spring plowing and planting in Jiangmen.