When Tomb-Sweeping Day was in Jiangsu, there were customs of sweeping graves, hiking, inserting willows, flying kites and eating green balls.

1. In Nanjing, the Qingming Festival is the best time to eat snails, so there is a saying that "a snail in Qingming Festival is worth a goose". Stir-fried snails are a seafood dish with Nanjing flavor. Stir-fried snails stir-fry a large plate, which can be eaten with hands and toothpicks, or directly with snail meat. For example, stir-fried snails with leeks are the most fashionable dishes in Qingming Festival. During the Qingming Festival in Nanjing, there is also a delicious food called "mussel tofu soup". People in Nanjing call mussels "crooked", and they boil ginger, onion, bacon or ham, tofu and crooked into thick soup, which is extremely delicious.

2. Wuxi. Every time Wuxi goes to Tomb-Sweeping Day, there are several kinds of food that the "old Wuxi" will remember, such as fried Malan with garlic, which the older generation said would make their eyes clear.

3. There is a saying in Xuzhou: "The elm grows old in February, but it grows old in March". It is a custom in Xuzhou to eat "steamed elm money" during Qingming. In addition to elm seeds, more wild vegetables such as jujube seedlings, old man's mouth, shepherd's purse and so on can be picked for steaming during Qingming Festival. The same wild vegetables can be chopped into noodles and green dumplings, steamed and boiled, or steamed and then cooked into vegetables to eat.

3. Changzhou, Tomb-Sweeping Day On that day, people in Changzhou will eat glutinous rice dumplings without stuffing for breakfast. On Qingming Day, take out the big dumplings, cut them into pieces, fry them in oil, and put sugar or salt according to your taste. Some people will put some willow leaves in it, which means adding "green".

4. In Suzhou, not only do you eat green balls, but Suzhou people also eat cooked lotus roots, snails, swallow-tailed bamboo shoots and other special foods. In addition, people in Wu also like to swing, tug-of-war and cuju on Qingming Day. It's also because the weather is getting warmer, and it's time to get rid of the wrapped winter clothes and exercise your muscles. Willow branches were thought by the ancients to have the function of exorcising ghosts and evil spirits, but Suzhou people think that wearing willow on Qingming Day is to retain youth and have more vibrant days like spring. Kite, Suzhou people call it a kite, so flying a kite in Qingming is actually a broken kite in Qingming. The Wu dialect "harrier" harmonizes with "demon", and Duanharrier also means to get rid of evil spirits and diseases.

6. Taizhou farmers held a boat race in Tomb-Sweeping Day, which was called "boat-holding". Zhenjiang people make tea with seven pieces of willow leaves, which is said to improve their eyesight. The villagers near the _ Mountain in Dantu County still retain the old custom of "looking at Mianmian" (Mianshan). On the day when Fang Maoshan in Wujin County took Qingming as the incarnation of the dragon mother, the villagers competed to pray.