Tomb-Sweeping Day eats eggs, which is round and full. Eating eggs originated in the ancient Shangsi Festival, and people laid eggs in order to get pregnant and have children. Duck eggs, bird eggs, etc. They are all cooked and then painted with bright colors, which are called "eggs".

Then throw the eggs into the river and wash them away along the current. People waiting downstream will pick them up and eat them. After eating them, it will be easier to get pregnant. Therefore, eggs are a symbol of life, and eating eggs in Tomb-Sweeping Day is very auspicious.

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Tomb-Sweeping Day custom:

1, planting trees

Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, the spring was bright and the spring rain was falling, and the survival rate of planted seedlings was high and the growth was fast. So there is a habit of planting trees in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and some people call Tomb-Sweeping Day Arbor Day. The custom of planting trees has been passed down to this day. The custom of planting trees in Tomb-Sweeping Day is said to have originated from the custom of crossing willows and inserting willows in Qingming Festival.

Step 2 fly a kite

Flying kites is the most popular activity in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Kite is an aircraft that sticks paper or silk with bamboo strips and other skeletons, pulls a long line on it, and drops it into the sky under the action of wind. It belongs to an aircraft that only uses aerodynamic force. During their stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day, people not only wore it during the day, but also at night.