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Qingming Festival
Qingming(Pure and Brightness) is one of the 24 solar terms in China. Because the 24 solar terms represent the climate changes in a year, peasants arrange their faming activities according to them.
Qingming Festival is a traditional festival and the most important sacrificing and Saomu (to commemorate a dead person at his grave) day to the ancestors in China.Han Nationality and some other ethnic nationalities saomu at that day.
According to the old customs, people should take wine, food, fruits and zhiqian (paper made to resemble money and burned as an offering to the dead) to the graves. The food, fruits and wine should be placed before the grave and zhiqian should be burned at the grave. People add some fresh soil to the grave and put some tender tree branches on it. Then the food can be eaten before people go back.
Qingming Festival is usually in the period of 4th to 6th of lunar calendar. It is a good time for traveling in the open air because plants turn green at this period. So ancient Chinese liked going around and doing some sports outside.
Even in nowadays, Qingming Festival is popular.
