Common practices during Qingming

     In traditional Chinese belief, death does not mean a person stops existing. Rather, it means that he or she goes to live in another world. 1155815.com

    And paying respects to the ancestors' tombs is considered a rare, solemn occasion when people of two worlds can meet and communicate.

    Therefore, a series of practices have been devised since ancient times for the grave visitors. 1155815.cn

    As the first step for honouring the dead, the visitors will do some clean-ups, uprooting the weeds, clearing up the dry leaves from nearby trees on the tombs of their ancestors, wiping the tombstones, and decorating the tombstone with fresh flowers. www.1155815.cn

    And then, they will add some soil to the tombs, and plant some new trees beside the gravesites. 

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