2016翻译课程.pptVIP

* * * * Tomb-sweeping Festival The major custom in Qingming Festival is tomb sweeping. According to the folk, the spirits of deceased ancestors still live under the ground and look after the family; the tombs are said to be their houses, thus it is very important to keep the tombs clean. The Qingming Festival is spent by honoring the dead, which is one of many ways good Confucians demonstrate filial piety. On this day, people visit their family graves to remove any wild grass that has grown. They would uproot weeds near the gravesites, wipe the tombstones and decorate the tombstones with fre