The Qingming Festival in Henan is very grand. Our ancestral tombs are distributed on the beautiful Qingyuan. During the Qingming Festival, the mountains are filled with people who go up to sweep graves, and the mountains are bustling with activity. Adults prepared many cakes, Dim sum, fruit drinks, and carried them with shoulder poles in bags. Some children followed with hoes and others with shovels, and the whole family went to the mountain to sweep the tomb together. The tomb sweeping activity is really interesting. Every time we find an ancestral tomb, we divide our work into two parts, some weeding and some adding soil. In no time, we tidy up the overgrown grave head a lot, and then we also insert the colorful tomb money into the new soil at the head of the tomb, and use a brush dipped in red paint to completely rewrite the calligraphy on the tombstone. As a result, the ancestral tomb that has not been repaired for a long time suddenly looks new.



　　Adults take out offerings and place them in front of graves, light incense candles, and burn a lot of paper money. These offerings are for ancestors to eat, and paper money is for ancestors to use, indicating filial piety for our descendants. Finally, everyone should take turns kowtowing and worshipping according to their seniority, from big to small. Some even recite words, but look, my cousin says, \\"Ancestors bless me, let me score an extra five points in the college entrance examination!\\" How ridiculous. There is something even more interesting. On the left column of my grandfather\\\'s tombstone, there is a line of text that has not been drawn before. Without hesitation, I picked up a pen and drew it. In a panic, my father exclaimed, \\"Don\\\'t move!\\" It turned out that this line of text was reserved for writing after my grandmother passed away. I almost caused trouble and quickly kowtowed four times in front of my grandfather\\\'s grave. The adults laughed happily.



　　After sweeping the tomb, we were all exhausted and limped down the mountain. However, this day was truly meaningful. Qingming Festival has added some respect to our ancestors and also strengthened the family bond between my cousin and me.\\n

　　Due to the shortage of people and vehicles, the original plan was to drive up the mountain, but later the plan had to be changed to walk. The long road is long, and the mountain road is rugged. However, we are not afraid, and we also talk and laugh, our laughter echoing in the air. We were running and frolicking on the rugged and narrow path Laughter lingered in the air for a long time After a long journey of over an hour, we finally arrived at our destination. We uprooted wild grass, swept away dead branches and leaves, and after a while, the tombstone was already a pure land.



　　We straightened our waist and looked around, only to find a grove of walnuts not far ahead. My father and uncle volunteered to pick them, but I was afraid of using pesticides, so I repeatedly organized them in vain. In the end, they picked a bag full of walnuts, washed them with water, and happily ate them. After receiving higher education from school leaders, all the children did not eat them. Then we went to another destination to sweep graves. On the way, the adults picked a lot of walnuts. Hi, the adults are really greedy.



　　Finally, I caught a small bug and chatted with it for a while before releasing it. Its home is this mountain, it belongs to this mountain, this tree, this water, this day, this beautiful nature I don\\\'t have the right to capture him, nor can I bear to make him suffer, lose his freedom, nor do I have the right to torture him



　　Qingming Festival is a joyful and relaxing holiday.\\n

　　On Qingming Festival, I am going to sweep the graves of my great grandfather and great great grandfather. We arrived at the grave in groups of three or five, and everyone started working busily. Some were pulling grass, some were sweeping the floor, and some were chatting. After finishing these tasks, several elderly people next to us took out lighters, took out paper money, and burned them in front of the grave. The paper money burned more and more, and the fire became more and more lively. There were also thick smoke coming out of the fire, emitting a foul smell. The entire cemetery was filled with smoke and miasma. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew by and a burning piece of paper money floated up. I was wondering if it might cause a forest fire! I am worried about the trees on the mountain, they are on the brink of death. What should I do? When I was in a hurry, someone came forward with a broom to stop the \\"fire core\\", and my heart calmed down. After that, I asked my mother, \\"Why do they burn paper money? How dangerous is it?\\" My mother said, \\"Well, they don\\\'t understand science yet. You can even submit articles because you think this is a way to care for deceased loved ones and also to bring good luck to yourself and your family. In fact, this is wrong. As long as we have memories of our deceased loved ones in our hearts, it is enough.\\" At this moment, I suddenly realized.



　　After this tomb sweeping, I understand the benefits of Qingming Festival. I hope everyone can use science and environmental protection to sweep graves and make our world more beautiful!\\n

　　Entering the kitchen, I lifted my sleeves and asked for help. Grandma smiled so much that the wrinkles on her face looked like a flower: \\"Little ancestor, you have to look carefully first!\\" \\"Hmm.\\". I saw my grandmother first blanch a green wild vegetable called \\"mugwort\\" in a hot water pot, then take it out and crush it in a blender, making it a paste. Then pour it onto the snow-white dough and rub it continuously. Soon, the dough turned pale blue. \\"Oh, I know why the Youth League is blue,\\" I clapped my hands and shouted excitedly.



　　I started to make green dough. My grandmother gave me a green dough and asked me to shape it into a bowl like shape according to her appearance. Then, I put in various fillings and slowly knead and close them. However, I couldn\\\'t help but ask for help from my grandmother. With her skillful hands, I pinched and rubbed, and the unfinished building project I left behind was successfully completed. One by one, the youth balls were like big green gemstones that caught people\\\'s attention. I picked up one and pretended to give it to my mouth with a \\"ahem\\". The grandmother beside me was also amused by me. I watched eagerly as they were all put into the steamer, wishing they were cooked immediately. How could they leave half a step? I keep looking at the clock, why isn\\\'t it familiar yet? \\" The Youth League finally came out of the cage. Grandma first served a box, and I immediately reached out my hand, but it was blocked. Mom said beside her, \\"We will use it to sweep graves and pay respects to our ancestors later. Many regions in China have the custom of eating Qingtuan during the Qingming Festival, dating back more than two thousand years to the Zhou Dynasty.\\" It turns out that there is so much knowledge about eating Qingtuan!\\n

　　On Qingming Festival, we will go to sweep graves, while my grandparents will bring some food there. When we arrived at the tomb, we would set up the dishes, light candles, and then stand in a semicircle around the tombstone. Then, no one could speak, and the whole room remained silent, silently recalling the events of the old man\\\'s life. On this rainy Qingming Festival, people\\\'s tears may not be less than the rain.



　　During the Qingming Festival, people not only reminisce about the past of their loved ones, but also think about the origin of the festival.



　　The origin of Qingming Festival is said to have originated from the ritual of \\"tomb sacrifice\\" by ancient emperors, and later it was also imitated by the people. Along with ancestor worship and tomb sweeping on this day, it has become a fixed custom of the Chinese nation throughout history.



　　The Qingming Festival also has a name, which is the Spring Outing Festival, which marks the turn of mid spring and late spring. It is one of the four traditional festivals in China, the day of ancestor worship and tomb sweeping, and also one of the most important festival ceremonies. The traditional Qingming Festival in Chinese culture has a history of over 2500 years since today.



　　On Qingming Festival, every family goes to sweep graves. Many elderly people in rural areas, such as my grandparents, will keep the old customs and want to bring some food to the grave for their loved ones to enjoy. They will also light candles, and everyone will silently watch and recall the old man\\\'s past. In the end, we can only silently pack up our things and then leave silently.



　　On Qingming Festival, people silently come to the graves of their loved ones, and after a while, they can only silently leave.\\n

　　That day, I couldn\\\'t help but think of the ancient poem. During Qingming Festival, it rained heavily, and pedestrians on the road wanted to leave their souls. When asked where the bar was, the shepherd boy pointed far to Xinghua Village. In the past, it used to rain frequently during Qingming Festival, but this year the weather was very hot, with the sun hanging high in the sky like a fireball. It\\\'s too hot, sometimes I feel like the sun is spewing fire!



　　We also went to worship today, and now we advocate quitting smoking, so we don\\\'t bring so many things like before. After our sacrifice, we wrote a \\"Letter of Heaven\\". The deceased Grandmother, Grandfather, and Grandpa pray to bless us. And we visited cotton before leaving. There are sparks sprayed by the machine in the middle. What\\\'s the use of this? Originally, it was to pay tribute to revolutionary martyrs. Without them, there would not be today\\\'s peaceful and peaceful society!



　　When worshipping ancestors, be careful not to carry too many flammable substances such as batteries, wood, paper, incense, etc. Otherwise, not worshiping ancestors can actually cause fires. Therefore, Xu Dada News on TV reported, \\"In order to protect the environment, please make efforts not to burn paper for worship.\\" Volunteers also encourage people to exchange flowers for paper money, paper houses, and other combustible materials used for worship. This is to avoid causing a fire. Many people have followed the rules, but some still burn paper and incense. Although there was less smoke than before, gray smoke still occasionally emitted. Burning paper is a tribute to ancestors, but in order to improve the air, for people\\\'s safety, and for the health of the body, burning paper should be avoided as much as possible.



　　We pay tribute to Grandmother, Grandfather, Grandfather, the deceased Grandmother, Grandfather, and Grandfather. I hope they can bless the happiness of our family.\\n

　　\\"Son, let\\\'s go.\\" As our parents shouted, we got on the car and rushed to our hometown. In the car, I caught a glimpse of many people sweeping graves on the mountain beside the highway. I couldn\\\'t help but ponder: Is Qingming really so important to people? But upon closer inspection, I found that people are not really sweeping graves, but comparing themselves. Look, the people over there are burning high-quality incense and precious ghost paper, using high-quality brooms; The people here burn higher grade incense and paper, and use more beautiful brooms. Is this still a true tomb sweeping? I look at these people with some sadness. The thousand year old culture has just dissipated, while modern comparison has rapidly risen. If that\\\'s the case, why bother sweeping any tombs or sacrificing any ancestors?



　　In my hometown, I followed my parents to the ancestral tomb and began a series of ancestor worship activities. While burning incense, I caught a glimpse of several households sweeping graves. Unlike what I saw in the car, they were using simple tools and sincere hearts to sweep graves. I am also somewhat relieved, after all, the thousand year tradition has not completely dissipated, and there are still some remnants left in the folk.



　　Sweep the tomb, offer sacrifices to our ancestors, and we will take a car back. On the way, I specifically looked at the tomb sweepers, who were blaming and cursing each other, and I couldn\\\'t help but feel a bit amused.



　　Qingming, a holiday, is also a fading holiday. We only hope that people can let go of the mentality of comparison and truly sweep graves and worship ancestors, so that the millennium old national culture can return to the common people.



　　It\\\'s raining, perhaps the heavens are also feeling sad for people\\\'s behavior.\\n

　　This reminds me of the poem \\"Qingming\\" written by the Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu, which vividly portrays the characters and scenery of Qingming Festival. \\"During Qingming Festival, rain falls heavily, and pedestrians on the road feel heartbroken. By asking where the tavern is, the shepherd boy points to the Apricot Blossom Village.\\".



　　We went back to our hometown to burn paper in the mountains. The sky was overcast and it was drizzling. The weather was very cool. The grass is very quiet on the grassland, and when a gust of wind blows, the wild grass floats with the wind, just like Chinese paintings rendered only in green. We knelt on the ground, lit pre prepared paper money with a lighter, and piles of paper money disappeared into the ashes. The rain slowly stopped, and the wet grassland appeared very quiet. Our hearts are filled with sadness, and Grandpa still says something in his hometown dialect to the ashes



　　Turning back and forth on the mountain, we went to five or six graves. Grandpa said to me one by one, \\"This is your great grandfather\\\'s grave, this is your great grandmother\\\'s grave...\\" We followed Grandpa\\\'s instructions to burn paper for the graves.



　　Many people in the distance are going to the grave to burn paper, which is a kind of respect for the deceased and also reflects the younger generation\\\'s nostalgia for their elders. It is a custom for us to go to the grave every Qingming Festival. Therefore, every time it is Qingming Festival, people will burn paper to express our longing for the deceased elders.\\n

　　After gathering at school in the morning, the teacher assigned us small white flowers. After dividing the flowers, we set off with heavy steps and a heavy heart, coming to the Martyrs Cemetery to mourn the revolutionary martyrs who bravely sacrificed themselves for the liberation of the Chinese nation and the happiness of the people.



　　Today, there are a lot of people coming to the Martyrs Cemetery to sweep graves, not only our school, but also many citizens who come to commemorate the revolutionary martyrs. We first visited the Memorial Hall of Revolutionary Heroes, which contained many things, from precious revolutionary relics to touching historical pictures, and then to heart shaking revolutionary stories, all of which made us once again experience the arduous struggle of the revolutionary martyrs. After visiting the Revolutionary Heroes Memorial Hall, the teacher led everyone to the front of the Revolutionary Heroes Memorial, which was a very high monument. Everyone line up and bow and lay flowers in order in front of the monument, expressing their condolences to the revolutionary heroes!



　　Students swear in front of the Hero Memorial that they will study hard, serve their country in the future, and be useful to society. In the era of war and bloody hardships, countless revolutionary martyrs sacrificed their lives and shed their blood for the creation of New China and the liberation of the entire Chinese people. With their noble righteousness and lofty ideals, they wrote an exciting and immortal chapter and sculpted a magnificent monument. The heroic deeds of the martyrs will be passed down from generation to generation by the descendants of the Yellow Emperor and the children of China, and the revolutionary martyrs will always live in our hearts.



　　If they hadn\\\'t made such a great sacrifice at that time, there wouldn\\\'t have been our happy life now!\\n

　　Looking up the mountain, there are tombstones towering in the lush forest. The old lady\\\'s graveyard (Grandpa\\\'s mother) is on the mountaintop, with so many steps that I was panting. Looking back at my grandmother, she remained silent and serious, indicating that she was working very hard. At the old lady\\\'s grave, Dad bent down and wiped the front and back of the tombstone with a towel. He also carefully cleaned the surroundings of the cemetery, and after cleaning it, he took out a towel to slowly wipe the photos of the old lady on the tombstone. I saw my grandmother\\\'s eye circles turn red, tears flickering in her eyes, and my dad and mom\\\'s eye circles are also red. I suddenly understood why my grandfather was so verbose and why my dad was serious about sweeping graves. Although I have never seen the old lady, I seem to see the kind smile on her face when she was alive from the adult\\\'s face. Grandma placed flowers and offerings in front of the tomb, and hung Qingming pendants on the pine trees on both sides, asking us to kowtow to the old lady one by one. I also learned from adults and kowtowed seriously. Finally, Grandma kowtowed to the old lady, muttering something to herself, as if talking about something or saying goodbye. After we finished, we walked down the mountain. The adults were mourning their loved ones, and the heavy atmosphere weighed heavily on me, making it difficult for me to catch my breath. The sound of firecrackers was even more deafening. The sky was covered in paper dust, and the smoke of firecrackers mixed with the pungent smell of burning paper money made me cough repeatedly.



　　I suddenly thought: Sweeping graves and paying respects to ancestors during the Qingming Festival is a good thing, but paying respects to ancestors also requires cherishing the environment! Shooting and burning paper money are to express condolences and commemorate our ancestors. Without our ancestors, we would not be where we are today. Protecting the environment is to protect the next generation! Should we offer civilized sacrifices.\\n\\r\\n \\r\\n