SinceIcanremember,everyyearonthedayofTombSweepingDay,myfathertakesmebacktomyhometowntovisitmygrandfather'sgrave.Thisyearisnoexception.
Earlyinthemorning,therewerealotoftrafficonthesuburbanroads.Iguesstheyallwenttoworshiptheirrelatives.Unknowingly,theydroveintothecountryroadandrodeontheasphaltroadinthecountry.Throughthewindow,theruralairwassofresh.Thewheatseedlingsinthefieldfluctuatedupanddownbythespringwind,likethewavesofthesea.Theorchardsonthesideoftheroadwerefullofwhitepearflowersandpinkpeachflowers,whichwasabeautifulpicture,It'saparadise.
WesoonarrivedatGrandpa'stomb.IfirstsweptthetombstoneforGrandpa,burnedpapermoney,pouredaglassofwineandsetofffirecrackersbeforeleaving.Isaidtograndpainmyheart,"Grandpa,I'llcometoseeyounextyear'sTombSweepingDay."
TodayistheQingmingFestival.LetmeintroducetoyouhowmyhometowncelebratedtheQingmingFestival!
MyhometownisinJiangxi.ThefirstthingtododuringtheQingmingFestivalthereistowrapglutinousriceballs.Peoplemixgreenlettuceleaveswithglutinousrice,andthenaddoilandsalttomakeariceball.Aftersteaming,youcaneatit.Ittastesdeliciousandsmooth.
ThemostimportantthingduringtheQingmingFestivalistooffersacrificestoancestors.Bringfire,firecrackers,incenseandpapermoneywhenofferingsacrificestoancestors.Whenpeoplecametothemountain,theyfirstsetofffirecrackers,thenkneltdowntotheirancestorsthreetimes,andthendrewacircleonthegroundtopreventotherghostsfromstealingmoney.Afterburningpapermoney,weshouldcleanthegravesofourancestorsandremoveweeds.Thisistombsweeping.
Thereisapoemthatsays"itrainsinsuccessionduringtheQingmingFestival,andpedestriansontheroadwanttobreaktheirsouls".ItrainsalmosteveryyearonQingmingFestival.Thisrainmayhavefallenforourancestors.
April4thistheTomb-sweepingDayinChina,whichisoneofthemostimportanttraditionalfestivals.Theyoungpeoplewillcomebackhomeandsweeptombwiththeirfamilies.
ThemeaningofTomb-sweepingDayistohonortheancestorsandithasmorethan2500years'history.Chinesepeoplepayspecialattentiontoremembertheirancestors,sonomatterhowfartheyare,theyalwaysknowwheretheyarefrom.
Whentheyareold,theywillreturntotheplacewheretheyarefrom.Itisagoodtradition.Thesenseofbelongingmakespeoplefeelsafe.What'smore,therelationshipbetweenrelativesmakesthewholefamilybecomeh2er,becausepeopleareunitedbythesameancestors.Thus,theytreateachotherasfamiliesandgivesupportallthetime.Whatagreattraditionitis.
TodayisSaturday.Itisalsoaspecialsacredholiday--QingmingFestival.
DuringtheQingMingFestival，wewentbacktothetombsweeping.Today，Icametomyancestors'grave，readytosweepthegraveforthem.Iremovedthegrassfromtheirgravewithahoe.
Weedingisseeminglysimple，butitisverytiring.Ifyoudon'thelptheadults，youmayhavetorestforawhile，butIcan'tgetridofitevenifIdon'thelpyoutwodays.
Apieceoflightinfrontofthegrave，feelingverymonotonous，lonely.Soafterseconddaysofsupper，Irantothemountainanddugseveralfruittreesandplantedtheminfrontofthegrave.
QingmingFestivalisanimportantfestival.Let'srememberthissacredandspecialholiday.Rememberthatonthisday，wemusthelpourancestorstogotothegrave.
Onemorething，inthisfestival，Ibelievethatyouhaveamissingperson!Imissmygrandmothermostismygrandmother，mygrandmotherleftmeforeverwhenIwasveryyoung，howIhopeshecanebacktomeagain，thisisthepersonImissmost，whoyoumissmostintheQingmingFestival.
"QingmingFestivalraininsuccession"thissentencewasconfirmedbythewonderfulnature,yesterday,therainofpatterofpatter,myheartisasheavyasastone,becauseIwanttogivemymasterandoldmilkthetomb,before,IdonotunderstandthetruemeaningoftheQingmingFestival,untilafterthetomb,IknowthetruemeaningoftheTombSweepingDay!
Atseveno'clockinthemorning,wearegoingtosweepthegravefortheoldmanandtheoldmilk.It'sanewthingformetogotothegrave.Wesetoutwithtools.
Ican'twaittowalkonthewindingmountainroadforaboutanhour.Wecametothetomboftheoldmanandtheoldmilk.Afterayear,thegraveswerefullofbarrengrass.Afterthedivisionoflabor,webegantobebusy.Afterall,webegantoburnthepapermoney.Withthecurlofsmoke,Iseemedtolookatthesmoke.IseemedtolookasifIwouldseethesmokecurlingup.Totheirshadow,theytoldme,"studyhardandcherishlife.
Yes,aman'slifeisshortandhappytoliveeveryday.Tosurpassself,transcendoneself,dreamwillcometrue;transcendself,dreamintopower;transcendself,createabeautifullife!Ithinklifesurpassesselfandtranscendsdreams!Onthemountain,thehouseofthecityisfullofeyes,themountainsarefullandthemountainsarefull.Therapeflowerofgoldengoldenlightisdeeplybreathed,thefaintfragranceandfreshair,andthoseflowersinterpretthemeaningoflifewiththeforcethatcannotberesisted.