Tomb Sweeping Day, which has a history of 2500 years, normally falls on the 5th of April. It is a time to pay respects to one's ancestors and to tidy their graves. In addition, the eating customs in on Tomb-Sweeping Day are colorful.

A Time to Feast on Qingtuan (“green cake”)

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In the lower reaches of the Yangtze River region, qingtuan (green cake) is very popular snack in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Qingtuan is a kind of green round cake. When doing it, people first mash barnyard grass the squeeze juice from it and mixes the flour and juice to a paste. Then people inject black bean filling into the paste and steam them. Qingtuan looks pretty, has a mellow taste and special flavor. It is very delicious. Moreover, qingtuan are used to sacrifice to their ancestors on Tomb-Sweeping Day. It has become an important custom to eat qingtuan.

A Time to Eat Eggs

In many parts of China, eating eggs in the Tomb-Sweeping Day is as important as eating moon cake at the Mid-Autumn Festival Chinese folk belief is that eating an egg in the Tomb-Sweeping Day will bring good health all the year. In China, this custom has lasted for thousands of years.

In many parts of China, eating eggs in the Tomb-Sweeping Day is as important as eating moon cake on Mid-Autumn Day. A Chinese folk belief is that eating an egg in the Tomb-Sweeping Day will bring good health all the year. In China, this custom has lasted for thousands of years. The origin of eating eggs can date back to “Shangsi Jie” (traditional Chinese festival). In ancient time, women who want to have babies after marriage often colored cooked eggs with different colors and put them into the river, and people living in the lower reaches of a river picked the egg up then ate them. It was said that the more eggs were eaten, the more chance the woman will get pregnant. Today, people believe that eating eggs in the Tomb-Sweeping Day will bring complete success.

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Translated by Jiang Yilingzi