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nsion to their ancestors. When they start to honour their ancestor, they will light up some candles and incense, put some flowers around the tombs. The most important thing is to put the homemade food in front of the tombs. The food, also known as sacrifices, is usually made up with a chicken, a fish and some pork. It’s a symbol of the offspring’s respect to the ancestors. People believe that the forbears will share the food with them. The children dedicate the food and money to their forbears in order to show their love and caring. The young offspring will go down on their knees and pray for their ancestors. They can say their wishes in front of the tombs and the ancestors will make their dreams e true. Today, my father and I went to visit the grave, and I went to the mountain with my father’s car. On the way, I looked out of the window. The scenery outside the window is beautiful, flowers and trees, green trees shade. ”It’s raining during the tombsweeping day.” We stepped on the muddy mountain road, and went to the mountain. At last, we arrived at the tomb of taigong, the greatgrandmother, and grandpa ordered a handful of incense, giving each of us three incense sticks, and we worshipped the tomb of the taichung. When we had finished, we began to give to taigong, who burned the money and the gold and silver in the underworld. When we had finished, we worshiped again and left. On each Qing ming Festival, all cemeteries are crowded with people who came to sweep tombs and offer sacrifices. Traffic on the way to the cemeteries bees extremely jammed. The customs have been greatly simplified today. After slightly sweeping the tombs, people offer food, flowers and favorites of the dead, then burn incense and paper money and bow before the memorial tablet. This is the most important day of sacrifice. Both the Ha