Tomorrow is the Qingming Festival again, we Cixi people in the Qingming tomb sacrifice ancestors, there are also Bao Ai Qing wheat fruit, Ai Qing dumplings, this custom has been practiced since ancient times, in recent years, people's living standards have improved, plus Ai Qing wheat fruit, Ai Qing dumplings are difficult to find, almost almost gone.
In the past, in the Zhejiang area, girls who got married, before the first Qingming Festival, their mother's family would send Ai Qing wheat fruit, Ai Qing dumplings, (indicating early results), and daily necessities such as fans, called "Wangqing".
Before and after the Qingming Dynasty, a "green" was prominently displayed on the table of Zhejiang folk, such as leeks, malantou, cabbage, and moss, which symbolized the "green" of heaven and earth.
Among the Qingming sacrifices, Ai Qing Mai Guo, Ai Qing Dumplings, Ai Qing Tuan, etc., are necessary rituals.
In Zhejiang, people are accustomed to eating spring flowers and grass before and after the Qingming Festival, before the Qingming, cut the leaves of the young head grass to make dishes, tender and flavorful, it is said that it is good for protecting the eyes, in the folk there is a "bright eye grass head" said, after the Qingming, people no longer eat grass head.
Among the twenty-four solar terms in China's lunar calendar, the Qingming Festival is the only festival that is both agricultural and folklore.