Every April, there is a special day in China. It is the Qingming Festival, also called Tomb- sweeping Day. On that day, people (记念) their ancestors(祖先). The Qingming Festival is a (传统) Chinese festival. It has a long history. It began over 2,000 years ago. A famous poem.(由) Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu describes the day, " Rain falls heavily as Qingming comes, and passers- by(行人) with low spirits go."
Tomb- sweeping Day has been a public (假日) in China since 2008. On this day, (家), bring flowers and food to their ancestors' tombs. （在"之后) they put food like cakes and fruits in front of the tombs, they sweep the dirt off the tombs and remember their dead family members. Why do Chinese people do this? That's because people think that (拜访) , bombs is to show respect to (他们) dead family members.
(然而), Tomb- sweeping Day is not only about this. Families often (根案) together for hiking or flying kites at this time.
