每年的4月1日，我们都要回老家祭拜祖先。但其实清时祭祖也有讲究！
Every year on April 1, we go back to our hometown to worship our ancestors. But in fact, during the Qing Dynasty, ancestor worship also had its own customs!
购买祭品有讲究！香和烛是最基本的，注意香烛一定要是红色的哦。一个墓要两根香烛和三根香。然后就是纸钱了。在我们那里，纸钱是一个巴掌大的长方形黄纸，由很薄的一堆黄纸组成，中间有三条波浪线。
There are rules to consider when purchasing sacrificial offerings! Incense and candles are the most basic, please note that incense and candles must be red. A tomb requires two incense candles and three incense sticks. Then there's paper money. In our place, paper money is a palm sized rectangular yellow paper made up of a very thin pile of yellow paper with three wavy lines in the middle.[ www.zUOwEnBa.NeT ]
烧香摆放有讲究！首先我们要点燃烛和香，我们一定要遵守着烛前香后的顺序。
There are rules for placing incense burners! Firstly, we need to light candles and incense, and we must follow the order of burning candles and incense.
烧纸钱有讲究！在我的老家我们有一个过程叫“摸余”，意思是把一年余下的献给祖先，以求来年也有剩余。具体怎么做的话，就是把黄纸一张一张撕好，在对坟墓拜一拜，再说出心愿，就完成了。上一次清明节，我跟随着外婆和爸妈一起去扫墓，我撕好纸钱，对坟墓扔了一把：“请祖母保佑我考上好初中，保佑爸爸工作顺利”
There are rules to burning paper money! In my hometown, we have a process called 'touching surplus', which means offering the remaining balance of the year to our ancestors in order to have surplus for the following year. If you want to do it specifically, you just tear off the yellow paper one by one, bow to the grave, and then express your wish, and that's it. The last Qingming Festival, I went to sweep the grave with my grandmother and parents. I tore up the paper money and threw it at the grave, saying, "Please bless me with getting into a good junior high school and bless my father with a smooth job
点燃纸钱的火有讲究！然它的作用是活着的人对死者的敬意，三年孝期以结束时，人们会放鞭炮表示吉祥之意。记住，鞭炮一定是最后放，不然敬意变不敬了。
There are rules to lighting the fire of paper money! However, its function is to show respect to the deceased by the living. At the end of the three-year mourning period, people will set off firecrackers to express good luck. Remember, firecrackers must be set off last, otherwise respect will become disrespectful.
其实，扫墓不止是为了祈求保佑，还是诚心地祝福，天上逝去的亲人能过得好，更是人们对逝者无尽的怀念。
In fact, tomb sweeping is not just about praying for blessings, but also sincerely wishing for the well-being of loved ones who have passed away in heaven. It is also people's endless nostalgia for the deceased.