The Qingming festival is a day of reverence for the Chinese people. This year the Qingming festival occurs on April 5, 2023. People hold ceremonies for their ancestors and sweep their tombs on that day. The whole family stands at the front of the ancestors tombstone and performs a mourning ceremony. Someone will put chrysanthemums on the tombstone and others will be burn joss paper. Qing tuan is a kind if sweet green rice ball, some people will eat, before and after Qingming. This indicates spring is coming already.