精品文档---下载后可任意编辑最新清明节扫墓奠祖英语作文范文Last Qingming Festival , I return home to worship my grandfather.Qingming Festival is a folk Festival.In the past,the Qingming Festival was called “Arbor Day”。 But Today, Chinese visit their family graves to tend to any underbrush that has grown. Weeds are pulled , and dirt swept away, and the family will set out offerings of food and spirit money. Unlike the sacrifices at a family s home altar, the offerings at the tomb usually consist of dry, bland food. One theory is that since any number of ghosts rome around a grave area, the less appealing food will be consumed by the ancestors , and not be plundered by strangers. With the passing of time, this celebration of life became a day to the honor past ancestors. Following folk religion , the Chinese believed that the spirits of deceased ancestors looked after the family. Sacrifices of food and spirit money could keep them happy , and the family would prosper through good harvests and more children. 1