清明時節雨紛紛，路上行人欲斷魂；
借問酒家何處有，牧童遙指杏花村。
又到清明節了，兩天前媽媽就在吩咐大哥要買花、買金紙，要阿姨上菜市場買三牲還有要做發糕，就像以往一樣，我以為。早上起床已經有點晚了，還是先去工廠轉一圈把該做的事做好，同事還在加班呢！媽媽把東西都準備好放在紙箱裡只等大哥回來，9點半大哥總算回來了，其他人還沒到，又是等過一個又一個每年都這樣，不過還好的是墓園不遠晚一點無所謂。十點了總算人都到齊了，要出發了媽媽說她看家就劉在家中，一部車坐不下還是開了兩台車去，半路上還接了咪咪，一臉沒睡夠的樣子，車開到墓園路旁有服務站可以拿到免費的手套，濕紙巾及杯水。
到了墓地還好雜草不很多一下子就清好了，把祭品排出來才發現跟本沒水果，我想媽都準備好了那知道她也忘了，焚香祭拜後大家在閒話家常一會兒，要燒金紙才想到跟本忘了擲筊了，還好擲兩次就有了，燒完金紙要放完炮要收祭品時才發現蛋忘了剝，剝了蛋蛋殼留在墓頂，有人叫"酒呢"？酒也是被忘了，今天真的狀況百出丟三落四的，還好心意到了墓園也清乾淨了，明年再來。
Tomb-Sweeping Day, or Qing Ming jen, literally Pure Brightness Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival on the 106th day after the winter solstice, occurring on April 4 (leap years) or April 5 (other years) of the Gregorian calendar. It marks the middle of spring and above all, a sacred day of the dead. It is not an official public holiday in the mainland China but it is in the Republic of China.Qingming Festival was created by Duke Wen of Jin during the Spring and Autumn period when he accidentally killed his personal friend and advisor Gai Ji (介子) and his mother in a fireblaze in the hope of making him return to Duke Wen.In ancient times, people celebrated Qing Ming Jie with dancing, singing, picnics, and kite flying. Colored boiled eggs would be broken to symbolize the opening of life. With the passing of time, this celebration of life became a day to the honor past ancestors. It has become the main activity of Tomb-Sweeping Day for the whole family, young and old, to go to the graveside of deceased family members to burn incense and perform a ritual offering, while at the same time clearing away plant overgrowth from the gravesite.
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