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"Tomb-Sweeping Day and Tongxiang have the custom of what to eat."

Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the traditional festivals in China, and it is also an important day for ancestor worship. In Tongxiang area, Tomb-Sweeping Day also has some special customs and dietary customs.

1. Grave-sweeping: Tomb-Sweeping Day is a day to worship ancestors, and people will go to their graves to worship, sweep graves and burn paper. Express one's thoughts for the deceased relatives.

2. Eat Qingming Cake: In Tomb-Sweeping Day, the traditional food in Tongxiang is Qingming Cake, a snack made of glutinous rice flour. It tastes soft and sweet, and it is an indispensable food for people in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

3. Mountain climbing: The weather in Tomb-Sweeping Day is getting warmer, and people will choose to go to suburbs, mountains and other places to play, climb mountains, have an outing and other activities, which not only exercise their bodies, but also feel the beauty of nature.

In a word, Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional ancestor worship day, and there are various dietary customs and customs in Tongxiang area, but Qingming cake is one of the indispensable foods for people.