Tomb-sweepingDayisatraditionalChinesefestivalthatpeopleattachmuchsignificancetoit.Itisatimeforrememberinglovedoneswhohavedeparted.Peoplevisittheirancestors'gravestosweepawaythedirt.Nowadays,thewayspeoplepaytheirrespectbecomegreenandenvironmental.
Comparedwithtraditionaltomb-sweepingcustoms,offeringflowers,presentingcondolencecardsandonlinememorialsaremorepopularamongyounggenerations.Lightingfirecrackersandburningjosspaperdamagestheenvironmentandcanalsocausefireseasily.Flowersaremuchbetter.Somepeopledon'thavethetimetoreallygotothetombsite.Butstill,theyneedtoexpresstheirfeelings.Sotheonlinecemeteryisaconvenientwayforthem.Itisagoodwaytoavoidthecrowds,andmostpeoplebelievetruefeelingsofloveandrespecttowardlatefamilymembersaremoreimportantthanhowyoucommemoratethem.However,theeldergenerationstillthinksthatgoingtothesiteinpersonandcleaningthetombbyhandisthebestwaytoshowyourrespectandlovetotheancestors.Inthiscase,othergreentombsweepingtraditionsareeasiertoaccept.Plantingatreeinsteadofbuildingatombisanotherofferingthatisbeingacceptedbyagrowingnumberofpeople.Itsaveslandandatthesametimeimprovestheenvironment.Thegovernmentalsoencouragesustopracticeagreentombsweepingway.
Thereisnorestrictionforpeopletoexpressthegrief.Whattheancestorswishisthatwecanenrichourlife.Whydoweburnsomuchandcausesoheavysmoke?Thereisnoharmintryingsweepingtombsinalow-carbonandgreenway.
