Sweeping tombs to worship ancestors
Sweeping tombs during the Qingming Festival is called "respecting the times" for ancestors. Its custom has a long history. "On the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" of the Ming Dynasty records: "On Qingming Day in the third month, men and women sweep tombs, carrying bamboo poles, hanging ingots on the backs of sedans and horses, and the streets are full of charm. People worship, pray, cry, and weed and add soil to the tomb. , burn ingots, and put paper money on the grave. If there is no paper money in sight, the grave will be lonely. Cong sacrifices to Du Yu
In mythology, the ancestors of the Shu people are "Silkworm Cong" and "Yu Fu". Shu is related to "bracelet", which means wild silkworm. The three generations of Cancong, Bailiang and Yufu are hundreds of years old and are "deified and immortal". His main achievement was "teaching the people sericulture." There are many stories in this regard from "The Book of the King of Shu" to today's oral folk tales in western Sichuan.