Although it is the basic content of Tomb-Sweeping Day to pay homage to ancestors and go for an outing in spring, there are different customs in Shili, and Tomb-Sweeping Day of all ethnic groups also has its own characteristics:
Zhuang people attach great importance to sweeping graves. At that time, the whole family will go out and bring colorful plates, meat, incense and paper banners to the ancestral graves to pay homage.
Tujia people will go to the grave to hang green on this day in Tomb-Sweeping Day and eat pig's head meat at home. There is a saying that "Qingming is drunk and the pig's skull stinks";
Some places in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture still retain ancient styles. Tomb-Sweeping Day, collecting mugwort leaves from the mountain, washing and chopping them, mixing them with glutinous rice, bacon, garlic sprouts, spiced spices and salt and steaming them, which is called "Qingming Ba";
Daur people will sacrifice to the dead at different times of the year, and Tomb-Sweeping Day's sacrifice is the most important one. After breakfast, every household will burn paper to worship their ancestors.
The Oroqen people used to have the custom of wind burial. Tomb-Sweeping Day, give up the shaman. This is different from other nationalities. They pulled out all the weeds around them and cleaned up all the dead wood, not only cleaning up their own graves, but also cleaning up the surrounding environment, making the forest grow more lush and welcome the arrival of spring.