清明在中国岁时体系中有着独特的地位,境内民族大多有清明或类似清明的祭祖日,对祖先的追悼与祭祀是传统社会民众生活的重要内容。时至今日,祭祖仍为民俗生活中的大事。每年清明时节,不仅亲人要上坟祭扫,大批旅居海外的华人同胞同样纷纷赶回祖籍,祭奠祖灵。 Ching Ming has a unique position in China’s system of age. The nationalities in China mostly have Qingming or Qingming-like sacrificial ancestors’ days. The memorial service and sacrifice to ancestors are the important contents of the traditional social life. Today, ancestral worship is still a major event in folk life. During the Ching Ming Festival every year, not only relatives want to go to grave sweeps, but a large number of Chinese compatriots living abroad have similarly returned to their ancestral home and paid homage to their ancestors.