Sweet Green Rice Ball 青团
The sweet green rice ball is a Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day) food popular in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces. It is also a must-have offering at ancestral rituals in the south of the Yangtze River.
Like glutinous rice dumpling, Qingtuan is made from glutinous rice and stuffed with red bean paste. The difference is that squeezed wormwood or brome grass is used in the making of wrapper.
用英语讲是这样:Qing Ming Festival, also called Tomb-Sweeping Day or Pure Brightness Day). It's a combination of sadness and happiness.
The tomb sweeping day is one of the traditional festivals in China.On April 5th,people start to visit their ancestors'tombs.
Generally speaking,people will bring the hone ,make food,some fake money and paper,make mansions to their ancestors.When they start to honour their ancestor,they will light up some candles and incese,put some flowers around the tombs.
Today is Tomb sweeping day