Source: CCTV.com

04-05-2009 08:51

Despite the overall solemnity of the occasion, it's also a day with a rich culinary tradition. In Taiwan Island, spring rolls have been a staple during the festival for over four hundred years.

In Taiwan Island, spring rolls have been a staple during the festival for over four hundred years.

Minced seaweed, shredded meat, finely chopped carrots and bean sprouts... all wrapped up in a thin pastry and dipped in a curry gravy. These are the spring rolls loved so much by locals that many of them gulp down two rolls or more in one go.

The pastry is hand made, giving it a chewy texture.

This shop in Lugang Harbor sells more than 20 thousand spring rolls every day. The three staff members are making the pastry treats in fifty ovens. It's a family affair, with the fifth generation currently operating the business.

Apart from keenly observing this culinary tradition, people in Taiwan have always held the Qingming Festival in high esteem.

Apart from keenly observing this culinary tradition, people in Taiwan have always held the Qingming Festival in high esteem. Those who can't tend their family graves during the festival find someone else to do the job for them. People offering these services can be found on the Internet. Miss Ye is one such fill-in. She will tend graves at several cemeteries during Qingming.

And people who see their pets as family members leave food to mourn their departed animal friends.

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Editor:Zhao Yanchen