Now, green balls are made of wheat straw, wormwood juice, other green vegetable juice and glutinous rice flour, and then stuffed with bean paste.
Qingming origin:
In its historical development, Tomb-Sweeping Day has incorporated the custom of forbidding fire and cold food in the Cold Food Festival. It is said that the origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day originated from the "grave-sweeping" ceremony of ancient emperors and generals. Later, people followed suit, and it became a fixed custom of the Chinese nation to worship ancestors and sweep graves on this day.
Through historical development, Tomb-Sweeping Day in the Tang and Song Dynasties integrated the customs of Cold Food Festival and Shangjie Festival, and integrated various folk customs, which had extremely rich cultural connotations.