clean up / tidy up the gravesite 整理墓地
e.g. We are all going to help tidy up the gravesite.
我們全部的人都會幫忙整理墓地。
sweep tombs 掃墓 e.g. I went tomb sweeping with my family yesterday.
我昨天和家人去掃墓。
pay one's respects at somebody’s gravesite 上墳
e.g. On Tomb Sweeping Day, a lot of Chinese people would visit their ancestors’ and family members’ graves to pay their respects.
清明節這天，許多中國人都會到祖先或家人的墳墓上墳。
burn joss paper 燒紙錢
e.g. Lots of people burn joss paper on Tomb Sweeping Day.
清明節許多人會焚燒紙錢。
burn incense sticks / burn joss sticks 燒香
e.g. He goes to the temple to burn joss sticks every 15th day of the month.
每月15號，他都會去廟裡燒香。
food offerings / sacrificial offerings 祭品
e.g. Food offerings were placed on an altar set up in the courtyard
各種食物放在院子中間的祭壇上。
kowtow 磕頭
e.g. At the gravesite, we pay our respects by bowing or kowtowing.
我們以鞠躬或磕頭的方式在先人墳前致敬。