During the Qingming (Tomb-sweeping Day) Festival, a series of activities were held in the “Jumping over the Dragon Gate” Folk Art Museum, Tianjin University to introduce people to the customs and culture of the Tomb-sweeping Day and the Cold Food Day (Hanshi Festival). 

 “Cultural experience is part of cultural learning”, said Feng Jicai, a famous writer and Dean of the TJU Feng Jicai Institute of Literature and Art. Therefore, the “Jumping over the Dragon Gate” Folk Art Museum held several special cultural activities where the general public especially college students could experience the traditional culture. These activities not only brought much fun and left an impression on them but also enhanced their understanding of traditional festivals.  

During the event, students from the China Socialism Research Association (CSRA) of the College of Management and Economics dressed in Han costumes and they explained the customs of the Cold Food Day and the Tomb-sweeping Day to the audience. Zhang Guiying, Wang Sheng, and Wang Meiping, Shanxi province masters of dough figurines as well as inheritors of the intangible cultural heritage, brought exquisite and various styles of traditional dough figurines “Zitui Swallows”, and demonstrated how to make them. As well, there were some other interesting activities. The Tomb-sweeping Day traditional sport, a fancy shuttlecock kicking performance, won applause. The prize-giving poems quiz made a great deal of poetic and cultural additions to the campus. All these activities were accessible to the public. Therefore, many citizens who came to the Weijin Road campus for a spring outing actively participated in the colorful activities.