On the morning of the Qingming Festival, An Ning rose bright and early, and so did the rest of the An family.
Everyone dressed in dark colors and started up the mountain before dawn.
On this day, Shili Gou was different.
Shili Gou had once been a large clan village, which meant everyone shared the same ancestors.
Thus, the Qingming Festival was an annual day for honoring their ancestors.
It hadn't been permitted in the past, and there was nothing anyone could do; survival, after all, was more important.
But now that it was allowed again, the tradition ingrained in their very bones could not be suppressed.
The ancestors had to be honored, and more importantly, revered.
Before dawn, anyone with the surname An, male or female, over the age of seven, was required to ascend the mountain.
This was a rule handed down from their ancestors.
