Author | Qian Xiaozhu
ID | new money (iShuoqian)
As the saying goes, a year’s plan lies in spring. Some friends want to make some extra money during the Tomb-Sweeping Day holiday and ask if there is any way. Here’s a brief introduction to Tomb-Sweeping Day’s money-making routine.
Stall
The biggest thing in Tomb-Sweeping Day should be to go home to worship ancestors, so setting up a stall outside the cemetery is the easiest way to make money. Memorial supplies include a wide range of flowers, snacks, paper men, paper horses, incense, firecrackers and so on.
The flowers used for memorial service are generally Huang Ju and Chrysanthemum morifolium. The wholesale price is 1-3 cents, but outside the cemetery, a Huang Ju can be sold for 5 yuan, and a white chrysanthemum can also be sold for 3 yuan. The price of a bunch of chrysanthemums is between 30 yuan and 80 yuan. Although you only earn 3-2 million yuan, if someone buys a wreath, you can earn several hundred yuan. During the Qingming period, you can sell about 300 chrysanthemums every day on average.
Burning paper in the cemetery is also a hot money-making business. Nowadays, burning paper is not limited to paper money, gold ingots and so on. Double-decker "villas", extended "cars", various mobile phones, air conditioners, color TVs and washing machines have long appeared. Even bank cards, driver’s licenses and passports are readily available. However, compared with these so-called fashion offerings, the best sellers are still incense wax and paper money.
Remembrance food is also a high-end consumer product for grave-sweeping. Many snacks for memorial service are sold at a wholesale price of only 2-3 yuan and 5-10 yuan outside the cemetery.
In addition to traditional sacrificial supplies, stalls outside the cemetery can also sell some customary supplies. Many people know that during the Qingming Festival, in addition to burning paper, it is also necessary to cultivate the graves of ancestors. Repairing houses for ancestors. However, one of the stresses is that the soil cultivated in the cemetery cannot be taken from the cemetery, which is disrespectful to the ancestors. And some cemeteries are located in forest areas, and forest areas can’t borrow soil. Therefore, selling soil is also one of the businesses of setting up stalls in the cemetery. Loess is pulled outside the cemetery and packed in bags at a price of 60 kg per bag in 40 yuan. Apart from loess, turf is also one of the best-selling products. Generally, a grave covered with turf needs 150 yuan. If you only buy 1-2 pieces of turf, you can earn about 10 yuan.
The cost of setting up a stall is the lowest. It costs more than 10 yuan to go to the grocery store, buy a tarpaulin, and find a wholesale market for 500-1000 yuan goods to open. The advantage is that there is no store rent, water and electricity and management fees. The disadvantage is that it is easy to be copied and fined by urban management. During the period of Tomb-Sweeping Day, the daily running water was at least above 1000 yuan, and the net profit was 400-500 yuan.
service
Most people in Tomb-Sweeping Day need someone to sweep the graves, but if they don’t have time, they have to hire others to do it for them, which leads to Qingming’s unique service business.
It is the first popular to sweep graves on behalf of others. The business of sweeping graves on behalf of others includes: placing flowers, offering sacrifices such as fruits, cakes and drinks, and playing funeral music, and recording the whole process into CDs and sending them back to customers. The price of this service is around 100 yuan, and it is convenient and quick to take orders online. You can earn more than 400 yuan by taking 4-5 orders at the same time during the Qingming peak period, and you can earn up to 2000-3000 yuan during the whole holiday.
Besides sweeping, crying is also Tomb-Sweeping Day’s service. Daiku is the time to cry at the grave. The price is calculated according to the head, and the price of each Daiku actor is 200 yuan.
Labor services in Tomb-Sweeping Day need to be advertised in 58 cities, especially local service forums, WeChat friends circle and other resources half a month in advance to receive orders.
Sell youth league and tea
In Tomb-Sweeping Day, it is also a reunion festival when people get together to worship their ancestors. Selling youth league and tea also makes money.
Youth League is one of the most representative foods in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and its price is around 3 yuan. The production of youth league is not complicated, and the equipment is a larger steamer. The materials are: wormwood, glutinous rice flour, sticky rice flour, corn starch, sugar and bean stuffing. Squeeze wormwood with glutinous rice flour, sticky rice flour, corn flour, sugar and make dough. Divide the ingredients evenly, add the bean paste and wrap them into fist-sized sticky bags. After that, steam for 10 minutes.
In addition to bean paste stuffing, the most popular five-layer stuffing in Youth League is the mixture of dried meat floss and salted duck eggs, except durian stuffing, which is also popular. Many WeChat WeChat official account have sold Youth League in front of Tomb-Sweeping Day, and many of them have sold more than 10,000 yuan every day.
The green tea in front of Tomb-Sweeping Day is called "Mingqian Tea", which is the best time to drink green tea, and selling green tea at this time can also make a lot of money. "Tea before Ming Dynasty" is priced by the day, especially "Maojian Tea". The tea in the first 10 days in Tomb-Sweeping Day is the most expensive, and it is normal to exceed 10,000 yuan per catty. After that, the price is halved every day, and the price of good green tea in Tomb-Sweeping Day is around 300/ kg. If there is a cheap channel to purchase goods from 200 yuan, you can earn 50% profit.
go for a spring outing/hiking
Qingming Festival is the spring season, so there is a big market for barbecue products and outdoor products. If you set up a stall on Qingming Festival, you may wish to try these profitable products.
In fact, apart from the accidents mentioned above, there may be other business opportunities waiting for us to discover in Tomb-Sweeping Day. When people travel, it is not difficult to find more ways to make money as long as they are good at observing.
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