Folk tradition is that the minors should play with the bamboo stick with triangular or square shapes pasted on it. Of course the majors who busy themselves in thinking of their loved ones in another world cannot in any case be advised to leave the kids on their own. Filial piety and responsibility towards family arises here. And Confucius says if during the mourning a son manages to carry on his household duty, as ever he is a good son indeed. Yet quite a few don'ts are also to be followed.
Chinese folk consider Qing ming to be the ghost day.
So women are advised not to stay at home. They are advised to be away from the dark and have fun in the daylight. Maybe you can call it a day of freedom for countrywomen. In some parts of China it is the time for the wives to go to their parents' home and in their voyage their men's company is imperative. Husbands who try to prevent their women from visiting their parents will lose their fathers, a folk saying goes.