Then in 1979 when the Chinese Communists changed their policy, the number of Chinese from Hong Kong and Macao who returned to the mainland to tidy up their ancestor's graves increased. In order to "unify the hearts of the people" the Chinese Communists made an all-out effort to restore ancestral graves.
一九七九年中共改採開放政策後，港、澳同胞回鄉掃墓、祭祖的人越來越多，中共為了「團結人心」，才大力推廣修復祖墳運動。