Tomb-Sweeping Day handwritten newspaper essay.

The contents of Tomb-Sweeping Day's handwritten newspaper: Tomb-Sweeping Day's climate characteristics, Tomb-Sweeping Day's origin and legend, Tomb-Sweeping Day's customs, Tomb-Sweeping Day's traditional diet customs and Tomb-Sweeping Day's agricultural proverbs.

I. Climatic characteristics of Tomb-Sweeping Day

Qingming is a solar term representing phenology, which means sunny weather and lush vegetation. As the saying goes, "Qingming breaks snow, Grain Rain breaks frost." When the weather is clear, the climate in South China is warm and the spring is strong.

However, before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, cold air still invaded from time to time, even making the daily average temperature lower than 12℃ for more than three consecutive days. In the northwest plateau, due to the cold winter, insufficient forage and weak resistance of livestock, it is necessary to guard against the harm of strong cooling weather to old, weak and young livestock after spring.

Second, the origin and legend of Tomb-Sweeping Day

The traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day in China began in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. Tomb-Sweeping Day is first of all a very important solar term. As soon as Tomb-Sweeping Day arrives, the temperature rises, which is a good season for spring ploughing and planting. Therefore, there is a saying that "melons and beans are planted before and after Qingming". Agricultural proverb "Planting trees is not as clear as Qingming".

Later, as the days of Qingming and cold food approached, cold food was the day when people banned fire to sweep graves. Gradually, cold food and Qingming became one, and cold food became another name of Qingming and became a custom of Qingming. On Qingming Day, there are no fireworks, only cold food.

Third, the customs of Tomb-Sweeping Day.

1. Grave-sweeping: Tomb-Sweeping Day belongs to "ancestor worship festival". Grave sweeping is an important day to express filial piety. According to the different places of sacrifice, it can be divided into tomb sacrifice and ancestral temple sacrifice. Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping usually takes place in the morning. He will also bring wine, food and fruit, burn paper money in front of the grave, cultivate new soil for the grave and kowtow to worship.

2. Hiking: also known as spring outing, it was called exploring spring and seeking spring in ancient times. In April in Tomb-Sweeping Day, spring returns to the earth, and nature is full of vitality everywhere. It is a good time to go for an outing, which was formed as early as the pre-Qin period. In the Song Dynasty, the wind of going for an outing was the most popular, so the people in China kept the habit of going for an outing in Tomb-Sweeping Day for a long time.

3. Swing: Swing is a sport created by northern minorities in ancient China. It was introduced into the Central Plains in the Spring and Autumn Period. After the Han Dynasty, swinging gradually became a folk activity in Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and other festivals, which has been passed down to this day. Swing can not only improve health, but also cultivate courage, which is deeply loved by children.

Fourth, the traditional dietary customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

1, Qingtuanzi: The number one food in Qingming is "Qingtuanzi". In the southern region, green jiaozi can be seen almost everywhere during the Qingming Festival, all over the street. jiaozi stuffed with bean paste or sesame seeds is delicious, really soft, slippery, sweet and delicious.

2. Boiled egg: In some places, people will eat a boiled egg in the morning. According to local folklore, eating an egg in Tomb-Sweeping Day is good for the whole year. So Tomb-Sweeping Day's eating eggs means blessing.

3. Warm mushroom bag: In Taining area, Tomb-Sweeping Day is a good time to pick fresh warm mushroom grass. After being picked locally, it will be made into steamed buns or jiaozi-shaped warm mushroom packages, which are fresh and refreshing.

Five, Tomb-Sweeping Day's agricultural proverbs

1, before the rain hits Qingming, the spring rain will be frequent (Lu).

2. Qingming without rain and drought, Qingming with rain (Jiangsu and Hubei).

3. Lasting for three months (Guangxi). It's rare for Tomb-Sweeping Day to be sunny, and it's rare for Grain Rain to be cloudy (sunny).

4, Qingming is not afraid of sunny, Grain Rain is not afraid of rain (black).

5. The Qingming Snow Rest and the Grain Rain Frost Rest (East China, Central China, South China, Sichuan, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau).