What are the customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

In Henan, people often eat prickly heat, jujube cakes, eggs and other foods in Tomb-Sweeping Day. "Zanzi" is a kind of fried food, crisp and delicate, and was called "cold ware" in ancient times. The custom of forbidding fire and cold in the Cold Food Festival is not popular in most areas, but the prickly heat related to this festival is deeply loved by the world. Jujube cake is also called "self-pushing cake". In some parts of Henan, fermented grains are used to make dough and steamed dates.

The customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day are rich and interesting, such as paying attention to the prohibition of fire to sweep graves, jogging, swinging, cuju, playing polo, inserting willows and a series of folk sports activities. According to legend, this is because Tomb-Sweeping Day wants to ban cold food and fire. In order to prevent the harm of cold food and cold meal to people, we all take part in some sports activities to exercise. Therefore, this festival is a distinctive festival, with both sad tears to sweep graves and laughter for an outing.

According to the old custom, when sweeping graves, people should bring food, wine, fruit, paper money and other items to the cemetery, offer food to the graves of their loved ones, then burn the paper money, cultivate new soil for the graves, break some green branches and insert them in front of the graves, then kowtow and worship, and finally go home after eating and drinking.

The poem Qingming written by Du Mu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, said: "There are many rains during the Qingming period, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls. Ask local people where to buy wine? The shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village. " Write about the special atmosphere in Tomb-Sweeping Day.