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The fifth of the 24 solar terms.

Rain at night, casually looking through Song Ci, listening to Yan Shu, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, saying, "Swallows are coming, Tomb-Sweeping Day Houchunshe." . After turning a few pages, I heard Yan, the seventh son of Yan Shu, sigh: "Dancing in the smoke, sleeping in the rain, clearer".

Suddenly surprised, the Spring Festival society has passed and Tomb-Sweeping Day has arrived again.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is both a solar term and a festival. Also known as March Festival in ancient times, it has a history of more than 2,000 years. "Everything grows at this time, and everything is clean and bright. So it is called Qingming. " After Tomb-Sweeping Day, the rain increased, everything changed from yin to yang, and the old was abandoned to welcome the new, which was full of spring tranquility.

In the eyes of modern people, "Qingming" is more closely related to grave sweeping and memorial service. This is because the day before in Tomb-Sweeping Day was the Cold Food Festival. Legend has it that cold food originated from Jin Wengong's mourning for Jie Zhitui. Later, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was moved by this story. In the twentieth year of Kaiyuan, he ordered the world to "eat cold food at the grave" and listed it as one of the "Five Rites" at that time. Cold food and Qingming are only one day apart. For the map, people simply decided to sweep graves in Qingming, which was more popular in Ming and Qing Dynasties. After the founding of New China, people also chose to sweep the tombs of martyrs on this day to remember the revolutionary ancestors.

"Every year, there is still the wind of elders everywhere. "There has always been the habit of sweeping graves. Every time we go to Tomb-Sweeping Day, the descendants of each family will bring wine, fruit, paper money and firecrackers to the graves of their ancestors, offer food to their ancestors, then burn paper money, light firecrackers to pray for blessings, cultivate new soil for the graves, plant some flowers or fold some green branches and put them in front of the graves, and then kowtow to worship. Finally, they must eat the wine before going home.

It rains every year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and it flies like tears! I am also used to Tomb-Sweeping Day looking at getting wet; If we make an exception on a sunny day, I always feel that this festival is incomplete, and some are incomplete. Perhaps, only such feelings and scenes can give some comfort to the lost soul!

The dead are gone, please cherish the present. In front of the tomb of Qingming, infinite sadness will be expressed, tears of worshippers will string together a string of wet memories, and warm spring breeze will not erase sad eyes. The long journey of life will not stop. The continuation of the family vein is a series of bold ellipsis. The old man's white hair is the most striking question mark in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Filial piety and support are the only correct choice, and also the best interpretation of Qingming by the descendants of the Yellow Emperor. Let filial piety exist day by day, insist on being kind to parents and the elderly, stand in the gentle breeze blowing in the sunny days of warm spring and April, don't face lifeless tombstones, faint sighs and endless self-blame, bear a cold heart and wail in the wind.

It is another Tomb-Sweeping Day and a day to remember the martyrs. We came to the tomb to pay homage to the heroism of the martyrs buried here. Standing in front of the tomb of the martyrs, our hearts are full of ups and downs and our thoughts are full of thousands. Some revolutionary martyrs sacrificed their lives for national independence and national dignity; Some fought bravely and shed their blood in order to completely bury the old world and build a new socialist China; Some still devote their youth and blood to the prosperity and strength of the motherland during the period of peaceful construction. Martyrs, at the critical moment when the Chinese nation is facing life and death, you built the Great Wall with your own flesh and blood and fought hard against the Japanese imperialist aggressors. You fell down, but thousands of "people who don't want to be slaves" stood up and sang March of the Volunteers to inherit your unfinished business; Martyrs, it was you who turned your love for the country and the working people into a spiritual force to fight against the enemy in the battle, bravely marched forward without fear of sacrifice, and established a new China where the people are the masters of the country; Martyrs, at the moment when the socialist construction was most needed, you abandoned everything about your family and individuals, stepped forward without hesitation, selflessly dedicated your precious life to the motherland and the people, and spilled your blood all over the motherland. How can we disrespect you? Your brilliant achievements will be deeply engraved in the historical records! Your reputation will shine with the sun and the moon, and live with the rivers! We admire you, selfless heroes! It is precisely because of your countless revolutionary martyrs, your loftiness and your selflessness that today's peaceful environment and the prosperity of the motherland have been achieved. The years of war show the bravery and strength of the martyrs, and the peaceful and beautiful environment provides us with opportunities to learn knowledge, develop talents and make contributions to the motherland. We have confidence because we have an example! Students, we are the lucky ones of the times. You should know that a happy life is hard-won, and you should know your historical responsibility and mission. We should love ourselves and our motherland. We should study hard and add luster to her! Students, let's inherit the legacy of the martyrs, study hard for the construction of our hometown and the prosperity of our motherland, and create a better tomorrow!

A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day; The mourner's heart is going to break on his way. Ask local people where to buy wine? The shepherd boy just laughed and didn't answer Xingshan Village.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, which makes people remember their ancestors, is memorable, lamentable and exciting. It contains many stories of their ancestors. When they are buried in the grave, their story is over, and the rest is unforgettable!

As far as I know, April 5th is the traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day in China, which started in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. Qingming is a very important solar term. As soon as Qingming arrives, the temperature rises, which is a good time for spring ploughing and planting. Therefore, there are agricultural proverbs such as "before and after Qingming, plant melons and beans" and "planting trees is not as good as Qingming". But there is another custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day. On Qingming Day, fireworks don't move, only cold food is eaten.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as Tomb Sweeping Festival, Ghost Festival and Ghost Festival, is called Sanming Festival together with Zhongyuan Festival on July 15 and Xiayuan Festival on July 10/5, which is related to offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods.

According to the old Qingming 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 a few tender new branches and put them on the branches, then kowtow and worship, and finally go home after eating the food.

"Listening to the wind and rain" of course refers to the poem Qingming by Du Mu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty: "It rains a lot during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls. Ask local people where to buy wine? The shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village. " This poem by Du Mu describes the special atmosphere in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Another year, Tomb-Sweeping Day. Who are you thinking about?