What activities will people hold in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

1. Tomb-sweeping and ancestor worship: In the history of China, it has long been a custom to ban cold food and fire to worship ancestors. After the Tang Dynasty, the Cold Food Festival gradually declined, and Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping and ancestor worship became a continuous festival tradition. Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in his poem "Cold Food and Wild Hope": "Who cries when birds are singing? The wind blows the paper money in the wilderness, and the ancient tomb is full of spring grass.

2. Go for a walk: When it is Qingming, it is the time when spring returns to the earth. People take advantage of these benefits. After sweeping the grave, the whole family, old and young, enjoyed themselves in Shan Ye. When they got home, they broke some branches and put them on their heads. They were very happy.

3. Willows inserted: Tomb-Sweeping Day is the time when willows sprout and smoke green. There are folk customs of folding willows, piercing willows and inserting willows. When people go out for an outing, they break off some wicker branches, which can be played with in their hands, woven into hats and worn on their heads, or taken home and inserted on the lintels and eaves.

3. Qingming Entertainment: In addition to the above-mentioned custom of sweeping graves to worship ancestors and stepping on the grass to insert willows, there are many pure entertainment customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day that have been loved by people for thousands of years, such as hook sickle, flying kites, swinging, shooting willows, cuju, etc., which were all the rage for a time and are no longer seen.

4. Hook: "Hook" is an ancient name, but it is actually a modern tug of war. According to legend, in the Spring and Autumn Period, in order to attack the State of Wu, the State of Chu used the hook movement to enhance people's physique. It is mainly based on a hemp rope, and its two ends are divided into many small ropes. In the competition, a big flag is the boundary. At the command, the two sides pulled the rope hard, and the drums sounded with the music. The two sides cheered and shouted, which was very lively.

5. Flying kites: Flying kites is one of people's favorite activities in Tomb-Sweeping Day. The ancients believed that if someone was sick, they could write down or draw their illness on the kite, tie the kite in the air with a string, let it fly to the sky, cut the cable, and the disease disaster would fly away with the kite. Later, kites gradually developed into a popular outing entertainment.

6. Swing: Swing was originally called "Qian Qiu". It is said that the swing was introduced from Shanrong, a northern ethnic group, by Qi Huangong in the Spring and Autumn Period, and became a folk game in Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Cold Food Festival after the Han Dynasty. At first, the swing was made of rope and swung by hand. Later, it developed into a wooden frame with two ropes hanging on it and a cross board tied under it.

7. Shooting willow: Shooting willow is a game to practice archery. According to the records of the Ming Dynasty, pigeons were placed in gourds, then the gourds were hung high on willow trees, and the gourds and pigeons flew out with bows, and the victory or defeat was judged by the height of the flying pigeons.

8. Cuju: Besides ancestor worship and grave sweeping, there are various outdoor activities in Tomb-Sweeping Day, such as hiking, outing and swinging. While paying homage to the sorrow of remembering, it also blends the atmosphere of enjoying spring with joy. Among these activities, "Cuju" is a very interesting activity.

9. Cockfighting: ancient Qingming, popular cockfighting. Cockfighting began in Qingming and lasted until the summer solstice. The earliest record of cockfighting in China can be found in Zuo Zhuan. In the Tang dynasty, cockfighting became a common practice, not only among the people, but also the emperor. For example, Tang Xuanzong likes cockfighting best.

10, Silkworm Flower Festival: It is a unique folk culture in Silkworm Township. During the past period in Tomb-Sweeping Day, this folk activity was held in Wu Tong, Wuzhen, Chongfu and Zhouquan. Among them, A?vagho?a Temple in Zhouquan and Double Temple in Qingshi are the most spectacular.

1 1. Tug-of-war: it was called "pulling hook" and "strong hook" in the early days, and "tug-of-war" in the Tang Dynasty. It was invented at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, which became popular in the military and later spread among the people. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, a large tug-of-war was held in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Since then, tug-of-war has become a part of the Qingming custom.