Why does Tomb-Sweeping Day fly a kite?

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. It was celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day originated from the ancestral belief and the custom of worshipping spring in ancient times, which has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival. Next, I will sort out why Tomb-Sweeping Day flies kites, for reference only, hoping to help you!

1. Why does Tomb-Sweeping Day fly a kite?

Gao Pian, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "Kite": "The static string rings blue at night, and the palace merchants are attracted by the wind; It's like a song, but it is blown by the wind. " The original name of kite, Inquiries and Notes, records: kite, that is, paper kite, also known as wind kite. In the Five Dynasties, Ye Li made a paper kite in the palace, with the wind as the correct direction. Later, bamboo was used as a flute on the head of a kite, and the wind entered the flute tube to make a pleasant sound, like a "kite", commonly known as a kite.

At first, it was limited to the appreciation of childe and beauty among the nobles of the palace. After the Song Dynasty, it became a favorite activity of the folk people. Kite is not only an exquisite folk handicraft, but also a popular entertainment product, which has always been loved by writers. "Beijing Zhuzhi Ci" also vividly describes kites: "A thousand people fly kites, and thousands of feet hemp rope is a bamboo pole. The world is peaceful and new, and the party is learning Biyun. " As early as the Qing Dynasty, kites had developed to a very delicate level in the four major arts of tying, pasting, painting and flying. When Cao Xueqin was writing a book in a poor place in Xishan, Beijing, he studied the method of tying kites, and also wrote a book, The Kite of North and South.

The book introduces in detail the techniques and skills of tying, pasting, drawing and flying forty or fifty kinds of kites, such as wing swallow, double carp, butterfly, crab, pet princess and twin. Besides, flying kites was associated with bad luck in ancient times.

There is such a description in A Dream of Red Mansions: Lin Daiyu might as well put down her elaborate kite. Li Ren advised her: "This is the fun of flying kites, so it is called unlucky. You have to fly more and take the root of the disease with you. " When Zijuan wanted to pick up a kite without a main thread, Tan Chun dissuaded her: "Isn't it taboo to pick up people?" It can be seen that flying kites was a means for people to eliminate disasters and difficulties in ancient times. You can't pick up other people's kites, so as not to be unlucky with others. Some people write all their troubles on paper when flying a kite, and let it fly into the blue sky with the kite, thinking that all their troubles will go with the wind.

In the process of flying kites, we can be happy with our children. Not only flying kites, but also jogging, swinging and cuju (bow is a kind of ball, the skin of the ball is leather, and the ball is stuffed with wool. Cuju (that is, kicking the ball with your feet), willow planting, cockfighting and other activities are integrated into Tomb-Sweeping Day. One is sadness and the other is joy. How can Tomb-Sweeping Day be both sad and happy? This may be because Tomb-Sweeping Day is originally a cold food festival, and it is forbidden to eat cold food, so it can only eat cold food. In order to prevent the harm of cold food and cold meal to your body, you should go out and do some recreational activities to exercise, so there is a mixed phenomenon of sadness and joy.

In the eyes of the ancients, the wind in Tomb-Sweeping Day is very suitable for flying kites, which can take away the foul smell from you. Therefore, when the ancients were in Tomb-Sweeping Day, they would write all the disasters and diseases they knew on kites, and then cut the kite string when it rose to the sky and let it float away with the wind. It is said that this can let go of "bad luck", eliminate diseases and disasters, bring good luck to yourself, and have a safe and auspicious year. No matter what the witchcraft color of "flying kites is unlucky", flying kites is indeed a recreational activity beneficial to physical and mental health, which can make people feel happy, eliminate anxiety, relax their bones and muscles and exercise their muscles. So flying kites, as a sport, naturally merged with Tomb-Sweeping Day.

The Cold Food Festival met "Tomb-Sweeping Day" and merged into Tomb-Sweeping Day. In addition, the custom of flying kites in ancient times met Tomb-Sweeping Day, so there was the saying of "flying kites in Qingming Festival".

Second, matters needing attention in flying kites

1. Choose a flat site.

Flying a kite often needs to be reversed, and it is easy to fall or trip because of focusing on the sky. Therefore, before flying a kite, we must pay attention to the situation on the ground and try to choose a flat and barrier-free venue to ensure safety.

Step 2 stay away from trees and wires

Fly kites in an open space, away from electrical equipment and trees. Kites are easily entangled in tall trees. In addition, overhead lines and transformers are high-voltage power equipment, so stay away from them to avoid electric shock, disability or even death, especially when flying kites made of enameled wires and tin foil.

3. Old people should pay attention to safety.

When an old friend flies a kite, he should pay attention to getting ready for exercise and avoid turning his head suddenly. When flying a kite, it takes a long time for the head and neck to lean back. If the neck is not fully active before flying a kite, long-term leaning back will aggravate the oppression and spasm of vertebral artery in most elderly people, leading to insufficient blood supply and oxygen supply to the brain, leading to cervical vertigo, which will easily lead to dangerous events.

Before flying a kite, the elderly should do 5 ~ 10 minutes of neck preparation activities: the eyes are mainly straight up, the head and neck alternate horizontally, and the range of activities gradually increases. It is not appropriate to move your neck sharply from the beginning.

4. Protect skin and body organs according to weather changes. Avoid solar dermatitis and skin cancer that may be caused by excessive ultraviolet radiation and dehydration under the scorching sun.

When the weather is not very mild, the elderly and people with poor peripheral nerves should pay special attention to climate change and exercise properly, because standing for a long time will lead to frostbite of hands and feet.

5. Pay attention to the choice of environment. Never fly kites near airports, telephone poles, train tracks, tall buildings or during lightning strikes. It is more suitable for flying kites in parks, hills, rivers or open spaces by the sea.

6. When flying kites, don't fly kites in crowded places, let alone in crowded public squares. Because there are many pedestrians, kite strings can also hurt people. It is reported that a man in Henan province ran into a kite string, his throat was cut and he almost died.

7. When choosing a place to fly kites, choose spacious non-traffic roads. Pay attention to the surrounding ground conditions. The road surface should be smooth, and there should be no ravines and ridges. Observe the buildings within the range of motion in advance, because people are always going backwards in the process of flying kites, so pay special attention to prevent falling.

8, pay attention to observe whether there are wires around, to prevent the kite from getting an electric shock due to contact with wires, try to keep the kite dry, if hanging on the wire, don't rush to get it, to prevent electric shock and falls.

9. Because of the characteristics of flying kites, it takes a long time to look up and keep the same posture for a long time. Therefore, the elderly and athletes with insufficient blood supply to vertebral artery should be reminded to avoid turning their heads suddenly when participating in this sport to prevent sudden contraction of cerebral vessels, and at the same time, the length of time to participate in sports should be adjusted according to their physical condition.

10. For athletes with respiratory diseases and cardiovascular diseases, try to avoid flying kites in noisy venues for a long time.