Why did Tomb-Sweeping Day sweep the grave?

Why did Tomb-Sweeping Day sweep the grave?

Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the 24 solar terms and a traditional folk festival. Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem describing the Qingming scenery, saying, "During the Qingming period, the scenery is fireworks, and the singing is sadness and joy." Gao Zhu, who treats people with things in the Song Dynasty, also has such a poem: "There are many tombs in the north and south hills, and the Qingming is different. Paper ashes fly into white butterflies, and tears turn into red azaleas ... "These poems are all about Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping. It can be seen that the custom of sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day has a long history.

"Ji Sheng at the Age of Emperor Jingdi" has such a record: "When sweeping graves on Qingming Day, men and women in the whole city flocked out of the suburbs. Keep the box well, face to face. " After the sacrifice, there is a kite flying competition. "Story of Yanjing at the Age of Years" said that when the ancients offered sacrifices to sweep the tomb, it was the most grand. Besides ancestor worship and grave sweeping, there are also recreational activities such as flying kites and swinging. By the Qing dynasty, it was not as grand as it was in ancient times. However, customs such as sweeping graves and flying kites are still handed down.

Nowadays, after sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day, people still worship their ancestors to sweep graves on this day according to traditional customs, in order to remember the deeds of their ancestors and express their nostalgia for their ancestors. People who work in government agencies also collectively go to the Martyrs Cemetery to sweep graves. Near the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, there is also a place where the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor pays homage to the ancestor of the Chinese nation. Huangdi, Ji surname, Hao surname. Legend has it that many of his inventions, such as sericulture, boating, writing, temperament, medicine, arithmetic and so on. , were established in the period of the Yellow Emperor. For thousands of years, people have been thinking of this ancestor of the people of all ethnic groups in the Central Plains. Various commemorative activities will be held on this day. Traditional events include swinging and flying kites. Now everyone is very busy at work, and not many people take part in flying kites on the swing. Most of these recreational activities have become fun for children.