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Elder Xiong: Master, is Tomb-Sweeping Day a festival for ancestor worship?

Master: The ancients worshipped their ancestors on the Cold Food Festival, that is, on the next day 105, and swept graves on the Cold Food Festival instead of Qingming. In the folk, the day of cold food is called small cold food, and the day of Qingming is called big cold food.

Since the Tang Dynasty, a decree has been issued, and the time for sweeping graves is set at the Cold Food Festival. However, with the development of the times, the custom of cold food was named Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Nowadays, cold food is gradually unknown. Cold food focuses on paying homage to ancestors and mourning the old. Tomb-Sweeping Day means cultivate one's morality and cultivate one's character, even being clear.

Elder Xiong: Master, what is the origin of the Cold Food Festival?

Master: During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was civil strife in the State of Jin, and Jiexiu protected his son Zhong Er from escaping. During his exile, he was so hungry and cold that Jiexiu even cut off his shares to satisfy his son Zhong Er's hunger. Later, Zhong Er returned to power, also known as Jin Wengong. After he ascended the throne, he rewarded all his followers who followed him into exile. However, Jie tui refused to accept the reward and took his mother to Mianshan, refusing to come out. Jin Wengong had no choice but to let Yamakaji go. He thought that if he was filial to his mother, he would definitely come out with her. Who knows this torch meson mother and son burned to death. Jin Wengong cried when he heard the news, and set up a cold food festival, forbidding smoking, fire and cold food for three days. In order to commemorate meson push, let future generations know the lofty significance of retiring after success, not for fame and fortune.

Elder Xiong: Master, why is Tomb-Sweeping Day suitable for self-cultivation?

Master: All festivals are the beginning of climate change. In Tomb-Sweeping Day, the ancients cultivated self-cultivation and reconciled body and mind. China has always had the custom of self-cultivation, such as swinging, cuju, tug-of-war, polo and willow planting. In addition, Tomb-Sweeping Day is mainly to cultivate the pure spirit of human beings, inherit traditional culture, assist modern life, and make people and nature, people and society, and people and themselves more clear, upright and fresh!

The original meaning of the word "Qingming" is a place with clean dawn and sunny weather. "Quiet can see the public, clear inside, and don't want to be vulgar." People are fresh and everything will be harmonious and peaceful.

Therefore, Qingming is not only a solar term, a etiquette, but also a chance for people to achieve the realm of harmony between man and nature through self-cultivation.