What are the customs of Qingming?

Among the 24 solar terms, Qingming is the only solar term that is both a solar term and a festival. ? Everything is clean and clear. If you cover it, it will be clear and everything will be clear. ? Qingming this solar term, hence the name.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. On this day, parents will pay homage to their ancestors and cherish the memory of martyrs. Besides, during the Qingming period, Cold food is half spring, and flowers and birds are beautiful. ? In the beautiful spring, parents will also choose to take their children for an outing, go for an outing and feel life.

So the origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day Qi is like this, so how did Tomb-Sweeping Day come from? Why did Tomb-Sweeping Day sweep the grave? When children ask you these questions, do you know how to answer them? The following small series will tell you.

The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day

From about the Tang Dynasty, people went to the suburbs because of Tomb-Sweeping Day. While mourning for their ancestors, they also visited vilen in the bright spring. Therefore, Tomb-Sweeping Day is also called Youth Day. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Qingming gradually formed a traditional festival centered on ancestor worship and grave-sweeping, which combined the custom of cold food with activities such as thinking about going for an outing.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is an important traditional folk festival in China, and it is also a national statutory holiday. On this day, people visit graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day, accompanied by recreational activities. Therefore, Qingming has both sentimental feelings of pursuing the future with caution and festive atmosphere of enjoying spring.

Why did Tomb-Sweeping Day sweep the grave?

Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave sweeping is related to the Cold Food Festival, which is little known now. In ancient China, there was an important festival before Tomb-Sweeping Day, which was connected with Tomb-Sweeping Day? Cold food festival. The cold food lasts until the next day 105, and it lasts for 3 days, then it is Qingming.

Speaking of the Cold Food Festival, what about a historical figure? Meson propulsion

According to historical records, in the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,000 years ago, Zhong Er, the son of the State of Jin, fled and lived a hard life. Follow his meson and cut a piece of meat from his leg to satisfy his hunger. Later, Zhong Er returned to the State of Jin, became a monarch, and rewarded all exiles who followed him. However, Jietui refused to accept the reward. He took his mother to live in seclusion in Mianshan and refused to come out.

Jin Wengong was at his wit's end, so he had to let Yamakaji go. He thought that meson tui would be filial to his mother and would definitely come out with her. Who knows this torch meson mother and son burned to death. In order to commemorate meson tui, Jin Wengong ordered that no fire should be lit on this day every year, and every household could only eat cold food, thus the Cold Food Festival was born.

Folklorists think? Cold food tomb sacrifice? Customs were formed around the Southern and Northern Dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, the sacrifice of cold food tombs was determined as a national custom.

Later, with the passage of time, due to the main events in the Cold Food Festival? No smoking, no cold food? Gradually faded, the Cold Food Festival gradually began to be replaced by Tomb-Sweeping Day. By the Qing Dynasty, some popular items of the Cold Food Festival were no longer popular, while folk grave-sweeping, official altar and imperial tomb became the main activities of the festival. Thus, the tradition of sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day was formed.

Why did Tomb-Sweeping Day go for an outing?

There is another custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day today? Tanchun? . This is related to the ancient Shangsi Festival. Folklore experts say that Shangsi Festival existed in the Han Dynasty. Shangsi Festival was originally celebrated on the fourth day of the third lunar month, and later fixed on the third day of the third lunar month.

On this day, people will go to the water to play together, wash their hair and feet, in order to get rid of diseases and eliminate disasters. What are the two ways in Du Fu's poems? On the third day of March, it was sunny and sunny, and many beautiful women were walking along the Chang 'an River? Yun Yun describes the prosperous scene of Shangsi Festival in Chang 'an in Tang Dynasty.

Because Shangsi Festival is usually around Tomb-Sweeping Day, the earth is full of vitality and spring. When people are sweeping graves, they have a cold meal in the suburbs. In ancient times, they flew kites, swung, played cuju and played polo.

Qingming custom

Worship of tomb ancestors

Qingming ancestor worship? Respect for thinking time? It has a long history. It existed before the Qin Dynasty and became popular in the Tang Dynasty. "Qing thomas lee" cloud:? At the age of 18, the Cold Food Festival and the First Frost Festival were dedicated to the grave, and plainclothes people used wine to cut grass, and trees were closed every week, so they were called grave-sweeping. ? And spread to this day.

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Tomb-Sweeping Day was originally an outing festival, at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, on the first 108 day after winter solstice.

In the spring sunshine, it is refreshing to feel the breath of the revival of all things and the essence of life. Since the Tang Dynasty, Tomb-Sweeping Day has absorbed Shangsi Festival, which was held on the third day of the third month of the ancient lunar calendar. The main custom is to go for an outing, take a bath by the river and pray for disaster relief, which is called a spring outing. It was called Tanchun and Xunchun in ancient times.

Swing and cuju

Swing dance has a very long history. In ancient times, it was made of branches and tied with ribbons. Cuju is the most popular game in ancient Tomb-Sweeping Day. It is said that it was invented by the Yellow Emperor to train soldiers. Today it has evolved into football. What are the names of Cao Zhiming in the Three Kingdoms? Even a slap in the face? Sentence.

Planting trees by inserting willows

Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, there was a folk custom of inserting willows in China. The spring sun is shining, the spring rain is flying, and the willow trees are shaded.

Is the custom of crossing willows and inserting willows in Tomb-Sweeping Day to commemorate the farming ancestors? Shennong means to pray for a long life.

He also said that it has something to do with meson push. Jin Wengong led the minister to climb the mountain to pay homage to meson tui, and found that the old willow tree on which meson tui lived came back from the dead, so he gave it to the old vitamin? Qingming willow? In memory of Zhezhi, ministers followed suit.

It is also said that Emperor Taizong gave Liu Quan as a blessing to drive away the epidemic. Or Guanyin holds a willow branch in his hand and dips it in water to help all sentient beings. Willow branches have the function of exorcising ghosts and evil spirits. Is it called willow branch? Ghost wood? People insert willows to ward off evil spirits.

fly a kite

Flying kites in Tomb-Sweeping Day has always been a popular activity. A string of colorful lanterns hangs under the kite during the day and night, like a twinkling star. What is it called? Magic lamp? .

Shoot willow cockfighting

In ancient times, shooting willow at Qingming Festival was a game to practice archery. According to the records of the Ming Dynasty, pigeons were put in gourds, and then gourds were hung high on willow trees. The pigeon flew out with a bow, and the victory or defeat was judged by the flying height of the pigeon.

Cockfighting is prevalent in Tomb-Sweeping Day and will last until the summer solstice. The earliest record of cockfighting can be found in Zuo Zhuan. In the Tang Dynasty, cockfighting became the norm, and even the emperor took part. For example, Tang Xuanzong likes cockfighting best. This custom has long since disappeared. Listening to the pigeon whistle in the sun is a pleasure.

Canhuahui

Silkworm flower meeting? This is a unique folk activity in sericulture towns such as Wu Tong, Wuzhen, Chongfu and Zhouquan. Among them, A?vagho?a Temple in Zhouquan and Double Temple in Qingshi are the most spectacular. A?vagho?a Temple is located in the west of Zhouquan Town. The king of the temple? It is said that the annual Silkworm Flower Festival is crowded with people, and there are many activities, such as welcoming the silkworm god, rocking the clippers, making noise in the pavilions, worshipping incense benches, boxing, dragon lanterns, lifting poles and singing operas.

Qingming, keep in good health like this

Put on more clothes and get ready.

Streets in early spring? Qi Fei with short sleeves and cotton-padded jacket? This situation is not uncommon. Old people often say,? Frozen in spring and autumn? . During the Qingming Festival, it is warm and cold at first sight, and cold at first sight. Because of the large temperature difference between morning and evening, people can wear slightly thinner clothes when the sun is high at noon, but if they dress like that in the morning and evening, they will feel cold. This period, might as well adopt? Thin on the top and warm on the bottom, thin and thick? The best way to dress is to wear more clothes and be prepared. If necessary, it can also be matched with small ornaments such as hats and scarves.

Have a light diet and eat less hair.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a season prone to chronic diseases such as asthma, hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. If you eat hair again at this time, it is likely to induce these diseases. So, you can't eat? Send? Food, such as mutton and chicken; Eat more seasonal vegetables, such as leek, sweet potato, Chinese cabbage, radish, taro, shepherd's purse and so on. Diet adjustment should be regular and quantitative, and overeating should not be allowed. For obese people, reduce sweets and limit calorie intake. For elderly patients with hypertension, special emphasis should be placed on low-salt diet and potassium intake should be increased.

Drinking chrysanthemum tea nourishes the liver and gallbladder and eliminates cold evil in winter.

During my stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day, the weather was warm and sunny. What does traditional health care think? Spring corresponds to the liver? Therefore, nourishing the liver in spring is always healthy. At this time, you can choose chrysanthemum tea with the functions of dispelling wind and clearing heat, clearing liver and improving eyesight, which can not only nourish the liver and benefit gallbladder, dredge meridians, but also dispel the cold evil accumulated in the body in winter.

Sleeping more is not the solution to spring sleepiness.

Spring sleepiness is a physiological phenomenon that the human body can't adapt to seasonal changes for a while and the cerebral blood flow changes. Sleeping more is not the way to solve the spring sleep. Because under normal circumstances, adults can sleep about 8 hours a day, increasing sleep may reduce the excitability of the cerebral cortex, making it in a state of inhibition, and people will become more sleepy and listless. In fact, it is advisable to open the window often to ventilate the indoor air; Increase outdoor activities and appropriately increase physical exercise programs suitable for you; When you are sleepy, smell wind oil, cool oil or flowers, or sprinkle some toilet water; Choose to listen to some dynamic music. , will help to keep a clear head.

Do more activities and keep a good mood.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the method of breathing and regulating breath is beneficial to human yang. Therefore, I suggest that you wear loose clothes, walk slowly in places with fresh air, such as parks, Woods, hillsides, etc., do boxing and exercise as much as possible, and let the yang grow. We should also keep a good mood and choose a moderate exercise mode.

People who are allergic to pollen should try to avoid pollen.

Some people are particularly prone to catch a cold in spring. Besides sneezing, runny nose, stuffy nose and headache, it is accompanied by itchy eyes, tears and itchy nose. Actually, it's not a cold. It may be hay fever. Experts suggest that people who are allergic to pollen should try to avoid pollen; When the weather is fine, clean the inside and outside of the house. In case of dry heat or windy weather, close doors and windows or hang curtains. If the weather permits, it is best to clean and replace bedspreads and sheets every week.

Read a Qingming poem together!

1 cold food Yewangyin

Don? Bai Juyi

The crow magpie is a noisy and faint tree.

Who cries when Tomb-Sweeping Day eats cold food?

The wind blows paper money in the wilderness,

The ancient tomb is covered with green grass.

Pears reflect poplars,

It's all about death and separation

I can't hear the heavy cry of spring.

The rustling rain makes people go home.

2 Qingming

Don? Wen tingjun

In Qing E Painting Fan, the trees in spring are golden and red.

If you make a mistake, you will wear a weak willow wind.

Horses are arrogant and avoid _, chickens are afraid.

Who made this play? The oriole is separated from the Forbidden City.

3 Qingming

Song? Huang tingjian

The festival is clear, peaches and plums smile,

Noda's wasteland will only lead to sadness.

Thunder stung the dragon snake,

The original vegetation in the suburbs softened after the rain.

People begged for sacrifices to my arrogant concubine,

It's unfair to burn people to death.

Smart fools have known who it is for thousands of years,

The eyeful of chrysanthemum is a hill.

4 picking mulberry seeds? Thinking about the West Lake on Qingming Day is good.

Song? Ouyang Xiu

During the Qingming Festival, the West Lake is good and prosperous everywhere.

Who is fighting for the way? Green willows and bamboos push the cart.

Tourists will go at dusk and wake up drunk and noisy.

The road turned into a dam. Until the city head always flowers.

5 Qingming is a thing.

Don? meng haoran

Beijing is the annual Tomb-Sweeping Day, and people naturally begin to feel sad and nostalgic.

The carriage creaked on the road, and the outskirts of Liucheng were lush.

Flowers bloom, grass grows and birds fly in pairs.

Sitting in the empty lobby, reminiscing about the past, drinking tea instead of drinking.