About the origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Tomb-Sweeping Day has a history of more than 2,500 years and is one of the traditional festivals in China. The festival customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day have undergone several changes in the long years and have continued to this day. Today, Tomb-Sweeping Day is a day for people to remember, pay homage to and remember their ancestors.

? The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day?

According to records, Tomb-Sweeping Day began in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. By the Tang Dynasty, Tomb-Sweeping Day's influence was growing. He gradually merged Shangsi Festival with Cold Food Festival to form the present Tomb-Sweeping Day.

According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhong Er, the son of the Jin Dynasty, was persecuted and had to flee abroad. However, on the way to escape, tired and hungry, it is difficult to stand up, and life is at a critical juncture. However, it is deserted here, and the accompanying ministers can't find food anywhere. Everyone is extremely anxious and there is nothing they can do.

At this time, Xie tui went to a quiet place quietly, cut a piece of meat from his thigh, cooked a bowl of soup, and let the son drink it. Zhong Er slowly regained his energy. He was grateful when he learned that Jie tui had cut off the meat on his leg. Later, Zhong Er and Jin Wengong became monarchs. I only forgot the meson push when I rewarded the minister. Many people advised him to reward him, but Jiezitui packed his bags and accompanied his mother to Mianshan quietly for seclusion.

Hearing this, Jin Wengong was ashamed. He personally took someone to ask Jiezitui, but left to live in Mianshan. There is no way, we must release Yamakaji and force the meson to push. But instead, the fire burned all over, and I didn't see it. Later, after the fire was put out, meson tui was found sitting under an old willow tree with his old mother on his back and died. Jin Wengong cried. When I was buried, I found a skirt in a tree hole, which said, "May my master be always clear."

To commemorate meson tui, Jin Wengong ordered that this day be designated as Cold Food Festival. On this day, it is forbidden to set off fireworks and only eat cold food. At the same time, Mianshan was renamed "Jieshan", and a ancestral hall was built on the mountain to commemorate it. The following year, Jin Wengong led ministers to climb mountains to pay homage. When he discovered that the old willow tree had come back from the dead, he gave it the title of "Qingming Willow" and named the day after the Cold Food Festival as Tomb-Sweeping Day.

? What are the main customs of Qingming?

1. Go hiking?

The Chinese nation has had the custom of going for an outing in Qingming since ancient times. In ancient times, it was called spring outing, spring seeking and so on. There are both solar terms and festivals in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the atmosphere in Tomb-Sweeping Day provides important conditions for the formation of the Qingming outing custom in terms of time and meteorological phenology.

2. plant trees?

Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, the spring was bright and the spring rain was falling, and the survival rate of planted seedlings was high and the growth was fast. So there is a habit of planting trees in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and some people call Tomb-Sweeping Day Arbor Day.

3. sacrifice?

There are differences around Tomb-Sweeping Day. In Tomb-Sweeping Day, according to the custom, we usually set out to visit the grave in the morning in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Another form is ancestral temple sacrifice, also called temple fair sacrifice, which means that people of a clan gather in the ancestral temple to worship their ancestors first, and then have a meeting and dinner after the sacrifice. This kind of sacrifice is a way of ethnic reunion.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is an important festival of traditional culture in China, reminding us to respect life and express our thoughts for our loved ones. I hope everyone will get together in this festival, fully feel the warmth of spring and inherit the profound cultural connotation of the Chinese nation. When I am in Tomb-Sweeping Day, I wish you all the holiday wishes, good health and happiness!