Who knows the origin and background of Tomb-Sweeping Day!

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival in China, and it is also the most important festival to worship ancestors and sweep graves. Grave-sweeping is commonly known as going to the grave and offering sacrifices to the dead.

According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin Wengong Zhong Er was exiled. He was tired and hungry on the road. He cut a piece of meat from his thigh with a minister's leg and cooked soup for Zhong Er. Zhong Er was very grateful when he learned that. When Jin Wengong acceded to the throne, he forgot to praise the minister, but Jiexiu didn't want fame and fortune and lived in Mianshan.

Later, Zhong Er regretted it and burned Mianshan to find it. Afterwards, he found that Xie tui died in a yellow Liuxia behind his mother's back, and left his last words: "May the master be clear forever."

To commemorate meson tui, Jin Wengong designated this day as Cold Food Festival. In the second year, Jin Wengong climbed a mountain to pay homage, and the willow tree actually came back to life, so he gave the old willow the title of "Qingming Willow" and took the day after the cold food as Tomb-Sweeping Day.

The weather in Tomb-Sweeping Day is usually around April 5th of the Gregorian calendar, that is, the first15th day after the vernal equinox. Tomb-Sweeping Day period is very long, 8 days before 10 and 10 days before 10. These nearly 20 days belong to the Tomb-Sweeping Day period. Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. From 65438 to 0935, the government of the Republic of China designated April 5th as a national statutory holiday in Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the National Tomb Sweeping Festival.

On May 20th, 2006, with the approval of the State Council, Tomb-Sweeping Day announced by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Ministry of Culture was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Tomb-Sweeping Day