What are the customs and characteristics of Tomb-Sweeping Day?

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Characteristics of Tomb-Sweeping Day:

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. It was celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day originated from the ancestral belief and the custom of worshipping spring in ancient times, which has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival. Grave-sweeping and outing are the two major themes of Tomb-Sweeping Day etiquette and customs, and these two traditional themes have been passed down from ancient times to the present in China.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. Besides China, some countries and regions in the world also have Tomb-Sweeping Day, such as Viet Nam, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. 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.

Customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day:

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a good time for everything to revive and spring to be harmonious, and Tomb-Sweeping Day will have a legal holiday, which is a good time to go for a spring outing. When I am in Tomb-Sweeping Day, I will go to nature to enjoy the spring scenery and go hiking in the suburbs. This kind of outing is also called spring outing. In ancient times, it was called exploring springs for springs. It means stepping on the grass, playing in the country, watching the spring scenery and having an outing. This seasonal folk activity has a long history in China, and its source is the ancient farming custom of offering sacrifices to welcome the Spring.

In Tomb-Sweeping Day, grass grows and warblers fly, plants sprout in succession, and willows begin to sprout. The temperature and climate at this time are very suitable for the growth of plants. In some cities where willows are planted, there is a custom of inserting willows. It is said that the custom of inserting willow is related to avoiding epidemic. Tang people thought that wearing willow branches when offering sacrifices by the river could get rid of the harm of poisonous insects; After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, people often planted willows in front of their homes to avoid pests.

In Tomb-Sweeping Day, the most solemn custom is to pay homage to ancestors. Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, vagrants would go home to attend grave-sweeping activities. Grave-sweeping is a "grave-sweeping sacrifice" called "respect for ancestors". Sacrificing ancestors is a way of remembering ancestors, and its custom has a long history.

When I was in Tomb-Sweeping Day, the air was humid and the temperature was comfortable, and the land was full of spring. This time is very suitable for flying kites in the wild. The custom of flying kites in Tomb-Sweeping Day has a long history. The ancients believed that if someone was sick, they could write or draw their illness on a tied kite, fly it in the air with a thread, let it fly high, and then cut the thread, and the disease and disaster would fly away with the kite. Later, kites gradually developed into a popular outing entertainment.

Cuju, planting trees, inserting willows, eating cold food and so on.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival in China. There are many customs and dietary customs that have continued since ancient times. Customs vary from place to place, and the specific customs shall be subject to local customs.

Communist Youth League

The traditional food in Tomb-Sweeping Day is a kind of food called Qing Tuan. The main raw materials of the Youth League are Artemisia argyi and glutinous rice. Youth League is also called Qingming Fruit. Some people like to cook their own meals and use other vegetable juices instead of mugwort leaves. In some areas, there are eating habits such as prickly heat, spring cakes and eggs.

Tomb-Sweeping Day's story:

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhong Er, the son of the Jin Dynasty, went into exile to escape persecution. On the way to exile, he was tired and hungry in a deserted place and couldn't stand up anymore. I searched for it for a long time, but I couldn't find anything to eat. Everyone is anxious. I pushed the minister to a secluded place, cut a piece of meat from my thigh and cooked a bowl of broth. Zhong Er shed tears when he found that the meat was cut off by mesons.

Nineteen years later, Zhong Er became the monarch, that is, the historical Jin Wengong. After he ascended the throne, Wen Gong rewarded the heroes who accompanied him in exile at first, but forgot to push the meson. Many people complained about meson push and advised him to admire it. However, mesons despise those who strive for merit the most. He packed his bags and quietly went to Mianshan to live in seclusion.

Hearing this, Jin Wengong was ashamed and personally took someone to ask Jiexiu, but Jiexiu had left home for Mianshan. Mianshan Mountain is high and dangerous, with dense trees. It's hard to find two people. Someone offered a plan to burn Mianshan from three sides and force a meson to push out. The fire burned all over Mianshan, but there was no trace of meson push. After the fire was put out, people found that Jiezitui, who was carrying his old mother, had sat under an old willow tree and died. Jin Wengong cried. When I was buried, I found a bloody book in a tree hole, which said, "May my master always have a clear-cut stand." To commemorate meson tui, Jin Wengong ordered that this day be designated as Cold Food Festival.

The following year, Jin Wengong led the minister to climb a mountain to pay homage, and found that the old willow tree came back from the dead. He named the old willow "Qingming Willow" and told the world that the day after the Cold Food Festival was designated as Tomb-Sweeping Day.