Who is Tomb-Sweeping Day commemorating?

According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhong Er went into exile to escape persecution. On the way to exile, Minister Jiezitui cut a piece of meat from his thigh and cooked a bowl of broth for Zhong Er to drink.

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.

Jin Wengong was ashamed and personally took someone to ask Jiexiu, but Jiexiu had left home for Mianshan. In order to force out the meson push, the fire burned all over Mianshan, killing meson push and his mother.

Jin Wengong cried and said. When I was buried, I found a bloody book in a tree hole, which said, "May my master be clear forever." To commemorate meson tui, Jin Wengong ordered that this day be designated as the Cold Food Festival, that is, Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Extended data:

"Huainanzi Astronomical Training" records: "On the fifteenth day after the vernal equinox, when the handle of the Big Dipper points to the second place, the wind will clear up." The "Qingming" solar term got its name.

Qingming is one of the twenty-four solar terms in China, which was determined by the ancients according to the astronomical phenomena and the cycle of the four seasons.

On the occasion of Tomb-Sweeping Day's warm spring, outing in the suburbs is the solar term theme of the ancients; With the development of history, it has become a clear custom to sweep graves to worship ancestors while hiking in the suburbs.

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Tomb-Sweeping Day-Baidu encyclopedia