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What festival is it when the swallows come to the news agency?

Tomb-Sweeping Day.

The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day:

1. The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day began with the "tomb sacrifice" ceremony of ancient emperors and generals. Later, on this day, people did the same, offering sacrifices to ancestors and sweeping graves. This custom has been handed down from generation to generation and has become a fixed custom of the Chinese nation. At first, Cold Food Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day were two different festivals. When the Tang Dynasty came, the grave-sweeping day was designated as the Cold Food Festival.

2. The name "Tomb-Sweeping Day" also comes from Tomb-Sweeping Day in the twenty-four solar terms of the China lunar calendar. 105 The solstice after beginning of winter is the weather in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Tomb-Sweeping Day gas lasts 15 days. As a solar term, Qingming comes after the vernal equinox. At this time, the winter has passed, the spring is full of vitality, the weather is fine, the fields are bright and clean, and the vitality of nature is everywhere. It is appropriate to call this period "Qingming".

3. 105 The solstice after beginning of winter is called cold food. In the past, fire and cold food were forbidden, so it was also called "Cold Food Festival" and "No Smoking Festival". According to folklore, cold food is to commemorate the burning of mesons in Mianshan during the Spring and Autumn Period, and Jin Wengong ordered the ban on making fires.

Jiezitui came from Shanxi, so the custom of cold food was first popular in Shanxi. In the past, cold food could cause fires. The next day, a ceremony was held in the palace to make a hole and make a fire. People also use wicker to beg each other for a fire.