What are the legends and stories in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

Zhong Er mesons push historical legends and stories;

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhong Er, the son of the Jin Dynasty, was exiled. Hungry and dizzy on the way, the minister meson pushed the meat on his thigh to eat.

Later, my son Zhong Er became Jin Wengong, and the loyal minister forgot to recommend him. When Zhong Er remembered this incident, Jiezitui refused to be an official again and lived in Mianshan behind his mother's back.

Zhong Er asked Yamakaji to force him out of the mountain, but the fire burned for three days and no one came out. He went up the mountain and found himself and his mother burned to death. On the charred willow tree, there is a big fairy who writes a bloody poem, "May the Lord be always clear when I cut meat and serve you."

Therefore, Zhong Er designated the day when Yamakaji was released as Cold Food Festival. The next day, Zhong Er climbed the mountain to pay homage and found that the old willow tree was resurrected. He named it "Qingming Willow", and named it Tomb-Sweeping Day, in order to pay homage and encourage himself to be diligent and clear.

Tomb-Sweeping Day legend story 2:

At the end of Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang finally defeated the overlord and won the world.

Liu bang returned to China dressed in gold and wanted to go to his parents' grave to worship, but because of years of war, the grave was covered with weeds and his parents' grave could not be found.

Liu bang is very sad. Although his subordinates also helped him search all the tombstones, he didn't find his parents' graves until dusk.

Finally, Liu Bang took the paper out of his sleeve, tore it into many small pieces, held it tightly in his hand, and prayed to God: "My parents are alive in the sky, so I will throw these papers into the air. If the paper falls in one place and the wind cannot move, it is my parents' grave. "

Say that finish, Liu Bang threw the paper into the air, and sure enough, a piece of paper landed on a grave that could not be blown no matter how the wind blew. Liu bang ran over and looked at the vague tombstone carefully, and sure enough he saw his parents' names engraved on it.

Later, folks like Liu Bang, Tomb-Sweeping Day went to the ancestral graves every year, and pressed a few pieces of paper on the graves with small clods to show his grave-sweeping.

April 5th is the traditional festival of the Chinese nation-Tomb-Sweeping Day. Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the outing festival, is an important festival to worship ancestors and sweep graves at the turn of mid-spring and late spring.