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Is Tomb-Sweeping Day a son who worships his ancestors?

According to the tradition in China, boys are the inheritors and inheritors of incense. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a son who worships his ancestors.

1. Tracing back to the source, Tomb-Sweeping Day originated from a little-known cold food festival. What is the Cold Food Festival? It is said that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the prince of Zhong Er and his minister Jiezitui fled together.

Because of hunger, Jiezitui gave his meat to the prince without asking for anything in return. After learning this news, Zhong Er set up a cold food festival to commemorate the joys and sorrows of Jietui and the prince.

During the festival, smoking and eating cold food are forbidden. Later, it gradually developed into a comprehensive festival, including cockfighting, swinging, sweeping sacrifices, sweeping graves and other activities, which are often seen in all ages.

With the development of the times, Qingming has become synonymous with ancestor worship. On the occasion of the Cold Food Festival, the temperature rises in spring and March, the flowers bloom in spring and the trees turn green. People at the Cat Winter Festival just go for an outing and enjoy the fun of spring.

5. So Tomb-Sweeping Day became an outing festival again. Men and women, old and young, rich and poor, trample on youth and green, breathe fresh air, and the whole body and mind are happy and comfortable.

6. During this period, it was Tomb-Sweeping Day with 24 solar terms, so with the passage of time, Tomb-Sweeping Day became a fusion of cold food, outing and Qingming festivals.

7. Thus, the meaning of Tomb-Sweeping Day is twofold: the first meaning is to worship ancestors in graves, and the second meaning is to go hiking. Looking through the Qingming records of the past dynasties, I can't find a saying that married women can't worship their ancestors or go hiking. What does this mean? Is it true that a married woman can't worship her ancestors in the grave? There is no basis.

8. It is understandable that married women need taboos and are not allowed to participate for some reason, but it has not been recorded since ancient times and only exists among the people. Is this a rumor or a superstition? Some people say that married women worship graves to show that there is no one at home.