Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What does Tomb-Sweeping Day mean?

What does Tomb-Sweeping Day mean?

Has the following meanings:

(1) means 1

The custom of inserting willows is to commemorate Shennong, the ancestor of farming. Shennong teaches people agricultural production, and inserting willow is one of them.

People put willow branches under the eaves to forecast the weather. There is an old saying that "the willow branches are green and the rain is raining;" The saying that there is another village. Willow has a strong vitality, as the saying goes: "If you plant flowers with your heart, you will plant willows without your heart. "Wicker stuck in the soil and survived. Live wherever you plug in. Willows are inserted every year, and everywhere is shaded.

(2) Meaning 2

Willow branches are spiritual and have the function of avoiding evil spirits in the minds of China people, so they have become popular decorations.

(3) Meaning III

This custom is to commemorate meson push. Legend has it that when Jin Wengong and his ministers went hiking to worship Jiexiu, they found that the old willow trees that had been burned in those years had actually come back from the dead. Jin Wengong named the old willow in front of him "Qingming Willow", and on the spot, he broke off a few branches and put them on his head to show his memory. Qingming willow has become a symbol to commemorate meson push.

(4) Meaning 4

The sound of vitamin "leaving" expressed his reluctance and sympathy. Qingming is also a solar term for ancestor worship, and inserting willows means leaving the thoughts of ancestors behind.