What is the custom of Jiangnan region during Qingming Festival?

1, trekking

Chinese folk have long maintained the Qingming trekking habits, trekking custom has a long history. During the Qingming period, it is the time of the spring breeze, spring is full of flavor, when everything is budding, spring excursions in the field has long been a custom.

2, tree planting

Ching Ming before and after the spring sun, spring rain, planting saplings with high survival rate, fast growth. Therefore, there is a Qingming tree planting custom, some people also called the Qingming Festival "Tree Planting Day". The custom of planting trees has been passed down to this day.

3, flying kites

Every Qingming Festival, people not only fly during the day, but also at night. At night, a string of small colorful lanterns are hung under the kite or on the wind steady pulling line, like flickering stars, which are called "divine lanterns". In the past, some people put the kite on the blue sky, then cut the line, let the wind send them to the end of the world, it is said that this can get rid of diseases and bring good luck to themselves.

4, tomb sweeping and ancestor worship

Ching Ming rituals before and after the Qingming Festival, varying from place to place. Qingming ancestor worship, according to custom, usually in the morning of the Qingming Festival set out to sweep the tomb. The way or program of worshiping Qing varies from place to place, and the common practice consists of two parts: one is to refurbish the grave, and the other is to hang and burn paper money and offer sacrifices.

5, willow

Ching Ming Festival, Chinese folk have willow custom. Qingming willow custom, the source of its prevalence of three sayings. Some experts believe that the custom of willow is to commemorate the "teach people to harvest" of the agricultural ancestor Shennong.

In some places, people put willow branches under the eaves to forecast the weather, the old proverb has "willow green, rainy; willow dry, sunny days" said. Willow has a strong vitality, as the saying goes: "plant flowers do not grow, do not want to willow into shade." Willow inserted into the soil on the living, inserted where, living where, year after year, willow, everywhere into the shade.