Customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day, Shandong Province

Tomb-Sweeping Day customs in Shandong are:

1, swing

Tomb-Sweeping Day and Qingdao have the custom of swinging, especially women in boudoir, so there is a folk saying that "Women's Qingming is the year of men".

2. Eat noodles strictly

As early as Qingdao, Tomb-Sweeping Day had the custom of making "noodles". According to legend, in order to commemorate meson push, folks also call meson push "meson push".

Flying kites is expected to eliminate disasters and diseases.

It is understood that since ancient times, around Tomb-Sweeping Day, Qingdao has the custom of flying kites. "In this season, men, women and children in the village go to Shan Ye and fly kites in relatively empty places." The custom of flying kites in China has a history of more than 2,000 years.

According to historical records, the custom of flying kites in China appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when it was called "paper kites". In the Five Dynasties, paper kites flew into the sky by the wind, and bamboo whistles on the kites took off, and the whistles sounded against the wind, which sounded like A Zheng, so they were called kites. Until now, kites are still called kites and kites among the people. Some history books say that the earliest function of kites may be related to eliminating disasters and diseases.