The traditional Chinese festival of Qingming began around?

Zhou Dynasty.?

Another year of spring grass green, another year of Qingming. Qingming, a traditional Chinese festival, is also an important festival, as well as one of the most important sacrificial festivals, a day to honor ancestors and sweep tombs. The traditional Chinese festival of Qingming began around the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,000 years.

The Qingming Festival is said to have originated from the ancient emperor and generals "tomb sacrifice" ritual, and then the folk also followed suit, on this day to pay homage to ancestors and sweep the tomb, which has been inherited through the generations and has become a fixed custom of the Chinese nation. After the historical development, Qingming Festival in the Tang and Song dynasties blended with the cold food festival and the customs of the festival, a mixture of a variety of folklore as one, with extremely rich cultural connotations.

Legend of Qingming Festival?

Legend has it that during the Spring and Autumn Period, the Prince of Jin, Chong Er, fled abroad to escape persecution, and on the way to an uninhabited place, he was so tired and hungry that he could no longer stand up.

The ministers searched for half a day and could not find anything to eat. When everyone was very anxious, the minister Jie Zi Pui went to a secluded place, cut a piece of meat from his own thigh, and cooked a bowl of broth for the duke to drink. Chong Er gradually recovered his spirit, and when Chong Er realized that the meat was cut from his own leg by Jie Zi Tui, he was moved to tears.

Nineteen years later, Chong Er became the king of the country, the historical Duke Wen of Jin. He rewarded all the ministers who had accompanied him into exile, but forgot about Jie Zitui. Many people were angry with Jie Zi Tui and urged him to face the king to ask for rewards, but Jie Zi Tui despised those who competed for merits and rewards. He packed his clothes and went quietly to Mianshan Mountain with his old mother to live in seclusion.

When Duke Wen of Jin heard about this, he was so ashamed that he went to ask Jie Zi push in person, but Jie Zi push had already left his home and went to Mianshan Mountain. Mianshan Mountain is high and dangerous, dense trees, it is not easy to find two people, some people offer a plan, from three sides of the fire Mianshan, forced out Jie Zi push. The fire burned all over the Mianshan Mountain, but did not see the figure of meson push, the fire went out, people realized that the back of his mother's meson push has been sitting under an old willow tree died.

Duke Wen of Jin saw the situation, weeping. When he was putting on the coffin, he found a piece of lapel from the hole of the tree, on which was written: "Cutting flesh to serve the king's danxin heart, but I hope that the lord is always clear." In honor of Jie Zi Tui, Duke Wen of Jin ordered that this day be designated as the Cold Food Festival.?

The next year, Duke Wen of Jin led his ministers to climb the mountain to pay homage, and found that the old willow tree had risen from the dead, so he gave the old willow tree the name of "Qingming Willow", and informed the world that the day after the Cold Food Festival would be designated as the Qingming Festival.