What are the customs and taboos of the Qingming Festival?

What are the customs and taboos of Qingming Festival

What are the customs and taboos of Qingming Festival, Qingming Festival is a traditional festival in our country, which is a festival to pay tribute to the deceased ancestors and relatives, for such a festival in fact, there are sayings in our traditional folklore. The following to understand what customs and what taboo Qingming Festival.

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What are the customs of Qingming Festival

1, trekking

Trekking is also known as the spring tour, the ancient time is called to explore the spring, looking for the spring, and so on, during the period of the Qingming Festival is the spring winds, spring time, the time when all things are moving, nature everywhere presents a sense of vitality, and the time of the spring, the time of the spring, the time of the spring, and the time of the spring. The natural world presents a vibrant scene everywhere, so this time to go out to the spring has long been a custom.

2, sweeping the ancestors

Qingming Festival is the Chinese nation's most grand and grand ancestor festival, belonging to the honor ancestors, a cultural tradition of the festival. According to custom, this day the family will go to the deceased relatives tomb, tomb sweeping first repair the grave, the practice is mainly to remove weeds, cultivate new soil, and then kowtow salute worship. This behavior on the one hand expresses the worshipper's filial piety and care for the ancestors, on the other hand, in the ancient beliefs, the ancestors' graves and the future generations of the rise and fall of fortune and misfortune have a great relationship, tomb sweeping is also in order to let the deceased ancestors to bless the future generations.

3, eat green dumplings

In some parts of the south of China, the Qingming Festival, there is a custom to eat green dumplings, green dumplings, also known as Qingming cake, cotton vegetable bun patties, Chess shell Kuey Teow, Qingming poi, Ai leaf poi, Ai patty, Qingming fruit, is made from the fresh Ai leaf plus glutinous rice flour processing made of a kind of food, and the green dumplings are still the Jiangnan region of the area used to worship ancestors, essential food. It is a food made of fresh mugwort leaves and glutinous rice flour.

4, willow

Ching Ming Festival is the time of willow sprouting and greening, so the folk have Ching Ming Festival folding willow, wearing willow, willow custom. Some experts believe that the custom of willow is to honor the agricultural ancestor Shen Nong's "teaching people to harvest". In some places, people stick willow branches under the eaves to forecast the weather, the old proverb has "willow green, rainy; willow dry, sunny days" 's saying.

5, flying kites

Qingming Festival and the custom of flying kites, people not only fly during the day, also fly at night. At night, under the kite or wind steady pull line hung on a string of small colorful lanterns, like a flashing star, known as the "God light". In the past, some people put the kite on the blue sky, they cut the line, let the wind send them to the end of the world, it is said that this can eliminate diseases and bring good luck to themselves.

Taboos of Qingming Festival

1, the best fasting before sweeping the grave: when you move to start sweeping the grave, it is best not to eat food or vegetarian, well-dressed, in order to show courtesy and respect for the deceased.

2, worship generations have to pay attention to: the order of tomb-sweeping worship in order: father, mother, eldest male, eldest female, second male, second female ...... and so on. After the worship, pay attention to fire safety, to be incense and candles lit before leaving.

3, pregnant women to avoid sweeping the tomb: exclude the superstitious elements, from a security point of view, Qingming festival tomb sweeping crowded, in order to fetal safety, it is not recommended that pregnant women to participate.

4, not in the cemetery photo: the purpose of sweeping the tomb are to worship ancestors, obviously with the meaning of worship, prayer, rather than fun. Therefore, when sweeping the tomb, it is best to be respectful, focused and cautious.

5, avoid wearing red and purple: I believe we will not wear such clothes to participate in such activities. However, there are always people will be negligent, in wearing or underwear inadvertently use the red color.

6, outsiders should not be involved in other people's graves: "Everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door", this sentence is used in the grave is also extremely appropriate. It is best not to visit friends and relatives on the day of the Qingming Festival, because the Qingming Festival is a special time to commemorate, it is very inappropriate to visit at this time.

2022-2037 Ching Ming schedule

2022 Ching Ming time: April 5, 03:20:03, the lunar calendar 2022 March (big) 5

2023 Ching Ming time: April 5, 09:12:52, the lunar calendar 2023 February (small) 15

2024 Ching Ming time: April 5, 09:12:52, the lunar calendar 2023 February (small) 15

2024 Ching Ming time: 2024 Ching Ming time: April 5, 09:12:52, the lunar calendar 2023 (small) 15

2024 Qingming time: April 4, 15:02:03, lunar calendar 2024 February (big) 26

2025 Qingming time: April 4, 20:48:21, lunar calendar 2025 March (big) 7

2026 Qingming time: April 5, 02:39:43, lunar calendar 2026 February (small) eighteenth

2027 Qingming time: April 5, 08:17:12, Lunar Calendar 2027 February (big) 29

2028 Qingming time: April 4, 14:02:45, Lunar Calendar 2028 March (big) 10

2029 Qingming time: April 4, 19:58:02, Lunar Calendar 2029 February (big) 二十一

2030清明时间：4月5日01:40:37，农历2030年3月(小)初三

2031清明时间：4月5日07:27:59，农历2031年3月(大)十四

2032 清明时间：4月4日13:17:10，農历2032年二月( 小)二十四

2033 Qingming Time: April 4, 19:07:41, the fifth day of the third month (small) of the lunar year 2033

2034 Qingming Time: April 5, 01:05:45, the seventeenth day of the second month (large) of the lunar year 2034

2035 Qingming Time: April 5, 06:53:21, the twenty-fifth year of the Chinese Lunar Calendar 2035 二月(小)二十七

2036 清明时间：4月4日12:45:44，农历2036年3月(小)初八

2037 清明时间：4月4日18:43:29，农历2037年2月(大)十九

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Customs and taboos for Qingming Festival

Customs and taboos for Qingming Festival

Customs and taboos for Qingming Festival

Customs of Qingming Festival and taboos

Chen Peng Dream Interpretation's research on customs and fortunes found that any such event held in the name of the clan is an opportunity for unity, an opportunity to share information. Grasping it well is very good for the cause, very good for the transmission of the family idea, and the effect of adding to the chi is remarkable. People in a foreign land are therefore prone to seek warmth, not to say that it can immediately bring much fortune, but at least it is less likely to be bullied. Any group warmth behavior, can dissolve a lot of bad luck. Tomb-sweeping at Qingming Festival, just sweeping graves? It really isn't!

Qingming Festival is a festival that focuses on ancestor sweeping, and taboos must be said.

Things you can not do during the Qingming Festival: The rain falls one after another during the Qingming Festival, and the pedestrians on the road want to break their souls. This atmosphere is not suitable for marriage, birthday banquets and other celebratory activities, Qingming Festival birthday, generally need to be postponed or advanced. It is not suitable to visit friends on the day of Qingming.

Unsuitable for people who go to sweep the grave: people who have darkness in the Hall of India, infants and young children under 3 years of age, pregnant women, people with serious illnesses, people who have just finished a major surgery or surgery soon. The intention of these taboos is to protect the health of these people and avoid accidents.

Notes on the process of grave-sweeping: Tomb-sweeping is best done in the morning and in the morning. Dress appropriately. You can not laugh and joke around, do not hold disrespectful comments, after all, ancestor worship is a very serious matter. You can't take pictures of the graves. You can't take pictures under the big trees in the cemetery. You cannot urinate or defecate anywhere in the graveyard. You can't take the flowers and trees around the graves home. Don't take home any leftover joss sticks and incense. Generally, the tributes used in the rituals are not brought home, and in some areas, the meat will be brought home.

Finally, the Chen Peng solution dream to remind everyone, especially the young people of the point, your enthusiasm for ancestor worship or not, your parents are in the eyes of the heart of the face, because they occasionally think of their own hundred years later, you will not have a memorial to the ancestors should have and filial piety. All, have the conditions, all go home to pay tribute to the ancestors. Especially in the dream has appeared in the deceased relatives, that is essentially the soul of the call ah.

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Legend of the origin of the Qingming Festival

According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, the Prince of Jin, Chong-er, in order to avoid the scourge of the country, the exile out of the country. He passed out from hunger. In order to save him, Jie Zi Tui cut off a piece of meat from his own leg and cooked it over a fire, then gave it to him to eat. Nineteen years later, Chong Er returned to his country and became the ruler, Duke Wen of Jin, one of the famous Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. When Duke Wen of Jin came to power, he rewarded his subjects who had suffered with him, but he forgot about Jie Zi Tui. Some people complained for Jie Zi Tui in front of Duke Wen of Jin.

Jin Wendong suddenly remembered the old story, the heart of shame, immediately sent to ask the mesoteric push on the court to be rewarded by the official. But he didn't want to see him, and had already hidden in Mianshan Mountain with his old mother on his back. So, someone came up with the idea that it would be better to set fire to the mountain, three sides of the fire, leaving one side, when the fire started, Jie Zi Tui would come out by himself. Duke Wen of Jin ordered the fire to burn the mountain, but the fire burned for three days and three nights, the fire extinguished, after all, do not see mesoteric pushed out. When he went up the mountain, he saw that Jie Zi Tui, mother and son, had died holding a big burnt willow tree.

Duke Wen of Jin looked at the body of Jie Zi Tui and wept for a while, and then buried the remains. When they arrived at the grave, they saw the old willow tree resurrected from the dead, with thousands of green branches fluttering in the wind. After the sacrifice, the Duke of Jin gave the name "Qingming Willow" to the resurrected old willow tree, and designated this day as the Qingming Festival

Customs of the Qingming Festival

Swinging / Autumn Thousand

This is an ancient Chinese custom of the Qingming Festival, and it is the first time that the Qingming Festival is held in China. The fifth generation Wang Renyu "Kaiyuan Tianbao remains" in the "Tianbao Palace to the Cold Food Festival even erected swing, so that the concubines play and laugh as a feast. The emperor called for the play of the half-century, the people in the city and thus called", the Song Dynasty Chancellor Wen Yanbo poem "cold food day through the Dragon Gate".

Kick / Cuju / Ju

Ju is a kind of leather ball, the ball skin made of leather, the ball inside the hair stuffed tight. Cuju is to kick the ball with the foot. It is a favorite game in ancient times during the Qingming Festival. It is said to have been invented by the Yellow Emperor, and its original purpose was to train warriors. Playing polo is also one of the plays of Dragon Boat Festival. Polo, is riding on a horse, holding a stick to play ball, the ancient name for bowing. Cao Zhi in the Three Kingdoms, "the name of the chapter" in the sentence "even hit the bow border".

The earlier the better the Qingming Tomb Sweeping

There are two questions of time:

First, is the Qingming Festival the day of the tomb sweeping or before and after the time can be? The sooner the better? As long as the period of the Qingming Festival can be, depending on their own convenience. Of course, every place has some local customs, we have to respect these customs. Also, for some customs, there is a difference in time between sweeping the graves of loved ones who have died within a year and those who have died more than a year ago. Friends should observe the local customs to do so.

Secondly, is it better to leave earlier than later?

Not exactly, it needs to be according to their own situation, it is best to be at 5-7 o'clock, that is, the dawning hour. In the ancient calendar, for one. Of course, now usually not so early, but, remind friends, it is best to complete the Qingming worship activities before 3 pm, because the yang energy has gradually faded, yin energy gradually grows, if the time of the low luck of the people, it is very easy to attract the Yin spirit stalking or harassment.

Can pregnant women go to the tomb on Qingming Festival

Generally speaking, pregnant women should avoid Qingming mountain worship activities, not only. Strictly speaking, women come to menstrual leave, it is best not to participate in such activities, especially not after three o'clock in the afternoon to participate in the Qingming worship activities. Remind friends: our motherland is vast, the custom of tomb-sweeping is slightly different from the north and south, for example: the south is usually children to go to the tomb-sweeping, while some places in the north, usually the daughter is not to go to the tomb-sweeping, if it is the daughter of the married to go to the tomb-sweeping with her husband.

Why don't you laugh and curse when you sweep the graves

Because the graveyard is the resting place of the spirits, you can't cross over the graves and offerings, make a lot of noise, laugh and curse, talk dirty, run around and touch the graves, urinate everywhere, which is not only disrespectful to your own ancestors, but also a nuisance to the spirits nearby. More can not trample on other graves or comment on the design of the grave, will be regarded as blasphemy, encountered a bad aura, that will cause a lot of trouble to go home.

Why you should be careful about taking pictures at the gravesite

In China, ancestor worship is not just about honoring your ancestors, but it's also clearly about paying homage to the spirits of the dead and praying for them. It is prudent to take pictures of the graves of the deceased, whether it is a picture of the grave-sweeper himself, or a picture of the grave-sweeper with the grave. It is even more taboo to take photos with other graves in the shot. Otherwise, your fortune is likely to decline and be out of balance in all areas.

A friend said: "three years ago, a grave sweeping, because I do not understand, in the ancestors of the cemetery photographed, in addition to the grave sweeper itself photographed, I also photographed with the cemetery, and photographed other graves will be photographed into the lens. Will my deletion of these photographs remedy the inauspiciousness thus caused?" In addition to deleting or destroying these photos, it is best to burn incense at the entrance to invite out the bad "qi".

What is the best flower to buy for Ching Ming Festival

Usually it is chrysanthemums because in ancient times, chrysanthemums were regarded as the flower of hope, which has the meaning of remembrance and nostalgia. White chrysanthemums are the most suitable, or you can pair them with some green grass, such as lilies, green leaves, carnations, etc., it will be more beautiful. Yellow chrysanthemums are known as longevity chrysanthemums, which are more suitable for visiting the sick.