Tomb-Sweeping Day handwritten newspaper stick figure

Tomb-Sweeping Day handwritten newspaper stick figure:

Brief introduction of Tomb-Sweeping Day

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. It was celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day is the biggest ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation, which originated from ancient ancestor belief and spring worship custom. Tomb-Sweeping Day has two connotations of nature and humanity, which are both natural solar terms and traditional festivals. Grave-sweeping and ancestor-worship outing are two major themes of Tomb-Sweeping Day, which have been passed down since ancient times in China. Tomb-Sweeping Day is an ancient festival of the Chinese nation. It is not only a solemn festival to visit graves and worship ancestors, but also a festival for people to get close to nature and enjoy spring outing. Douzhi B (or solar calendar reaches 15) is Tomb-Sweeping Day Qi, and the festival time is around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar every year. At this time, life is full of vitality, everything is "old and new", and the earth presents a scene of spring, tranquility and peace, which is a good time for the suburbs to go to the spring and celebrate the ancestors. Tomb-Sweeping Day's ancestor worship is very long, 8 days before Tomb-Sweeping Day 10 and 8 days after Tomb-Sweeping Day 10. These nearly 20 days belong to Tomb-Sweeping Day who worships his ancestors.

Tomb-Sweeping Day custom

Go for an outing, the Chinese nation has had the custom of going for an outing in Qingming since ancient times. In ancient times, it was called spring outing, spring seeking and so on. Spring outing, also known as spring outing, refers to going for a walk in the suburbs in early spring. This seasonal folk activity has a long history in China, and its source is the ancient custom of welcoming the Spring Festival, which has a far-reaching influence on later generations. There are both solar terms and festivals in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the atmosphere in Tomb-Sweeping Day provides important conditions for the formation of the Qingming outing custom in terms of time and meteorological phenology. During the Qingming Festival, spring returns to the earth, and nature presents a vibrant scene everywhere, which is a good time to go for an outing. People use the opportunity of sweeping graves to have fun with their families in mountainous areas and rural areas.

Planting trees, before and after Qingming Festival, the spring is bright, the spring rain is flying, and the survival rate of planting seedlings is high and the growth is fast. So there is a habit of planting trees in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and some people call Tomb-Sweeping Day Arbor Day. The custom of planting trees has been passed down to this day. The custom of planting trees in Tomb-Sweeping Day is said to have originated from the custom of crossing willows and inserting willows in Qingming Festival. There are three legends about Tomb-Sweeping Day. The first legend is said to commemorate Shennong, the founder of agriculture, and later developed into the meaning of praying for longevity. The second legend is related to meson push. It is said that when Jin Wengong led the minister to climb a mountain to pay homage to Jietui, he found that the old willow tree on which Jietui once lived came back from the dead, so he was given the title of "Qingming Willow". The third legend is that Emperor Taizong gave the minister a willow circle as a blessing to drive away the epidemic.

Tomb-Sweeping Day's Poems

A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day; The mourner's heart is going to break on his way.

Swallow came to the news agency, after the Qingming Festival in pear flower falls.

Oh, don't sigh that the dust in Kyoto will stain the white clothes, and there is still time to return to the mirror house in Lake Ubak.

Every holiday season, I miss my parents, and the peaches and plums smile, and the Noda wilderness is only sad.

Ask local people where to buy wine? The shepherd boy just laughed and didn't answer Xingshan Village.

In the storm, pear flower falls died, and the Cold Food Festival passed. In Tomb-Sweeping Day, several families will visit graves and be worshipped by future generations.

There are many tomb fields in the north and south hills, and the Qingming sweeps each other.

Eyes full of gossamer catkins, when red apricots bloom, it will be sunny and rainy for a while.

Tingxuan was lonely and near Qingming, full of wine, and fell ill last year.

I have lived in Tomb-Sweeping Day without flowers and wine. Like a monk in a temple, everything is depressing and lonely for me.

At night in Tomb-Sweeping Day, the breeze is blowing gently and the moonlight is hazy. The railing made of jasper and the wall made of red bricks are the residence of the governor.

Listen to the wind and rain. Worried about grass and flowers.