There are customs and stories about Tomb-Sweeping Day.

1. Origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day custom: Tomb-Sweeping Day originated in the Zhou Dynasty 2,500 years ago, and began in the phenology of the Ming Dynasty to promote spring ploughing. "A Hundred Years of Questions" says: "When everything grows, it is clean and bright, hence the name Qingming." In terms of popularity, it combines festivals that are very close to festivals, such as "thinking above, eating cold food".

2. The story of Tomb-Sweeping Day:

Jie Zhitui was a courtier of Jin Wengong in the Spring and Autumn Period. When Li Ji rebelled, he went to war with Zhong Er, but when Jin Wengong acceded to the throne, Jin Wengong forgot his contribution and was afraid to ask Jin Wengong for a salary. He felt very wronged.

He decided to live in seclusion with his mother in an unknown place. Jin Wengong later discovered his fault, but he couldn't find Jiezhitui, so he gave Jiezhitui a piece of land as a souvenir. This place is Mianshan, Jiexiu City, Shanxi Province today.

Extended data:

The traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day of the Han nationality in China began in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. Influenced by the Han culture, 24 ethnic minorities in China, such as Manchu, Hezhe, Zhuang, Oroqen, Dong, Tujia, Miao, Yao, Li, Shui, Jing and Qiang, also have the customs of Tomb-Sweeping Day. Although customs vary from place to place, sweeping graves to worship ancestors and hiking are the basic themes.

Tomb-Sweeping Day originally meant grave-sweeping day, and the government of the Republic of China designated 15 days after the vernal equinox in 935 as a national holiday, also known as the national grave-sweeping day. On May 20th, 2006, with the approval of the State Council, Tomb-Sweeping Day was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.