Who knows the origin and background of Qingming Festival!

The Qingming Festival is a traditional festival in China and the most important festival of worship, a day of ancestor worship and tomb-sweeping. Tomb-sweeping is commonly known as visiting the graves, an activity to honor the dead.

Legend has it that during the Spring and Autumn Period, when Duke Wen of Jin was in exile, and was tired and hungry on the way, his attendant Jie Zi Tui cut a piece of meat from his thigh and made soup for him, and when he learned of this, he was grateful. When the Duke of Jin became the throne, he forgot about Jie Zi Pui when he rewarded his ministers, and Jie Zi Pui lived in Mianshan Mountain without any fame or fortune.

Later, Chong Er was so remorseful that he burned Mianshan Mountain to search for him, only to find Jie Zi Pui dead under a dead willow with his mother on his back, and left his last words: "Cutting off my flesh to serve the king, but wishing that my lord would always be clear."

To commemorate Jie Zi Tui, Duke Wen of Jin designated that day as the Cold Food Festival. The next year, Duke Wen climbed the mountain to pay tribute to him, and when the willow tree came back to life, he gave the old willow tree the name of "Ching Ming Willow", and the day after the Cold Food Festival was designated as the Ching Ming Festival.

The Qingming Festival is usually celebrated around April 5 on the Gregorian calendar, the 15th day after the vernal equinox. The Qingming Festival period is very long, there are 10 days before and after the 8th and 10 days before and after the 10th, these nearly 20 days are within the Qingming Festival period. Qingming Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and known as China's four major traditional festivals. 1935 Republic of China government explicitly set April 5 for the national holiday Qingming Festival, also known as the National Tomb Sweeping Festival.

May 20, 2006, the Chinese people *** and the Ministry of Culture declared the Qingming Festival by the State Council approved the inclusion of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia - Qingming Festival