Qingming proverb

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival and ancestor worship festival, is celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Qingming has two connotations: nature and humanity. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional major Spring Festival. It has been a fine tradition of the Chinese nation for thousands of years to sweep graves and worship ancestors. The following are proverbs about Qingming. Welcome to read!

Qingming proverb

◆ The following are some meteorological proverbs in Tomb-Sweeping Day:

◇ Before the rain hits Qingming, the spring rain will be frequent (Lu)

It rained for three months in Tomb-Sweeping Day (Guangxi)

◇ Qingming is rarely sunny, and Grain Rain is rarely cloudy (Lu)

◇ Qingming is not afraid of sunny, and Grain Rain is not afraid of rain (black)

Before the rain is clear, the depression is conducive to farming (black)

◇ It rains in the Qingming Festival, and a sorghum hits a liter (black)

◇ Clear sky Wan Li, Grain Rain Yiyu (Jiangxi)

◇ Qingming Snow Rest, Grain Rain Frost Rest (East China, Central China, South China, Sichuan, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau)

◇ Qingming Snow Rest, Grain Rain Frost Rest (Hebei, Shanxi).

◇ Qingming without rain and drought, Qingming with rain (Jiangsu, Hubei)

◆ The frost, fog, thunder, cold, warmth and future weather of Tomb-Sweeping Day have certain indications. Related proverbs are:

◇ Wheat is afraid of Qingming frost, and the valley wants Qiu Lai drought (cloud)

◇ It rains in succession during the Qingming Festival (Su)

◇ Clear and foggy, rainy in summer and autumn (Jiangsu, Hubei)

◇ Clear and foggy, sunny every day (Henan).

◇ Dust rises at Qingming Festival, and loess buries people (Shanxi, Inner Mongolia)

◇ The first plum in Qingming Thunder (Zhejiang)

◇ Qingming cold, good years (Liaoning, Hebei)

◇ Qingming is warm, cold dew is cold (Hunan)

◆ The wind in Tomb-Sweeping Day also indicates the future weather and the quality of a year, and farmers are extremely concerned about it. Therefore, there are many proverbs about this among the people. For example:

◇ Qingming south wind, more summer water; Qingming North Wind, Less Summer Water (Fujian)

When the northwest wind blows in Qingming Festival, there will be more drought and yellow wind (Ning)

The north wind in Tomb-Sweeping Day is cold for ten days, and the end of spring frost is just around the corner (Hebei)

It takes 45 (sous) to break ground at Qingming Festival.

The custom of Tomb-Sweeping Day

Worship ancestors and sweep graves

Sacrificing ancestors and sweeping graves is one of the most important ceremonies and the most representative custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day. It is used to remember the deceased relatives and pay homage to the ancestors of the same blood. Someone once said that "pear blossoms reflect poplar trees, which is the place where life and death leave", which should be the best portrayal of ancestor worship and grave sweeping.

There is no fire or cold food.

Originally the custom of the Cold Food Festival, cold food and Qingming gradually merged into one. However, with this custom, there were perennial fire altars in ancient China shrines, and sacrificial ceremonies were held every year to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, which was called "changing the fire". Smoking is forbidden during this period, and only cold food is allowed, which is also the origin of the Cold Food Festival.

Taqing amusement

Walking is one of the most popular customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day. At this time, people will abandon their busy work, make an appointment with friends, go to the flowers for tea or swim freely to welcome the arrival of spring.

Folding willow

As the old saying goes, "A beautiful woman turns her head." Men, women and children who go out on this day in Tomb-Sweeping Day will fold willow branches and put them at the door, or wear them on their heads in a circle, which can ward off evil spirits and have decorative effects.

play on the swing

During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Tomb-Sweeping Day was designated as the Swing Festival, which was also an important part of Tomb-Sweeping Day customs, mainly for people's entertainment.