Customs and traditions of the Qingming Festival Introduction to the traditions and customs of Qingming

1, customs: Qingming Festival is a festival to commemorate ancestors. Mainly sweeping the tomb, sweeping the tomb is to be careful to catch up with the past, the family and filial piety of the specific performance, sweeping the tomb is commonly known as the tomb, a kind of activities to worship the dead. Han Chinese and some ethnic minorities are mostly in the Qingming Festival sweeping. In fact, in addition to sweeping graves, there are a lot of rich and interesting customs on Qingming Day. There are a series of customs, such as trekking, kite flying, swinging, touching eggs, willow planting and so on.

2, traditional: trekking. Also known as the spring, searching for spring, excursions, that is, feet on the grass, playing in the countryside, viewing the spring colors. April Qingming, spring back to the earth, nature everywhere presents a vibrant scene, it is a great time for excursions. Kite flying is also a favorite activity during the Qingming Festival, especially the children, mention kite flying, but also overjoyed. Qingming Festival, people not only fly kites in the daytime, the night will also fly kites, and the night kites are usually hung on the string of small colorful lanterns, small lanterns like flickering stars in the air is also a flash of a spectacular. Some people put the kite into the blue sky, then cut the kite's line short, with the power of the wind to send the kite up to the sky, it is said that this can eliminate disasters and diseases, and bring good luck to themselves. Swinging. This is a custom of Qingming Festival in ancient China. People first called it Qianqiu, but in order to avoid the royal taboo, it was renamed as swinging. Swinging can not only cultivate temperament, but also help to improve people's health, cultivate the courageous spirit of children, and is still loved by children.