What is the custom of Qingming Festival in Yongchun

The custom of sweeping graves on Qingming Day has been practiced in Yongchun for a long time. People usually bring food to the tomb to honor, clear the grave grass, sprinkle paper money on the grave, tracing the red inscription on the tombstone to commemorate. Nowadays, schools and other organizations take advantage of the Qingming Festival to visit the tombs of the martyrs and remember the martyrs.

During the Qingming period, Yongchun people have always had the custom of eating the Run cake. "Run cake" is also called "pancake", originally Minnan snacks, prevalent in Quanzhou later spread to Taiwan, Quanzhou people as well as Minnan people every "New Year's Day", The people of Quanzhou and Southern Fujian have the custom of eating pancakes on "New Year's Day", "Ching Ming Festival" and so on. The pancake skin is thin and tender, wrapped with fresh and delicious fillings to eat, tender and sweet! Its characteristics: tender and crispy sweet, mellow and flavorful. There is a special flavor.

The tug of war, early called "draw hook" "hook strong", the Tang Dynasty began to call "tug of war". It was invented in the late Spring and Autumn period, began to prevail in the military, and later spread to the people. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, a large-scale tug-of-war competition was held at the time of the Qingming Festival, and since then, tug-of-war has become a part of the Qingming Festival customs.

Flying kites is one of the favorite activities of the Qingming Festival. Ancient people believed that if someone was sick, they could write or draw their illness on a kite, tie the kite with a string and fly it in the air, let it fly to a high altitude and then pull the string to cut it, and the illness and disaster would fly away with the kite. Later, the kite also gradually developed into a popular recreational activities.