Festival customs

The custom of the qingming festival is rich interesting, in addition to pay attention to the fire, the grave, and outing, swing, play cuju, play polo, inserted liu and so on a series of customs sports activities.From the tombs, this is because the cold to cold food ban fire, in order to prevent cold food buffet killed the cat, so everyone to take part in some sports activities, to exercise.Qingming festival, folk avoid make needle, avoid is laundry, most women avoid is on the road.In the evening before, to sprinkle a gray line in front of the gate, it is said that can prevent ghosts into the house.Therefore, this festival in both New York martyrs shenglisibie sad and bitter tears, played by outing laughter, is a rich characteristic holiday.

Which day is qingming festival?Like other Chinese traditional festivals with the moon calendar lunar is different, in fact the qingming festival is a solar calendar calendar dates, fixed in the Gregorian calendar every year on April 4 solstice between April 6.Ching Ming festival is a date?Tomb-sweeping day is April 4, 2012 this year, has nothing to do with the lunar calendar.

Tomb-sweeping day summary

Qingming festival is our countryThe 24 solar termsOne of the.Because the twenty-four solar terms is to objectively reflect the year round temperature, rainfall and phenological changes, so the ancient working people use it to arrange farming activities.Age in accordance with the best ask "that:" growth at this time, all things are clean and bright and clean.The reason of the tomb-sweeping day."Tomb-sweeping day arrived, temperatures, rainfall is increasing, it is spring spring big time."Before and after the tomb-sweeping day, the melon is a kind of beans", "afforestation, the mo ching" farmer's saying.Tomb-sweeping day is our country traditional festival, which is the most important festival of sacrifice, is the day of ancestor worship and the grave.Grave, offer sacrifices to the dead man's a kind of activity.The han nationality and some minority are mostly in the tombs.See: what is the history and custom of the qingming festival _ tomb-sweeping day.

Ching Ming festival history development

Legend dayu harnessing later, people use the language of "qingming festival" celebrate floods have in addition to, all is well.Spring flowers at this time, all things recovery, days of the qing Ming, is a good time to outing for a spring outing.For an outing as early as the tang dynasty has begun, all previous dynasties from a habit.For an outing in addition to appreciate the nature beauty of lakes and mountains, spring scenery beautiful scenery outside, also carry out all kinds of recreational activities, add life interest.

The day before tomb-sweeping day pop grave, grave is tomb-sweeping day actually the content of the cold, cold food from the state mourning of jie zitui.So tang kaiyuan imperial edicts, 20 years "tomb on cold food".Because of the cold food into the clear, and then gradually spread into tomb-sweeping day.The tomb-sweeping day, tomb-sweeping day is more popular.The ancient grave, the children often to fly a kite.Some kites on a bamboo flute, the wind can emit sound, like the sound of the zheng, so it is said that the name of the kite is.

Period of northern song dynasty tomb sweeping day is very common, come down now zhang ze the < < qingming scroll > > describe is the capital of song dynasty north bei tomb-sweeping day from Tokyo (kaifeng) near the scenes on both sides of the character.Since 2008, our country will be tomb sweeping day as public holiday, the day off.To 2009, and changed to three days.Continues to this day.

The tomb-sweeping day to grave, said the deceased person respect and esteem.

[1] tomb-sweeping day someone in front of the ancestral tombs of parental, 55, also some people in love dandle grave YanQi.More than just a graveyard, pet also has a cemetery.For pet grave to worship the first ancestor worship, pet grave with photos, chrysanthemum, lifetime beloved toys, and with cement, marble laid like people.In addition to the entity cemetery, pet network cemetery and memorial blogs have become popular.And as the kiosk of trajan online mourning loved ones, pets the kiosk of trajan can drink offering, and a bunch of flowers application is easy, most simply type pet and owner's name.

Ching Ming festival holiday related

In ancient China in front of the tomb sweeping day there is a linked to the tomb-sweeping day important festival - cold.Cold food in the 105 days after the winter solstice, cold food a total of 3 days, is after the tomb-sweeping day, so the qingming festival on the 108th day after the winter solstice.Modern cold basic has been incorporated into the tomb-sweeping day, but the two still have differences, the cold there is a legend.

According to legend the spring and autumn period and the warring states era, duke xian of male concubine le ji to make his own son, he ascended the throne, prince xiqi of jin is a deadly trap against prince prince shensheng of jin, prince shensheng of jin was forced to suicide.The younger brother of prince shensheng of jin chong 'er, in order to avoid evil, exodus.In exile, chong 'er suffered humiliation.Original phraortes fled thence followed him along the retainer, mostly after another way out their own way.Only a handful of loyal person, always follow him.One of them named jie zitui.On one occasion, chong 'er hungry faint.Jie zitui to save chong 'er, cut a piece of flesh from his leg meat, roasted with fire gave chong 'er to eat.Nineteen years later, chong 'er back home to do the monarch, is the spring and autumn period and the famous five bully is one of the state.After the state power, to those who share the joys and sorrows with him continually been raised, and forgot jie zitui.Someone in front of the faithful to jie zitui cry foul.Duke suddenly remembering the past, guilty, immediately sent meson, please push toward an official who.But, sent a few trips, jie zitui not to come.

The state had to close to please.However, when the state to jie zitui home, saw the door shut.Jie zitui don't want to see him, has been back to the old mother hid in continous mountain (now southeast shanxi jiexiu county).Duke gave his body-guard continous mountain search, didn't find it.Hence, someone out of the idea, and said, be inferior to set fire to the mountain, the ignition on three sides, with the left side,The fireWhen jie zitui might come out of yourself.Duke wen is ordered for fire mountain, what burned for three days and three nights, after the fire, will see meson.Up the mountain a look, jie zitui hold a big willow burning in both mother and son is dead.Duke looked at jie zituiThe bodyCry a, and then buried bodies, jie zitui found back wall with a willow tree hole, the hole seems to be something.Took a look, turned out to be a flap, the above problem a blood poem: "cut meat to serve all steps, I wish the tetrarch temperamental predominance.Under the willow ZuoGui eventually disappear, indeed the suggestion I accompany you.If master heart have me, have I regularly.Minister in jiuquan heart clear conscience, industrious tomb-sweeping day after the tomb-sweeping day ";[3] the state hid bloodletter into the sleeve.Then push the meson and his mother were buried in the charred under the big willow tree.In memory of jie zitui, duke wen ordered the continous mountain is changed to "lie mountain", building ancestral temple in the mountain, and set fire to mount this day as the cold food, spoke to the nation, every year this day taboo fireworks, only eat cold food.Walking, he cut a piece of burning in the willow, the court made a pair of clogs, looked at it every day sigh a way: "sad indeed the first step.""First step" is mutual respect between the ancients to supervisor or peers at a lower level, it is said that is derived from this.In the second year, the state took the princes and white clothing hiking festivals, condolences.To the grave, I saw the old willow resurrection of the dead tree, green branches, one thousand, playing with the wind.Duke looked at the resurrection of the old willow, like saw jie zitui.He walked to the front of respect and cherish to choke the branch, made up a circle on the head.Martyrs, after the state given the resurrection of the old willow called "qingming festival", and to this day as the tomb-sweeping day.

After wandering around bloodletter sleeve, often as a spur his motto.His diligence tomb-sweeping day, hard, take good governance.Since then, the state of jin people to live, to active the jie zitui missed, not with a silver spoon in her mouth.On the day of his death, people forbid fireworks to represent the honor.Also with flour and the jujube paste, molded into the swallow, with willow strung together, put on the door, calling his soul, it is called "the push of yan" (jie zitui also push for interface).Since then, the cold food, become the people of the country's grand festival.Whenever the cold food, people that don't make a fire to cook, only eat cold food.