Today, the tomb-sweeping day

08:29 April 04, 2017 the People's Daily WeChat

22 today 17 points, will usher in the tomb-sweeping day solar terms. "Everything is clean neat and clear, cover when gas great, when all things." The tomb-sweeping day hence the name.

"Cold food in the spring of more than half, the flower oil, bird jiao." After qingming festival, wall winds several empty, full stream red east, it is precious little spring season.

Qingming festival origin

The tomb-sweeping day turned into a memory of ancestors festival related to cold food. Han dynasty called cold smoking section, for the day the people the somebody else not their torches, just by the palace lit candle at night, and will fire to officials as home.

Later, ching Ming festival also absorbed another festival - early on the content of the third quarter. Shangsi festival at the beginning of the lunar March 3rd, the ancient custom is mainly for an outing and oninousness an (linhe bath, blessing to eliminate evil).

About from the beginning of the tang dynasty, people due to the tomb-sweeping day members have to go to the outskirts, in mourning ancestors, by the way, in the spring sunshine import green fields. Therefore, qingming festival has also been called TaQingJie. Song and yuan period, the qingming festival gradually form a to worship ancestors grave as the center, the cold food customs and shangsi outing activities such as combining traditional festival.

Today, the tomb-sweeping day is China's important traditional folk festival, is also a national legal holiday. This day, people at the same time of tomb-sweeping day, also accompanied by walk in recreation activities. Therefore, clear both ShenZhongZhuiYuan sentimental feelings, also have a joy to watch the Spring Festival atmosphere.

Read the tomb-sweeping day

The feast

When festivals, we according to the old practice or precedent pilgrimage. My holiday table for three. Shanghai position narrow alley house, three table can't offering at the same time, had to let two table, a table again. Cup chopsticks dishes to take neat full, just pick up noise to the application. Wax light bent his head. Incense ashes in incense burner at all, so we have to put incense three branches in the oven counts. In short, everything was very careless.

For the incense, pour the wine, and then is kneeling. Too little exercise at ordinary times, after only 40 years old, the knee joint had hardened, knelt down only felt frozen near, in addition there is no thinking. Before his father and uncle in the day, they worship kneel is not the same. Appears very solemn appearance, after a three knocking on my hands and knees, and kowtow to decades back gently, as if there hour, and then stand up, bow respectfully to leave. The so-called "offerings such as" and "over the matter and worship", they had become accustomed to.

Children sometimes followed me worship; Sometimes say not happy, also let them go. Incineration paper ingot is glad they do, slowly put the paper in an enamel basin ingot added, see it to flame swallowed, become white ashes for a while, as if have the winter with hibachi flavor. The children know the holidays, the first natural is better when having a meal can have more food; Second, it is the special game, in the family have to show a few times a year. As for the ancestors will could come, points the ZuoZhao right jose sit quietly, eat and drink after a meal, take the bride back again: this is can't imagine in children.

Excerpt from a holiday/ye shengtao

The tomb-sweeping day

(tang) tu mu

Upon the Tomb Sweeping Festival the rain drizzled down in spray

Pedestrians on country-side ways in gloom are pining away

Restaurant where?

the shepherd boy pointed afar and said the Apricot Bloom Vill

Cold food

(tang) Korea Hong

Spring city nowhere not fly,

Cold food dongfeng liu oblique.

Sunset han GongChuan candle,

The light smoke into the five hou home.

Qingming festival eve

Bai juyi (tang)

Good wind oboro month tomb-sweeping day night,

Brigitte build by laying bricks or stones red hin secretariat of home.

Alone the line around the corridors after rest,

Listen to dark see string tube.

A light boat with short, clear shangsi west lake

Ouyang xiu (song)

Good clear shangsi west lake, with prosperous. For who. Green willows zhu twinkle vehicles using the wheel.

Will go to the visitors at sunset, in the noisy. Road embankment oblique. Until ChengTou always spend.

Qingming festival custom

martyrs

Grave, originally is tomb-sweeping day three days before (or) cold food custom, since the tang dynasty gradually merge Yu Qingming, is the custom of the qingming festival, calling for ancestors is "respect".

For an outing

Is also called tanchun, XunChun, outing, feet on the grass, in the suburbs to play, watch the spring scenery. The tomb-sweeping day in April, nor, nature become a vibrant picture everywhere, it is time for an outing.

Flying a kite

Flying kites is tomb-sweeping day one of the most popular activities for people. Ancient people put the kite in the air, after he cut strings, let the wind take them to the ends of the earth, it is said that such diseases can eliminate evil, bring themselves good luck.

Planting trees

Before and after the tomb-sweeping day, ChunYang illuminate, spring rain FeiSa, planting seedling survival rate high, fast growth. Therefore, since ancient times, China has the habit of planting trees. The past is the qingming festival was called "Arbor Day".

On the swings

Swing the earliest called "art", after the han dynasty became clear and other folk games such as the Dragon Boat Festival, such as cold food festival. Swing is very popular in the tang dynasty, and become the important content of the qingming festival custom.

The memory of martyrs, our self-improvement

Qingming festival today, "how much blood, boys who a pulse with my China". They, with flesh and blood made immortal contributions to the motherland; They, with youth and blood to defend the dignity of the motherland. Today, no matter where you are, please contact for more than 100 years, all of the struggle for national independence and people's freedom of happiness and heroic sacrifice martyrs salute! Memory of martyrs, our self-improvement!

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