What are the new customs of people during the Qingming Festival?

Hiking, tree planting, kite flying, swinging.

Qingming Festival, also known as the Qingqing Festival, Xingqing Festival, March Festival, Ancestor Festival, etc., the festival period is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. The Qingming Festival originates from the ancestral beliefs and spring rituals in ancient times, and has both natural and humanistic connotations, which is not only a natural solar term, but also a traditional festival. So what customs do you know about the Qingming Festival?

Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has had the custom of going out to the Qingming Festival. In ancient times, it was called exploring spring, looking for spring, etc., which was a spring outing, also called"Step into spring"。This kind of seasonal folk activities have a long history in our country, and its source is the ancient spring custom of agricultural sacrifice, which has a far-reaching impact on later generations.

In the Qingming season, spring returns to the earth, and the natural world presents a vibrant scene everywhere, which is a good time for outings.

Since ancient times, China has also had the custom of planting trees on the Qingming Festival, so some people also call it the Qingming Festival"Arbor Day"。China's original Arbor Day was celebrated every year on Ching Ming Festival, which was later changed to March 12. As soon as Qingming arrives, the temperature rises and the rainfall increases, which is a good season for planting trees"Afforestation is better than Qingming"The proverb of the peasants.

Qingming tree planting is also related to ancestor worship, because most of the graves are in the wild, often covered by weeds, and sometimes it takes a long time to go to the ancestors to find the grave. So some people planted evergreen pines and cypresses on the graves, so that they would be more conspicuous. Later, it was gradually imitated by people and became a custom.

Kite flying is a favorite activity during the Qingming Festival. In the past, during the Qingming season, people not only put it during the day, but also at night. At night, strings of small colorful lanterns are hung under the kite, like twinkling stars, which are called"Magic lamp"。

Some people put kites in the blue sky, cut the strings, and let the breeze send them to the ends of the earth, which is said to ward off diseases and bring good luck to themselves.

Qingming Festival carries a rich cultural connotation in the historical development, all parts of the country due to different regions and there are differences in the content or details of customs, although the festival activities are not the same, but the tomb sweeping and worshipping ancestors, outing is the theme of the customs of the Communist Party. During the Qingming season, no matter where they are, people will return to their hometowns to participate in ancestor worship activities and remember their ancestors. The Qingming ritual culture fully embodies the humanistic spirit of the Chinese nation to respect the ancestors and pursue the future cautiously.

1. The customs of the Qingming Festival are rich and interesting, in addition to paying attention to the ban on fire and tomb sweeping, there are a series of customs and sports activities such as walking, swinging, juju, playing polo, and planting willows.

2. According to legend, this is because the Qingming Festival should be cold food and fire ban, in order to prevent the body from being injured by cold food, so everyone comes to participate in some sports activities to exercise.

3. Therefore, this festival has both the sad tears of life and death of the new grave, and the laughter of the Bi tribe, which is a distinctive festival.

The customs of the Qingming Festival have the customs of stepping on the Qingqing, flying kites, etc., the customs and habits of eating Qingtuanzi in the Qingming Festival in the south of the Yangtze River are green, the Qingtuanzi is as green as jade, the fragrance is fragrant, it tastes sweet but not greasy, fat but not fat, and the Qingtuanzi is particularly important in the folk customs of the Jiangnan area.