Why Qingming, its origin, and the origin of Qingming?

The traditional Qingming Festival in China began around the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. In ancient times, it was not as important as the previous day's cold food festival, because the dates of the Qingming and cold food festivals were close, and the folk gradually merged the customs of the two, and in the Sui and Tang dynasties (581 to 907), the Qingming Festival and the cold food festival gradually merged into the same festival, becoming the day of tomb sweeping and ancestor worship, that is, today's Qingming Festival. Since then, tomb sweeping on Qingming Festival has become a fixed custom of the Chinese nation.

Qingming Festival, also known as the Tomb Sweeping Festival, the Ghost Festival, and the Hades Festival, together with the Midyear Festival on July 15 and the Winter Clothes Festival on the first day of October, are collectively known as the Three Dead Festival, all of which are related to the sacrifice of ghosts and gods.

Qingming Festival, also known as the Qingqing Festival, according to the solar calendar, it is between April 4 and 6 every year, it is the spring bright and beautiful grass and trees spit out the green season, and it is also a good time for people to go on a spring outing (called Qingqing in ancient times), so the ancients had the custom of Qingming and Qingqing, and carried out a series of sports activities. The Qingming Festival, also known as the March Festival in ancient times, has a history of more than 2,000 years.

It has something to do with the origin of the Winter Food Festival.

It also symbolizes the arrival of spring.

The Qingming Festival has a long history, originating from the spring festival activities in ancient times, the spring and autumn festivals, which have existed in ancient times, and the ancestral belief and sacrificial culture are important factors in the formation of the Qingming Festival. Qingming Festival has two major connotations, solar terms and festivals, and the Qingming solar terms provide important conditions for the formation of Qingming festival customs in terms of time and meteorological phenological characteristics.

The Qingming solar term is one of the twenty-four specific festivals that indicate the change of seasons in the ancient Ganzhi calendar. In the Qingming season, spit out the old and absorb the new, the vitality is flourishing, the temperature rises, everything is clean, the earth presents the image of spring and Jingming, this season is a good time for the suburbs to go out (spring outing) and Xingqing (tomb sacrifice). The Qingming Festival integrates solar terms and folk customs, which is the unity of time, place and people.

The Qingming ritual culture fully embodies the Chinese ancestors' pursuit of the harmonious unity of "heaven, earth and man", and pays attention to the idea of conforming to the time and place and following the laws of nature. Qingming Festival is not only a solemn day for sweeping tombs and worshiping ancestors, but also a joyful festival for people to get close to nature, go out to play, and enjoy the fun of spring.

The origin of the Qingming Festival, it is said that it began in the ancient emperors and generals "tomb sacrifice" ceremony, and later the folk also followed suit, on this day to worship the ancestors and sweep the tomb, the successive dynasties have followed and become a fixed custom of the Chinese nation. Due to the custom of worshipping ancestors, sweeping tombs, and outings on Qingming Day in the vast areas of China, it has gradually evolved into a traditional Chinese festival for Chinese people to commemorate their ancestors in the form of tomb sweeping and worship.

The name "Qingming Festival" also comes from the Qingming solar term in the 24 solar terms of the Chinese lunar calendar. The 108th day after the winter solstice is the Qingming solar term. There are 15 days of Qingming solar terms. As the Qingming of the solar term, the time is after the vernal equinox.

At this time, winter has gone, spring is full of joy, the weather is clear, the four fields are clear, and nature is full of vitality. "Qingming" is a very appropriate word to call this period.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Qingming Festival was very common, and the handed down Zhang Zeduan's "Qingming Riverside Map" depicts the characters on both sides of the Bianhe River in Bianliang (Kaifeng) in Tokyo during the Qingming Dynasty during the reign of Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty.

On May 20, 2006, the Qingming Festival was approved to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. Since 2008, China has recognized Qingming Festival as a statutory holiday, with one day off. In 2009, it was changed to three days. It continues to this day.

Qingming is not only one of the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional festival with a long history. The day before Qingming is called the Cold Food Festival. The two festivals coincide with the spring of March, the spring is bright, the peach and willow are green, and there is a thriving atmosphere.

The establishment of the Cold Food Festival is to commemorate Jie Zitui of the Jin Dynasty in the Spring and Autumn Period, "Shigan burned to death the unjust Sakura Marquis". During the Qingming cold food period, the folk have customs such as prohibiting fire and cold food, worshipping ancestors and sweeping tombs, and going on outings. In addition, there are traditional activities such as swinging, kite flying, tug-of-war, cockfighting, willow wearing, grass fighting, and ball playing.

Make Qingming a poetic festival.

During the Qingming Dynasty, Wuxi folk began to plant vegetables and fruit trees. Silkworm farmers wrap silkworm seeds in cotton clothes for hatching on the night of Qingming Return.

On this day, people have gone to Huishan Mountain. Those who do not go up to Huishan go around the city on the city wall, which is called climbing high and stepping into the green. The area of Donglin Nunnery at the East Gate is a gathering place for scholars and girls, so there is a saying that "see peach blossoms in Donglin Nunnery".

On this day, it is also the festival of Dongxiang Jiaoshan and Beixiang Doosan, and there is a competition nearby, so Doosan is also known as Qingming Mountain.

People are going up the mountain to go to the green, catch up with the festival field, and the first competition. From the Lantern Festival to the Qingming Festival, adults and children, in groups of three or five, go to the wild to fly phoenix kites, which is not interesting.

During the Qingming Festival, the ancestral tomb (commonly known as "the tomb") is a traditional folk custom in Wuxi. When sweeping the grave, pick up some new graves. All new graves must be swept before Qingming; The old tomb can pass the Qingming but not the beginning of the summer.

The new daughter-in-law must go to the ancestral grave, commonly known as the "flower grave". When sweeping the tomb, meat and vegetarian dishes, wine, rice and other sacrifices are used. After replacing the sock buttons with dried fruit pastries and other items.

Du Mu's "Qingming" in the Tang Dynasty: During the Qingming Festival, it rains a lot, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls. Ask where is the restaurant? The shepherd boy refers to Xinghua Village.

Qingming Festival is an ancient festival of the Chinese nation, which is not only a solemn festival of sweeping tombs and worshipping ancestors, but also a joyful festival for people to get close to nature, go out to play, and enjoy the fun of spring.

Qingming Festival, also known as the Qingqing Festival, the Xingqing Festival, the March Festival, the 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. Qingming Festival is a traditional major spring festival, sweeping the tomb to worship, remembering the ancestors, is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation since ancient times, not only conducive to promoting filial piety and family affection, awakening the common memory of the family, but also to promote the cohesion and sense of identity of family members and even the nation.

The Qingming Festival integrates the natural festival and the humanities and customs, which is the unity of the time, the place and the people, and fully embodies the pursuit of the harmonious unity of "heaven, earth and man" by the ancestors of the Chinese nation, and pays attention to the idea of conforming to the time and place and following the laws of nature.

The Qingming Festival integrates natural solar terms and humanistic customs, which is the unity of the right time, the right place and the right people, and fully reflects the harmonious unity of the ancestors of the Chinese nation in pursuing the harmony and unity of "heaven, earth and man", and paying attention to the idea of conforming to the time and place and following the laws of nature.

The origin of the Qingming Festival, it is said that it began in the ancient emperors and generals of the "tomb sacrifice" ceremony, and later the folk also followed suit, on this day to worship the ancestors and sweep the tomb, the successive dynasties have followed and become a solid and pure custom of the Chinese nation. Originally, the Cold Food Festival and the Qingming Festival were two different festivals, and in the Tang Dynasty, the day of worshipping and sweeping the tomb was set as the cold food festival.

The name "Qingming Festival" also comes from the Qingming Festival in the 24 solar terms of China's lunar calendar. Dong Hong ordered that the 105th day after the sentence was the Qingming Festival.

China's traditional festival - Qingming Festival began in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years.

Qingming is the fifth solar term in the 24 solar terms at the beginning, Qingming arrives, the temperature rises, it is a good season for spring ploughing and spring planting, so there is a "before and after Qingming, plant melons and beans", "afforestation, no more than Qingming" agricultural proverb.

Qingming is one of the 24 solar terms in China. Because the 24 solar terms objectively reflect the changes in temperature, rainfall, phenology and other aspects of the four seasons of the year, the ancient working people used it to arrange agricultural activities. Huainanzi?

Tianwen Xun "cloud: "On the fifteenth day after the spring equinox, the bucket finger B, then the Qingming wind arrives. According to the statement of "Hundred Questions in the Year":

Everything grows at this time, it is clean and clear. Therefore, it is called Qingming. "As soon as Qingming arrives, the temperature rises and the rainfall increases, which is a good season for spring plowing and spring planting.

Therefore, there is an agricultural proverb of "before and after the Qingming Festival, order melons and plant beans" and "planting trees and afforestation, no more than the Qingming Festival". It can be seen that this solar term has a close relationship with agricultural production.

However, Qingming is a festival, which is different from the pure solar terms. The solar terms are the signs of phenological changes and seasonal order in China, while festivals contain certain customs and certain commemorative significance.

Qingming Festival is a traditional festival in our country, and it is also the most important sacrificial festival, which is a day to worship ancestors and sweep tombs. Tomb sweeping is commonly known as going to the grave, an activity to sacrifice the dead. Most of the Han and some ethnic minorities sweep the tombs on the Qingming Festival.

According to the old custom, when sweeping the tomb, people should bring wine, food, fruits, paper money and other items to the cemetery, offer food to the grave of their relatives, and then incinerate the paper money, cultivate new soil for the tomb, break a few tender green new branches and insert them on the grave, and then kowtow and worship, and finally eat the wine and food and go home. Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu's poem "Qingming": "During the Qingming Festival, it rains a lot, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls.

Where is the restaurant? The shepherd boy refers to Xinghua Village. "Write about the special atmosphere of the Qingming Festival.

Qingming Festival, also known as the Qingqing Festival, according to the solar calendar, it is between April 4 and 6 every year, it is the spring bright and beautiful grass and trees spit green season, and it is also a good time for people to go on a spring outing (called Qingqing in ancient times), so the ancients had the custom of Qingming outing and carrying out a series of sports activities.

To this day, the custom of worshipping ancestors and mourning deceased relatives is still prevalent on Qingming Festival.