Qingming arrives, pear blossoms laugh, sunset songs, and hundreds of flowers flutter. Spring is strong, the warblers return, ten thousand willows, with the wind. The wind is clear, and the flowers are getting warmer. Qingming Festival, also known as The Qingqing Festival, the Xingqing Festival, the March Festival, and the Ancestor Worship Festival, is held at the turn of mid-spring and late spring.
Qingming has both natural and humanistic connotations, which is both a natural festival point and a traditional festival.
Qingming Festival is a traditional major spring festival, tomb sweeping sacrifices, remembrance of ancestors, is the fine tradition of the Chinese nation for thousands of years, not only conducive to promoting filial piety and 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 natural festivals and humanistic customs into one, fully embodying the harmonious unity of the ancestors of the Chinese nation in pursuing "heaven, earth and people", paying attention to the idea of conforming to the time and place and following the laws of nature.
Qingming Festival is rich in customs, and tomb sweeping and ancestor worship and green outings are the two major ritual themes of the Qingming Festival, and these two traditional ritual themes have been passed down in China since ancient times and have not stopped.
Qingming - diet
Qingdunzi: The custom of eating qingdunzi in Jiangnan during the Qingming Dynasty. Green dumplings are made by mashing a wild plant called "pulp wheat grass" and squeezing out the juice, then mixing this juice with the dried water mill pure glutinous rice flour and kneading, and then starting to make the dumplings.
Cold Food: The day before the Qingming Festival is the Cold Food Festival. From the perspective of historical reality, the prohibition of fire and cold food mainly reflects the remnants of the ancient Chinese custom of changing fire. Cold food includes cold porridge, cold food noodles, cold food pulp, green essence rice and dumplings, etc.; cold food offerings include noodle swallow, snake plate rabbit, date cake, fine barley, etc.
Qingming - customs
Ancestor worship: Qingming sacrifices can be divided into tomb sacrifices and ancestral hall sacrifices according to the different places of worship. Tomb sacrifices are the most common. The characteristic of the Qingming sacrifice is the tomb sacrifice. In the cemetery sacrifice, the sacrificor is closest to the object of sacrifice, which is easy to cause a feeling of closeness, so that the filial piety and affection of the living to the deceased can be better expressed and sustenance.
Treading Green: The Chinese nation has had the custom of walking on the Green Since ancient times. In ancient times, it was called exploring spring, seeking spring, etc., that is, spring outing, also known as "stepping spring". It generally refers to going for a walk in the countryside in early spring. This kind of seasonal folk activity has a long history in the mainland, and its source is the ancient custom of spring festivals, which has a profound impact on future generations.
Keju: A bow is a leather ball, the skin of the ball is made of leather, and the inside of the ball is tightly stuffed with a fur. Keju is to use your feet to play football. This is a game that people loved during the ancient Qingming Festival.
Kite flying: Kite flying is also a favorite activity during the Qingming Dynasty. At night, under a kite or on a steady wind pull line, a string of small colorful lanterns are hung, like twinkling stars, known as "divine lamps". In the past, after some people put kites in the blue sky, they cut the strings and let the breeze send them to the ends of the earth, which is said to eliminate diseases and disasters and bring good luck to themselves.
Qingming – Remembering heroes
In the face of the pneumonia epidemic of the new coronavirus infection, many people choose to bravely "retrograde", they are not afraid of risks, and resolutely adhere to the front line of prevention and control! They face difficulties and practice their mission with practical actions. It is because of these retrogrades that we can defeat the epidemic! Where there are good years, but someone is carrying the weight for you!
Heroes who have sacrificed in this epidemic,
The motherland and the people will remember,
History will remember,
We will remember,
Thank you for your efforts and dedication
Qingming - Activity Initiative
Qingming sent mourning,
Safety must be kept in mind.
Please sacrifice safely
Please strictly follow the relevant fire prevention regulations
Go up the mountain without tinder
Do not burn sacrificial items in public places
It does not produce or sell sacrificial goods
Prevent the spread of the epidemic
Do a good job of protection from gathering crowds
Please be frugal in your sacrifice
Filial piety and love for the elderly, diligence and thrift
Establish a new concept of thick support and thin burial
Consciously resist the vulgar and ignorant feudal superstitious activities
Supplication of mourning in a frugal way
Please green sacrifice
Funeral service agencies do not concentrate on worship sweeping
Not sold, not bought, not used
Feudal superstitious sacrifice supplies
Through the recitation of the offering of offerings and the offering of flowers
Make souvenir cards and other ways to remember the ancestors
Sacrifice is a form,
It is a nostalgia and respect for the predecessors;
Civilization is a fashion,
It is the progress and embodiment of this era.
Qingming sacrifice sweeps, you are in remembrance, and the emphasis is on peace.
Our clarity and civilization start from us!
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