The day before the Qingming Festival holiday, a small partner in the company group announced the holiday arrangement, and finally attached a sentence: Happy Holidays! So our department discussed, how to be happy on the Qingming Festival?
Generally speaking, the Qingming Festival gives everyone the impression that ancestor worship, tomb sweeping, etc., is a not very cheerful festival. "During the Qingming season, the rain is pouring, and the pedestrians on the road cry and break their souls" These two sentences are the most familiar portrayals of Qingming. So, what kind of atmosphere is the Qingming that has been handed down from ancient times?
What is Qingming Festival like?
Qingming Festival is an ancient festival of the Chinese nation, not only a solemn festival for sweeping tombs and worshiping ancestors, but also a happy festival for people to get close to nature, play in green and enjoy the fun of spring.
Qingming Festival, also known as The Qingqing Festival, the Xingqing Festival, the March Festival, the Ancestor Worship Festival, etc., is held at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. The Qingming Festival originates from the ancestral beliefs and spring festival customs of the ancient times, and has both natural and humanistic connotations, which is both a natural festival point and a traditional festival. Tomb sweeping and ancestor worship and outings are the two major ritual themes of the Qingming Festival.
From ancient times to the present, the definition of the day of Qingming Festival is not sad. Activities such as tomb sweeping and ancestor worship are also an expression of respect for the ancestors, and at the same time are conducive to promoting filial piety and family affection. The Qingming Festival of the ancients was very long, up to nearly 20 days,
The origin of the Qingming Festival
Qingming Festival is a very traditional festival in China and one of the 24 solar terms, and its history can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At the same time, there is also a very touching story, the story has to start from the "Spring and Autumn Five Powers" of jin Wengong. When he was young, Jin Wengong was victimized by adulterers and forced into exile abroad in order to avoid being pursued.
Under the turmoil and displacement, the heavy ears and the retinue were exhausted, and they themselves were hungry and fainted. At this time, Suichen Jiezi cut a piece of meat from his thigh leg and boiled it into broth for the heavy ear to eat, so that the heavy ear gradually recovered its strength. When I learned that things had passed, I was very touched by the heavy ears, and I secretly thought that I would repay the meson for the future development.
And when Zhong'er sat on the throne of the country, he forgot about the reward. Many people are uneven for the meson, and the meson himself is indifferent to fame and fortune, and does not want to embarrass Jin Wengong, so he takes his mother back to the hidden mountain forest.
Jin Wengong regretted it very much after hearing about it, so he personally took someone to ask Jiezi to push out the mountain. However, it is not easy to find a meson who is deliberately hiding in the mountains. So someone offered a plan to set fire to the mountain from three sides to leave only one passage, forcing the meson to push out of the mountain. When the fire was extinguished, people went up the mountain only to find the meson who had been burned to death. People found the last words of The Mezi Tui from the willow tree hole behind it: "Cut the flesh and serve the king with all his heart, but I hope that the lord and prince will always be clear." ”
In order to commemorate the meson push, Jin Wengong set that day as the Cold Food Festival. The following year, when Jin Wengong led the Wenwu Hundred Officials to climb the mountain to pay tribute to Jiezi Tui, he found that the old willow tree that had been burned last year had actually come back from the dead, and Jin Wengong gave the old willow tree "Qingming Willow", and set the second day of the Cold Food Festival as the Qingming Festival.
Customs of the Qingming Festival
- Grave. The first thing that is well known to everyone is the tomb sweeping, people bring wine and food to the cemetery, clean the grave to offer food in front of the tomb, express their admiration and thoughts for the predecessors.
- Outing. During the Qingming Dynasty, spring returns to the earth, and all things recover. Many people will play in the mountains after visiting the graves, or pick a few bouquets of flowers, or fold a few willow branches to feel the taste of spring. At this time, it is also the season of rape blossoms, and everyone will also specially invite friends to go to the green to play.
- tree planting. Everyone knows that Arbor Day is March 12, but in ancient times, tree planting was planted at the time of qingming, and now a few trees are planted at the same time as the tomb is also visited.
- Fly a kite. Spring returns to the earth, it is also a windy season, children like to run in the fields with kites, but also to this solemn festival to add a little more vitality.
Therefore, the Qingming Festival is actually a festival full of vitality and liveliness. So, do you think we can say "Happy Tomb Sweeping Day"? [Laughing and crying]