In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Qingming Festival integrated the customs of the Cold Food Festival and the Shangcheng Festival, mixed with a variety of folk customs from many places, and had extremely rich cultural connotations. Now social life has also changed a lot.
No flowers and no wine through Qingming, the taste is like a wild monk.
Yesterday, the neighbor begged for a new fire, and the window was divided with the reading lamp.
The origin of the Qingming Festival
The origin of the Qingming Festival is said to have begun with the ancient emperor general "tomb sacrifice" ceremony, and later the people began to follow suit, on this day to worship the ancestors and sweep the tomb, which has become a specific custom of the Chinese nation after successive generations. It is reported that Qingming Festival is also called Stepping Youth Festival, in 1935 the Republic of China government clearly designated April 5 as the national holiday Qingming Day, also known as the National Tomb Sweeping Festival, ancestor tomb sweeping is the most important activity of Qingming Festival, every year to Qingming Day, pedestrians on the road are endless, traffic phenomenon is very congested.
The legend of Qingming Festival
There are many cemeteries on the north and south mountains, and the Qingming Festival sweeps all over the place.
Paper ash flies as white butterflies, and tears and blood stain red cuckoos.
The sunset fox sleeps on the mound, and the night returns to the children laughing in front of the lamp.
If there is wine in life, you must be drunk, and a drop of He Zeng has reached the Nine Springs.
According to legend, in the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period, a prince went into exile in the world in order to avoid the scourge, and the other courtiers saw that the prince was in distress, and they all left one after another, leaving only a small number of courtiers to follow, and Jie Zitui was one of them. The prince fainted from hunger during the disaster, and in order to save the prince, Jie Zitui cut a piece of meat from his leg, cooked it on the fire and gave it to him to eat. Nineteen years later, the crown prince returned safely to become monarch.
After the crown prince became a monarch, he rewarded his exile heroes and forgot about Jie Zitui. Someone advised Jieko to push the noodles-kun to ask for a reward, and he despised this kind of person the most, so he packed his clothes and quietly ran to the mountain.
After hearing this, Chongye wanted to push Jie Zi down from the mountain, but there were too many trees on the mountain, it was difficult to walk, and Chong'er wanted to smoke him down with smoke, but Jie Zi pushed him to death, and left a blood letter that was: "Cut the flesh and serve the king's heart, may the lord be clear." "So this day is Qingming Day.
The festive Qingming peach and plum laughed, and Noda Arazuka was only worried.
Thunder shocking dragon snake sting, rainfoot suburban grass and wood soft.
People begged for sacrifices to Yu Jiao's concubines, and Shigan burned unjust marquis.
The virtuous and foolish know who it is for a thousand years, and their eyes are full of basil.
What dynasty did the Qingming Festival originate from: the Zhou Dynasty
Qingming Festival, also known as the Stepping Youth Festival, falls at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, which is the 108th day after the winter solstice. It is a traditional Chinese festival and one of the most important festivals of sacrifice, which is the day of ancestor worship and tomb sweeping. The traditional Qingming Festival in Han China began around the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years.
Influenced by Han culture, 24 ethnic minorities in China, including the Manchus, Hezhe, Zhuang, Orunchun, Dong, Tujia, Miao, Yao, Li, Shui, Jing, and Qiang, have also had the custom of Qingming Festival. Although customs vary from place to place, tomb sweeping and ancestral outings are the basic themes.
Qingming was originally just the name of a solar term, which became a festival to commemorate ancestors and related to the Hanshi Festival. Duke Wen of Jin designated the day after the Cold Food Festival as Qingming Festival. In most parts of Shanxi, the Cold Food Festival is celebrated the day before the Qingming Festival; A few places, such as Yushe County, celebrate the Cold Food Festival two days before the Qingming Festival; Yuanqu County also pays attention to the day before the Qingming Festival as the Cold Food Festival, and the first two days as the Small Cold Food.
Qingming Festival is one of the important "eight festivals of the year" in China, generally around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar, the festival is very long, there are 10 days before 8 days and 10 days before 10 days after two sayings, these nearly 20 days are Qingming Festival. Qingming Festival originally referred to fifteen days after the spring equinox, and in 1935, the government of the Republic of China designated April 5 as the national holiday Qingming Festival, also known as the National Tomb Sweeping Festival.
"Almanac": "On the fifteenth day after the spring equinox, dou zhiding, for Qingming, when all things are clean and clear, when the cover is clear and clear, all things are revealed, hence the name." "As soon as Qingming arrives, the temperature rises, which is a good season for spring ploughing and spring planting, so there is a saying of "before and after Qingming, plant melons and beans".
The origin of the Qingming Festival is said to have begun with the ritual of "tomb sacrifice" by ancient emperors, and later the people followed suit, and worshiped ancestors on this day to sweep the tomb, which has become a fixed custom of the Chinese nation through the generations. On May 20, 2006, it was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
Take heavy steps towards the tomb;
Bathe in the drizzle and cry loudly;
Hold the simple chrysanthemum and immerse yourself in memories;
Kneel before the solemn grave and remember the affection.