Chongqing people have the custom of eating cold food in Tomb-Sweeping Day. In the past, when people were sweeping graves, "Qingming food" was often a pot helmet, with pickled vegetables and cold dishes. The "He Cai" sandwiched in this pot helmet is made of vermicelli, shredded lettuce, shredded pork (or shredded chicken) and Toona sinensis buds.
2. Tomb-Sweeping Day
Qingming Ba, made of green vegetables, is said to have medicinal effects. Because Qingming is similar to smart pronunciation, there are still children who will become smart after eating Qingming bus.
The book of clearing vegetables is called rat grass. Around Tomb-Sweeping Day, this edible weed suddenly flourished. The city only grows sporadically, but the silt on the river bank is full of vitality in clusters.
3. Drink glutinous rice wine and sing Zhi Zhu Ci.
According to the records of Liu Yuxi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, Chongqing people at that time would visit graves when they were in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and they liked to drink glutinous rice wine and sing Zhi Zhu Ci. In ancient times, Tomb-Sweeping Day was a prosperous time for literati poetry, and Qingming poetry was the first of the 24 solar terms.
Step 4 fly a kite
"Qingming Qingming, Qingming." In the eyes of the elderly, Qingming is the best time of the year. The weather is sunny, so people choose to fly kites in the suburbs at this time. This is because in the post-beginning of spring period, the wind direction is consistent and there is no storm, which is a good time to fly kites.
5. Catch the temple fair
The fair is the biggest festival in this city. The old record said, "The home of courtesy is based on the principle of staying in bed. When you are old, you must sacrifice." Where there is a statue of the Lord God in the temple, the date of birth of the Lord is set as the duration; There are also temple fairs on the anniversaries of historical celebrities. Due to the different dates of birth or death, there will naturally be many meetings.
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