The 108th day after the winter solstice is the Qingming Festival. There are 15 days in the Qingming festival ****. The time of Qingming as a festival is after the vernal equinox. At this time, winter has gone, spring is full, the weather is clear, the four fields are clear, nature everywhere shows vitality. The term "Ching Ming" is an appropriate term for this period. In the concept of the ancients, 108 is a large number representing completeness, good fortune, longevity and depth, and there is a deep meaning in placing Qingming on the 108th day after the winter solstice. Qingming's name, not only because of the growth of all things clean and clear at this time, but also because of this period of the sun is also the sun of freshness, flow in this period of yang qi between heaven and earth, but also freshness of yang qi.

A, Qingming diet regimen 1, eat more cool food

Qingming Festival, belonging to the spring rainy period, the climate is humid, easy to make people feel tired and sleepy. At the same time is also a variety of chronic diseases are prone to relapse, such as arthritis, asthma, mental illness, etc., and therefore people with chronic diseases should avoid eating easy to eat food, such as sea fish, sea shrimp, sea crabs, pickles, bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots, mutton, rooster, etc., can be appropriate to eat some cool food, such as round-grained rice, sesame seeds, peanuts, red kidney beans, glutinous rice, quail, goose, mussels, snails, eggs, leeks, parsley, lettuce, Chinese mountains, apples, oranges, horseshoes, pears, peaches, and so on. The horse's hooves, pears, peaches, cherries, etc., so the "Cold Food Festival" also has a certain reason for health.

2, change clothes should not be too early

Before and after the Qingming Festival, because the climate is changing, the temperature difference between morning and evening is big, it is not possible to change the spring clothes too early, should be prepared for a jacket that can be put on and off casually, go out to work in the morning and put it on when you feel the heat at noon, and then put it on when you get off work and go home in the evening, so that you can effectively prevent colds. The so-called "spring cover" is also the meaning of this, until after the Qingming Festival, mid-April can be changed into spring clothes. Of course, the process of "spring cover" should also vary from person to person, according to their own physical quality to determine the increase or decrease of clothing. Generally speaking, according to climate change, increase or decrease clothes at any time, pay attention to cold and warmth, in order to help the human body to develop and resist the invasion of foreign evils, which will help the body healthy.

3, Qingming focus on liver

Traditional health theory that "spring and liver accordingly", meaning that the spring climate features a close relationship with the human liver. Therefore, the spring health care method should be based on the liver. If the liver function is normal, the person's qi will be smooth, qi and blood will be harmonious, the function of each viscera can also maintain normal. Therefore, Qingming health care focus on liver. Nurturing the liver has "liver" and "liver" points. There are many specific methods, such as liver, liver flavor, liver blood and vegetables to raise the liver.

Second, Ching Ming luck 1, hanging willow branches on the door, mahogany

Chinese folk due to the influence of the Buddhist concept that Guanyin Bodhisattva since he can hold a willow branch dipped in water, willow will naturally have to drive away ghosts and ward off evil spirits, so the willow branch known as "ghosts and horror of the wood", and there is a "take willow branches, and the household on, a hundred ghosts do not come in! The story of "take the willow branch and put it on the house, all ghosts will not enter the house". In addition, from the feng shui point of view, the Qingming season for the "wood" gas is the most prosperous season, will be willow branches or mahogany and other five elements of the "wood" items hanging in the front door, naturally, has the effect of enhancing the home aura.

2, more use of green

Ching Ming Festival wood gas is strong, so furniture items and their own clothing more use of the five elements of the wood of the green system, can be echoed with the natural world of the strong aura, especially with the panel closest to the underwear, bedding and curtains closest to the mouth of the home closest to the home if you can change the color green, you can use the effect of good luck, luck.

3, go out for a walk

March Qingming, spring, nature everywhere presents a vibrant scene, it is a great time for excursions. At this time to go out for a walk, can be better close to nature, can be utilized after the awakening of the earth's gas, and the vitality of the prosperous wood aura of their own luck.

4, kite flying

Kite flying is a favorite activity during the Qingming Festival. During the Qingming Festival, people not only fly during the day, but also at night. At night, under the kite or the wind steady pull line hangs a string of small colorful lanterns, like the flashing star, known as the "God light". In the past, some people put the kite on the blue sky, they cut the line, let the wind send them to the ends of the earth, it is said that this can eliminate disease and bring good luck to themselves.

6, swinging

Swing, that is, grabbing the leather rope and migrate, the earliest known as the thousand autumn, and then in order to avoid taboos, changed to swing. In ancient times, swinging is also a custom of the Qingming Festival, and kite flying the same reason, swinging is a method of movement to allow themselves to better absorb the energy emanating from the nature of the Qingming Festival, it is said that swinging when the mouth reads the words "bad luck to go", "good luck", more helpful for their own good luck, "good luck". ", more helpful for their own good luck to make a little space.

Third, the origin of the Qingming Festival

Unlike other festivals, Qingming is not only a festival, but also a festival that has been passed down for a long time. And as a festival, and purely different from the festival, the festival is our physical changes, seasonal order of the signs, while the festival contains a certain customary activities and some kind of commemorative significance.

According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the consort of the Duke Xian of Jin, Li Ji, set up a poisonous plot to murder the crown prince, Shen Sheng, who was forced to commit suicide in order to let her son, Xi Qi, succeed the throne. Shen Sheng's younger brother, Chong Er, went into exile to avoid the disaster. While in exile, Chong Er suffered a lot of humiliation. Most of the ministers who followed him went their own way one after another. There were only a few loyal men left who followed him all the way. One of them was called Jie Zi Tui (介子推). Once, Chong Er passed out from hunger. In order to save Chong Er, Jie Zi Pui cut off a piece of meat from his thigh, cooked it over a fire and gave it to Chong Er to eat. Nineteen years later, Chong Er returned to his country and became the monarch, which was the Duke Wen of Jin, one of the famous Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period.

After the reign of Duke Wen of Jin, he rewarded those who had suffered with him, but forgot about Jie Zi Tui. Some people complained for Jie Zi Tui in front of Duke Wen. Duke Wen of Jin suddenly remembered the old story, the heart of shame, immediately sent to ask the mesoteric pushes on the court to be rewarded by the official. However, after several trips, Jie Zi Tui did not come. Duke Wen of Jin had to go in person. However, when Duke Wen came to Jie Zi Tui's house, he saw the door was closed. Jie Zi Tui did not want to see him, and had already carried his mother to hide in Mianshan Mountain (southeast of present-day Jiexiu City, Shanxi Province). The Duke of Jin then had his imperial * go up to Mianshan to search for him, but he did not find him. So, someone came up with an idea, saying that it would be better to set fire to the mountain, lighting fires on three sides and leaving one side behind, so that when the fire started, Jie Zi Tui would come out on his own. Duke Wen of Jin ordered the fire to burn the mountain, but the fire burned for three days and three nights, after the fire was extinguished, did not see Kai Zi push out. Up the mountain to see, jiezi push mother and son holding a big charred willow tree has died. Duke Wen of Jin looked at the body of the mesquite push to cry and worship for a while, and then buried the remains, found the mesquite push spine blocked a willow tree hole, the hole seems to have something.

The ghosts under the willow will never be seen, but they will be like a counselor to the king.

If your lord has me in his heart, he will always think of himself when he remembers me.

I have no shame in the nine springs of my heart, and I am diligent and clear.

Duke Wen hid the bloody book in his sleeve. Then he buried Jie Zi Tui and his mother under the charred willow tree. In order to commemorate Jie Zi Tui, Duke Wen of Jin ordered to change Mian Shan to "Jie Shan", built a shrine on the mountain, and designated the day of setting fire to the mountain as the Cold Food Festival, and informed the whole country that fireworks were forbidden on this day every year, and only cold food was eaten.

When he left, he cut a section of charred willow wood, to the palace to make a pair of wooden clogs, and every day looked at it and sighed: "Woe to the foot."

The next year, the Duke of Jin led a group of ministers in plain clothes to pay tribute on foot, to express their condolences. When he arrived at the grave, he saw the old willow tree come back to life, with thousands of green branches, dancing in the wind. Duke Wen of Jin looked at the resurrected old willow tree and saw it as if he had seen Jie Zi Tui. He respectfully went to the front, pinched off a branch and wove a circle on his head. After the ceremony, Duke Wen of Jin gave the name of "Qingming Willow" to the old willow tree, and designated this day as Qingming Festival.

In the future, Duke Wen of Jin often put the bloody book sleeve around him, as a motto to spur his own ruling. He was very diligent in governance, and he managed the country well.

Since then, the people of Jin have been able to live and work in peace and happiness, and they miss Jie Zi Tui very much. On the day of his death, people banned fireworks to commemorate him. Also with flour and jujube clay, kneaded into the shape of a swallow, strung up with willow, inserted in the door above, to summon his soul, this thing is called "the push of the Yan" (Jie Zi Tui is also known as Jie Zhi Tui). Since then, the cold food and Qingming became the grand festivals of the people all over the country. Whenever cold food is served, people do not make fire to cook and only eat cold food. In the north, the people only eat pre-made cold food such as jujube cake, wheat cake, etc.; in the south, it is mostly green dumplings and glutinous rice candy root. Every Qingming, people will be woven into a circle of willow worn on the head, the willow branches inserted in front of the house, to show remembrance.

Fourth, the customs of Qingming Festival