One, trekking
The Chinese people since ancient times have Qingming trekking custom. Treading on the green ancient called spring, searching for spring, that is, spring excursions, also known as "spring". Generally refers to the early spring to the countryside to walk and play. Treading this seasonal folk activities, in China has a long history, its source is the ancient farming rituals to welcome the spring custom, this farming rituals to welcome the spring custom has a profound influence on later generations.
The Qingming Festival has two major connotations, the Qingming Festival in time and meteorological and physical characteristics for the formation of the Qingming Treading Customs provides important conditions. Qingming season, spring, nature everywhere presents a vibrant scene, it is a great time for excursions. People are in the interest of taking advantage of the convenience, but also a family of young and old in the mountains and countryside between the wild play some.
Two, tree planting
Ching Ming before and after the spring sun, spring rain, planting saplings with high survival rate, fast growth. Therefore, there is the Qingming tree planting custom, some people also called the Qingming Festival "Tree Planting Day". The custom of tree planting has been passed down to this day. The custom of planting trees on Qingming Day is said to have begun with the custom of wearing willow and inserting willow on Qingming Day. There are three kinds of legends about Qingming's willow-plugging custom.
The first legend is said to commemorate Shennong, the ancestor who taught the people how to gather crops and farm, and later developed the meaning of praying for longevity. The second legend has to do with Jie Zi Tui. It is said that when the Duke of Jin climbed the mountain to pay tribute to Jie Zi Tui, he found that the old willow tree Jie Zi Tui had leaned on before his death had risen from the dead, and so he gave the old willow tree the name of "Ching Ming Willow". The third legend is that Emperor Tang Taizong gave the minister a willow circle to show that the blessing to drive away the epidemic.
Three, tomb sweeping ancestor
Tomb sweeping in the Qingming Festival, that is, "tomb sacrifice", called the ancestors of the "thinking of the time of respect", ancestor sweeping is a way of remembering the ancestors, the custom has a long history. The custom has a long history. According to archaeological excavations, Guangdong Yingde Qingtang site found 10,000 years ago burial, determined by gas pedal mass spectrometry (AMS), the age of about 13,500 years ago, the era of the Late Paleolithic, China's earliest age of the burial can be confirmed burial, indicating that more than 10,000 years ago, Lingnan ancient people already have a clear conscious of the concept of burial behavior and etiquette.
Four, willow
Ching Ming Festival, Chinese folk custom of willow. Qingming willow custom, the source of its prevalence of three sayings. Some experts believe that the custom of willow, is to commemorate the "teach people to harvest" of the agricultural ancestor Shen Nong.
In some places, people put willow branches under the eaves to forecast the weather, the old proverb has "willow green, rainy; willow dry, sunny days" said. Willow has a strong vitality, as the saying goes: "plant flowers do not grow, do not want to willow into shade." Willow inserted into the soil on the living, inserted where, living where, year after year willow, everywhere into the shade.
Five, tug of war
Tug of war early called "pulling hooks", "hooks strong", the Tang Dynasty began to call "tug of war". It is said to have been invented in the late Spring and Autumn period. It is said that it was invented in the late Spring and Autumn period, began to prevail in the military, and later spread to the people. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, a large-scale tug-of-war competition was held at the time of the Qingming Festival, and since then, tug-of-war has become a part of the Qingming Festival customs.
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