It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road feel like they are dying.

Where is the restaurant?

The shepherd boy points to Xinghua Village in the distance.

Qingming Festival makes people remember their ancestors, which makes people nostalgic, sad and exciting. It contains many deeds of our ancestors. When they lay in their graves, their stories ended, and the rest is

It can only make people miss it! As far as I know, April 5th is the traditional Qingming Festival in our country. It started around the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. Qingming was originally a very important solar term. Qingming Festival

Once the temperature rises, it is a good time for spring plowing and spring planting. Therefore, there are farmers' proverbs "Before and after Qingming, plant melons and beans" and "Afforestation is better than Qingming."

But there is another custom during the Qingming Festival. There are no fireworks on the Qingming Festival and only cold food is eaten.

Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Festival, Ghost Festival, and Ming Festival, together with the Hungry Ghost Festival on July 15th and the Xiangyuan Festival on October 15th, are collectively known as the Three Ming Festivals, and they are all related to worshiping ghosts and gods.

If according to the old Qingming custom, when sweeping the tomb, people should bring wine, food, fruits, paper money and other items to the cemetery, offer the food in front of the grave of their loved ones, then burn the paper money, plant new soil on the tomb, and break a few tender new branches.

Put it on a branch, then kowtow and worship, and finally go home after eating wine and food.

"Listen to the wind and listen to the rain" certainly refers to the poem "Qingming" by Du Mu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty: "It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road want to die. May I ask where the restaurant is? The shepherd boy points to Xinghua Village in the distance." Du Mu wrote this poem.

The special atmosphere of Qingming Festival.

Another Qingming Festival, who are you remembering?

The customs of the Ming Festival are rich and interesting. In addition to banning fires and sweeping tombs, there are also a series of customary sports activities such as outing, swinging, Cuju, playing polo, and planting willows.

According to legend, this is because cold food and fire are forbidden during the Qingming Festival. In order to prevent cold food and cold meals from harming the body, everyone comes to participate in some sports activities to exercise.

Therefore, in this festival, there are both the sadness and tears of paying respects to new graves and the laughter of outings. It is a unique festival.

Swinging on a swing is an ancient Chinese Qingming Festival custom.

Swing, which means pulling the rope and moving.

It has a very ancient history. It was first called Qianqiu, but later was changed to Swing to avoid taboos.

In ancient times, swings were mostly made of tree branches and tied with colorful ribbons.

Later, it gradually developed into a swing with two ropes and pedals.

Swinging can not only improve health, but also cultivate bravery. It is still loved by people, especially children.

Cuju Ju is a ball made of leather and stuffed with hair.

Cuju means kicking a ball with your feet.

This is a game that people loved during the Qingming Festival in ancient times.

According to legend, it was invented by the Yellow Emperor, and its original purpose was to train warriors.

Outing is also called spring outing.

In ancient times, it was called Tanchun, Xunchun, etc.

On the Qingming Festival in March, spring returns to the earth, and nature presents a vibrant scene everywhere. It is a great time for outings.

Chinese people have long maintained the habit of going outing during the Qingming Festival.

Tree planting Before and after the Qingming Festival, the spring sun shines and the spring rain falls. The survival rate of planted saplings is high and they grow quickly.

Therefore, China has had the habit of planting trees during Qingming Festival since ancient times.

Some people also call Qingming Festival "Arbor Day".

The custom of planting trees has been passed down to this day.

In 1979, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress stipulated that March 12th every year would be China's Arbor Day.

This is of great significance in mobilizing people of all ethnic groups across the country to actively carry out activities to green the motherland.

Flying kites is also a favorite activity during the Qingming Festival.

During the Qingming Festival, people not only play during the day but also at night.

At night, strings of small colorful lanterns are hung under the kite or on the wind-stabilizing wire, like twinkling stars, and are called "magic lanterns."

In the past, some people would cut the strings after flying kites into the blue sky and let the breeze carry them to the ends of the earth. It is said that this can eliminate diseases and disasters and bring good luck to themselves.

Tomb sweeping during Qingming Festival is called "respecting the ancestors".

Its custom has a long history.

"On the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" of the Ming Dynasty records: "On Qingming Day in the third month, men and women sweep tombs, carrying bamboo poles, hanging ingots on the backs of sedans and horses, and the streets are full of charm. People worship, pray, cry, and weed and add soil to the tomb.

, burn ingots, and place paper money on the grave. If there is no paper money in sight, the grave will be lonely. After crying, you will go to the fragrant tree, sit in the garden, and get drunk. "In fact, tomb-sweeping existed before the Qin Dynasty.

, but not necessarily during the Qingming Festival. Tomb-sweeping during the Qingming Festival was a matter after the Qin Dynasty.

It did not become popular until the Tang Dynasty.

"Qing Tong Li" says: "On the New Year's Day, during Cold Food and Frost's Descent Festivals, people worship the tomb sweepers. During the period, they go to the tomb in plain clothes, equipped with wine and food and a tool for cutting grass and trees. They seal the trees and cut off the wattle grass, so it is called tomb sweeping."

And it has been passed down to this day.

The Qingming Festival sweeping ceremony should be held in person at the tomb site, but because each family's economic and other conditions are different, the method of sweeping the grave is also different.

"Burning baggage" is the main form of paying homage to ancestors.

The so-called "baggage", also known as "package", refers to the parcel sent by filial piety from the Yang world to the "underworld".

In the past, Nanzhi Store sold so-called "furoshiki", which was a large bag made of white paper.

There are two forms: one is to use a woodblock board with the Sanskrit transliteration of the "Rebirth Mantra" printed around it, and a rosette tablet printed in the middle, which is used to write the name of the deceased person who received the money, such as: "The late Mr. Zhang's family name"

The words "Master Yunshan" are both a postal package and a tablet.

The other type is plain furoshiki, which does not have any pattern printed on it. It only has a blue label stuck in the middle and the name of the deceased can be written on it.

Also used as main card.

There are many types of money in the baggage.