According to legend, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Jin Xiangong's concubine killed the prince in order to let her son inherit the throne, and Shen Sheng was forced to commit suicide. Shen Sheng's younger brother, Zhong Er, went into exile to escape the scourge. During his exile, Zhong Er suffered humiliation. Most of the courtiers who went out with him went out one after another.
Only a few loyal people have been following him. One of them is called meson push. On one occasion, Zhong Er fainted from hunger. In order to save Zhong Er, Jiezitui cut a piece of meat from his leg, cooked it with fire and gave it to Zhong Er. Nineteen years later, Zhong Er returned to China and became the monarch, that is, Jin Wengong, one of the famous five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Jin Wengong led his ministers to walk in plain clothes to pay homage and express their condolences. Walking to the grave, I saw the dead old willow tree resurrected, with thousands of green branches dancing in the wind. Jin Wengong looked at the resurrected old willow tree and seemed to see the meson push. After the sacrifice, Jin Wengong named the revived old willow "Qingming Willow" and named it Tomb-Sweeping Day.
2. Eating habits
(1) Beijing fried dumplings
Old Beijingers live a clean life and like to eat fried dumplings. Fried dumplings are made of flour and glutinous rice flour with salt or honey and sugar, kneaded into thin strips and fried. Different shapes, or twisted, or grid-shaped, crisp and exquisite, were used to replace meals from the beginning of the cold food festival, so they were also called "cold food utensils" in ancient times.
(2) Subgrinding in northern Shaanxi.
"Zi Tuimo" was introduced to commemorate the meson push of Jin nobles in the Spring and Autumn Period. It is similar in shape to the helmet of an ancient military commander, with eggs or red dates wrapped inside and a top on it. The top is covered with flowers. Hua Mian is a dough-shaped steamed stuffed bun with the shape of swallow, worm, snake, rabbit or Four Treasures of the Study.
(3) Shanghai Youth Tuanzi
Green dumplings are also called green dumplings, which are named after their colors. During my stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day, Shanghai and other areas in the south of the Yangtze River have the custom of eating green jiaozi. Green oil is like jade, glutinous and soft, which is a natural green healthy snack. It can be eaten directly cold or steamed, but it should be noted that people with high blood sugar and hyperlipidemia should eat as little as possible.
(4) Sichuan Chengdu Happy Group
During the period of Tomb-Sweeping Day, fried rice will be a group in Chengdu, Sichuan, and it will be dressed with large or small threads and dyed in various colors, which is called "Happy Group".
Pistachio nuts often contain a lot of sesame seeds, which have anti-aging effect and can also prevent hair from being brittle, dry and easily broken. Adding walnuts to eat together can improve skin elasticity and keep skin delicate; It can also be eaten together with shepherd's purse to achieve the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood to stop bleeding, diuresis, clearing liver and lowering blood pressure.
(5) Jiangsu Green Rice
"Erythrina leaves, fine holly, especially those who live by the water. People live in cold food, their leaves are dyed with rice, blue and bright, and they eat Ziyang. It is called Torreyang rice, and Taoism calls it green rice and stone hungry rice. " Vegetarian Rice was first published in the fifteenth volume of Guangji, Lingling Zongji, at the age of.
Mainly used for nourishing the body and offering sacrifices to ancestors, it is said that it was created by Taoism and has now become a traditional snack in Jiangsu. It is cooked with glutinous rice dyed with the juice of black rice tree, so it is also called black rice because of its Qing Wu color.