Qingming Festival

Tang Du Mu

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

May I ask where the restaurant is? The shepherd boy points to Xinghua Village in the distance.

Cold food on the way

Questions about the Tang and Song Dynasties

Cold food is about to happen, and it is late spring on the way.

Poor Jiangpuwang, there are no Luoqiao people.

The North Pole is the master of Ming Dynasty, and the South Pole is the minister of exile.

The broken heart of my hometown is new day and night.

Cold Food

Han Hong of the Tang Dynasty

Flowers are flying everywhere in Spring City, and the east wind of Cold Food keeps the willows from slanting.

At dusk, candles were passed around the Han Palace, and light smoke dispersed into the house of the Five Marquises.

When Wumen peeked into the county, there was new smoke in several places during the Qingming Festival.

Ouyang Xiu, one of the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties", also left a famous poem describing the Qingming Festival for future generations: When I was outing in the southern country in the middle of spring, the wind was gentle and I heard the neighing of horses. Green plums are like beans and willows are like eyebrows, and butterflies fly as the day goes by.

Qingming Festival

Song Dynasty Huang Tingjian

On the Qingming Festival, the peaches and plums smile, and the wild fields and graves are filled with sorrow.

Thunder shook the sky and earth, dragons and snakes stung, and rain fell on the grass and trees in the countryside. ”

Qingming

Song Wang Yuqiao

I spent Qingming without flowers and wine, and my mood was as dull as a wild monk.

Yesterday the neighbor begged New fire, the dawn window is divided into reading lamps

Su Di Qingming Festival

Song Wu Weixin

The pear blossoms are blowing in the wind during the Qingming Festival, and the wanderer is half out of the city in search of spring. .

At dusk, the singing and singing are gone, and thousands of willows belong to the wandering orioles.

Han Shi goes to the tomb

Song Yang Wanli

Jian Zhifu He. Fine! Is the bridge in danger without help?

The maples in the distant mountains are pale, and the wheat beside the dilapidated house is lonely.

Going to the suburbs

Song Chenghao

Going around in the green grass and green fields, spring comes in the distant mountains and green surroundings. ;

The red flowers are flowing through the willow alleys, because the flowing water is sitting on the moss;

Don’t drink a cup of wine to encourage me, but I am afraid that the wind will turn the flowers red;

The weather is fine during the Qingming Festival, so you might as well not forget to return home after traveling around.

Send Chen Xiucai back to the sand to visit his tomb

Song Gaoqi

His clothes are covered with blood, tears and dust. It is also sad to return home after the chaos.

After the wind and rain, the pear blossoms and the cold food, how many children and grandchildren are here? /p>

Where is the best place to ban smoking in the west building?

The road is clear in the green field.

The horse neighs through the willows.

The man leans on the swing and laughs.

Tomb-sweeping Festival is one of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar, which is 106 days after the winter solstice in China. The traditional Qingming Festival began around the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. "Almanac" states: "On the fifteenth day after the Spring Equinox, the Dou Zhi Ding is the Qingming Festival, when everything is clean and clear. When the air is clear and the scenery is bright, everything appears, hence the name. "As soon as the Qingming Festival arrives, the temperature rises, which is a good time for spring plowing and spring planting. Therefore, there is a saying that "before and after the Qingming Festival, plant melons and beans." Qingming Festival is a festival to worship ancestors, and the traditional activity is tomb sweeping. May 2006 On the 20th, this folk festival was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists.

The English standard translation of Qingming Festival is Tomb-sweeping Day or Pure Brightness in China. One of the solar terms, it falls on April 5th every year (this holiday is now listed as a 3-day national holiday). In 2009, the General Office of the State Council issued a notice on the arrangements for some holidays in 2010. Decision on holiday measures for annual festivals and anniversaries, with a three-day holiday for Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Since the twenty-four solar terms more objectively reflect changes in temperature, rainfall, phenology and other aspects throughout the year, people in ancient times used them to arrange agricultural activities. "Huainanzi Tianwen Xun" says: "Fifteen days after the vernal equinox, when Dou Zhiyi Yi comes, the Qingming wind will arrive." According to "Hundred Questions of the Years": "Everything growing at this time is clean and bright. Therefore, it is called Qingming Festival. "When Qingming Festival comes, the temperature rises and the rainfall increases. It is a good time for spring plowing and spring planting. Therefore, there are farmers' proverbs such as "Before and after Qingming, order melons and plant beans" and "Afforestation is better than Qingming." It can be seen that this solar term is closely related to agricultural production. However, Qingming, as a festival, is different from a pure solar term. Solar terms are symbols of phenological changes and seasonal sequences in my country, while festivals contain certain customary activities and commemorative significance. Qingming Festival is a traditional festival in my country and the most important sacrificial festival. It is a day for worshiping ancestors and sweeping tombs. Tomb sweeping, commonly known as visiting graves, is an activity to pay homage to the deceased. Most of the Han people and some ethnic minorities visit tombs during the Qingming Festival. According to the old 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 tomb of their relatives, burn the paper money, cover the tomb with new soil, and break a few green branches to insert on the tomb. , then kowtow and worship, and finally eat the food and wine and go home. The poem "Qingming" written by Du Mu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, said: "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." It describes the special atmosphere of the Qingming Festival.