The story of the origins and customs of the Qingming Festival is as follows:

One of the stories is that during the Spring and Autumn Period, the loyal minister Jie Zi Tui, during the exile of the Duke of Jin, had cut his own flesh to feed him. After Duke Wen returned to his country and became the boss, Jie Zi Pui did not want to boast and compete for favor, so he took his mother to live in seclusion in the Mian Mountain. In order to invite Jie Zi push out of the mountain as an official, Duke Wen of Jin set fire to the mountain to force Jie Zi push to show up, but unexpectedly Jie Zi push and his mother were burned to death. Duke Wen of Jin regretted and ordered to designate this day as the "Cold Food Festival", forbidding the making of fire and eating cold food on this festival, in order to honor the memory of the deceased.

The Qingming Festival falls on the second day of the Cold Food Festival. After the Song Dynasty, the custom of sweeping graves on the second day of the festival was gradually extended and integrated into Qingming. In addition, customs such as trekking were also held during Qingming, and the Qingming Festival gradually rose from a mere agricultural festival to an important one.

Two, customs

The Qingming Festival is the Chinese nation's most grand and grand ancestral festival, belonging to the respect for ancestors, the end of a cultural tradition of the festival. The main customs of the Qingming Festival include sweeping tombs, worshipping ancestors and trekking. Tomb-sweeping is one of the most important customs of the Qingming Festival, in which people go to the graves of their ancestors, clean up the graves, and offer flowers, food, paper money and other items to express their thoughts and respect for their ancestors.

Ancestor worship is another important custom of the Qingming Festival. People will burn incense, offer flowers and candles at home or at the graves of their ancestors to pay tribute to them and express their gratitude to them. In addition, there are activities such as trekking, kite-flying and swinging on the Qingming Festival, where people enjoy the beauty of life under the spring sunshine.

Significance of Qingming Festival:

The symbolism of Qingming Festival is to pay tribute to ancestors, to remember the dead, to be grateful to nature, to cherish life, to pass on the culture, and to educate for life. During the Qingming Festival, people go to cemeteries to express their respect and longing for their ancestors, as well as to promote the culture of filial piety and emphasize the importance of family and affection.

In addition, the Qingming Festival is also a festival of gratitude for nature and cherishing life. Through activities such as sweeping tombs and paying homage to ancestors, trekking in the green and enjoying flowers, people will appreciate the beauty of nature and feel the preciousness of life, and at the same time, they are also reminded of the importance of protecting the environment and cherishing nature. Qingming Festival is also a festival of life education, through the activities of sweeping tombs and ancestral worship, trekking and flower viewing, people can receive life education, realize the preciousness and transience of life, but also can inherit and carry forward the traditional culture, enhance the sense of national identity and cohesion.