Tomb-Sweeping Day commemorates meson push.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the ancient festivals of the Chinese nation, and Tomb-Sweeping Day is also called the Walking Festival, the March Festival, and the ancestor worship festival.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhong Er, the son of Jin Dynasty, was framed and exiled abroad, and his livelihood was hard to find. Hungry fainted on the road. At this time, the minister Jietui cut off a piece of meat from his thigh and cooked a bowl of broth for the childe to drink. Zhong Er gradually recovered his spirit. When Zhong Er found that the meat was cut off by Jietui, he shed tears.

Nineteen years later, Zhong Er became the monarch, that is, Jin Wengong in history. But at this time, Jiezitui, who had laid down his life to save him before, had already died of illness. In order to commemorate him, Jin Wengong designated the day of his death as Tomb-Sweeping Day, and it has been passed down to this day.

Tomb-Sweeping Day commemorates the delicious food eaten by meson tui

1. Black rice

Jin Wengong put it in Yamakaji, and Mianshan was dark. In order to commemorate meson tui, people cooked black rice in Tomb-Sweeping Day to commemorate him. The practice of black rice is to cook soup with maple leaves. Why do you use maple leaves? Because in legend, meson tui and his mother died under a big maple tree.

2. Ai Jiao

Ai Ye is a kind of thing that can exorcise evil spirits and poison. It is used to wrap a swallow-shaped jiaozi in Tomb-Sweeping Day, not only to pay homage to the meson push, but also to pray for the soul of the meson push. With the swallow-shaped Ai Jiao, it means to leave Mianshan early and enjoy the happiness in heaven. Ai jiao is a kind of green and healthy food, which tastes fragrant and slightly bitter, and has a unique flavor.

3. Cold noodles

Shanxi people enjoy noodles. In order to remember Jietui in Tomb-Sweeping Day, they made a kind of cold noodles. This kind of pasta is cooked noodles, cooled in water, and mixed with condiments such as cucumber, tomato, chopped green onion, Jiang Mo, etc. When eating, it has a cool taste.