The contents of Tomb-Sweeping Day's handwritten newspaper: Tomb-Sweeping Day's climate characteristics, Tomb-Sweeping Day's origin and legend, Tomb-Sweeping Day's customs, Tomb-Sweeping Day's traditional food customs and Tomb-Sweeping Day's agricultural proverbs.

1. Climatic characteristics of Tomb-Sweeping Day

Qingming is a solar term representing phenology, which means sunny weather and lush vegetation. As the saying goes, "Snow breaks in Qingming, and frost breaks in Grain Rain." When it is clear, the climate in South China is warm and the spring is strong.

However, before and after the Qingming Festival, cold air still intrudes from time to time, even making the daily average temperature lower than 12℃ for more than three consecutive days. In the northwest plateau, livestock have weak resistance due to severe winter and insufficient forage, so it is necessary to prevent the harm of strong cooling weather after the spring to the old, weak and young livestock.

Second, the origin and legend of Tomb-Sweeping Day

China's traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day started in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,5 years. Qingming Festival is a very important solar term at first. As soon as Qingming Festival arrives, the temperature rises, which is a good season for spring ploughing and spring planting. Therefore, there is a saying that "before and after Qingming Festival, melons and beans are planted". The agricultural proverb "Planting trees is better than Qingming".

Later, because Qingming and cold food were close, and cold food was the day when people banned fire to sweep graves, gradually, cold food and Qingming became one, and cold food became another name for Qingming, and it also became a custom in Qingming. On Qingming, no fireworks were used, but only cold food was eaten.

Third, the customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day

1. Grave-sweeping: Tomb-Sweeping Day belongs to the "ancestor worship festival". Tomb-sweeping is an important day to express filial piety. According to the different places of worship, it can be divided into tomb sacrifice and ancestral temple sacrifice. Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping is usually carried out in the morning, and he also carries wine, food and fruit, burns paper money in front of the grave, cultivates new soil for the grave, and kowtows and worships.

2. outing: also called spring outing. In ancient times, it was called exploring spring and seeking spring. Qingming Festival in April, spring returns to the earth, and nature presents a vibrant scene everywhere. It is a good time for outing, which was formed as early as the pre-Qin period. In the Song Dynasty, the wind of going for an outing was the most popular, so the people in China kept the habit of going for an outing in Qingming Festival for a long time.

3. Swing: Swing is a sport created by northern minorities in ancient China. It was introduced to the Central Plains in the Spring and Autumn Period. After the Han Dynasty, swing gradually became a folk custom activity on Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and other festivals, and it has been passed down to this day. Swing can not only improve health, but also cultivate brave spirit, which is loved by children.

Fourth, the traditional food customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day

1. Green dumplings: The number one food in Qingming is "green dumplings". In the southern area, during the Qingming Festival, green dumplings can be seen almost everywhere, all over the streets, with delicious dumplings stuffed with bean paste or sesame seeds, which are really soft, waxy and smooth, sweet and delicious.

2. Boiled eggs: In some places, people will eat a boiled egg in the morning. According to local folklore, eating an egg on Qingming Festival is good for the whole year. Therefore, eating eggs on Qingming Festival means blessing.

3. Warm mushroom bag: In Taining area, the Qingming Festival is a good time to pick fresh warm mushroom grass. After local picking, it is made into steamed stuffed bun-shaped or jiaozi-shaped warm mushroom bag, which is fresh and refreshing.

5. Farming Proverbs in Tomb-Sweeping Day

1. Before the rain hits Qingming, there will be frequent spring rains (Lu).

2. There is no rain and drought in Qingming, and there is rain in Qingming (Jiangsu and Hubei).

3. Continue for three months (Guangxi). It's rare to be sunny on Qingming Day, but it's rare to be cloudy (Lu) in Grain Rain.

4. Qingming is not afraid of sunny days, and Grain Rain is not afraid of rain (black).

5. Snow breaks in Qingming and frost breaks in Grain Rain (East China, Central China, South China, Sichuan and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau).